Lesson from JBO

Lessons from Junior Bake Off & how compassionate feedback or "feed forward" helps build resilience, talent and make more progress.

​At the beginning of this school year I showed the video about how feedback from students made Austin's butterfly morph into an incredible piece of artwork.

​​Austin's Butterfly

​Jen Gonzalez from Cult of Pedagogy blog post on moving from feedback to feedforward.

​​Feedforward...

Multiple Choice

What are the benefits of FEEDFORWARD vs FEEDBACK?

• Points out problems

• Regenerates talent, focuses on a few things, is solution focused, has IMPACT, and is from multiple viewpoints and skill sets.

• Focuses on measurement instead of a plan for change.

• It's when your speaker makes annoying sounds.

Take a look at book reviews and book jackets and STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST!

Word Collectors and Hidden Gems

Poll

Have you ever watched the Junior Bake Off on Netflix?

• Yes I have watched it, and I LOVE IT!

• No, I have not watched it.

• I've watched the GBO.

• No but I've watched similar shows.

Let's watch a little bit of JBO and think about how these chefs show different important life skills in this competition?

Here are some guiding questions to consider:

Which life skills or "soft skills" do these junior chefs show?

How do they take feedback?

What happens when something goes wrong?

How do they reflect on their work?

JBO clips from Loom recording or via Google Drive

Junior Bake Off

Word Cloud

Using one or two word phrases, what "soft skills" did you see at work?

Turn to your elbow partner and decide who will read which article and begin reading using the weblink or PDF link. After you've finished the article, share with each other a summary of what you read. You will have 10 minutes.

How Junior Bake Off taught me to be a better adult (and make uglier cakes)
PDF version

Life Lessons Learned from Watching Kids on Netflix’s Junior Bake Off

PDF version

​Life Lesson from JBO

Match

Match the following:

• Feedforward

• JBO

• Progress over perfection

• Soft Skills

• Netflix

Makes a plan for progress

Junior Bake Off

Helps us note our steps toward our goals

1. attributes that foster resilience

Where you can watch JBO

• Makes a plan for progress

• Junior Bake Off

• Helps us note our steps toward our goals

• 1. attributes that foster resilience

• Where you can watch JBO