how to prepare the child for the path, not the path for the child

How to prepare the child for the path, not the path for the child

GRITIT’S NOT JUST ONE MORE THING.

IT’S A PART OF EVERYTHING!

Created by: Mandy Benedix

WHAT IS GRIT?

Working hard towards challenges, maintaining effort and interest over years despite failure, adversity, and plateaus in progress. Created by: Mandy Benedix

People with Grit…Don’t

Quit!

Angela Duckworth: The Key to Success? Grit

Gumption

Resiliency

Integrity 

Tenacity 

My GoalSteps to Success

Mindset = the foundation

It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.-Albus Dumbledore

Creating a Growth Mindset in Ourselves and in our

Students

MINDSETSFixed Mindset –The belief that you are born with a certain amount of intelligence or potential and that it can’t change.

Growth Mindset – The belief that we can work hard, ask for help and try a different strategy to increase our intelligence and potential.

CHANGING MINDSETS WITH OUR PRAISE

Praise effort. Not talent

Don’t’ say: “You are an amazing artist!”

Instead say:“You obviously worked very hard to learn the skills it takes to draw a

picture like this!”Don’t say:

“You are so smart!”Instead say:

“You have worked so hard and your hard work is showing up in your work!”

Saying someone is smart when they get an answer right, sends the message to some that they then must be dumb when they get an answer wrong. They begin to attribute their success to their talent (which we don’t control) instead of on their effort (which we do control.)

Created by: Mandy Benedix

Fixed Mindset

CHANGING MINDSETS WITH THE WORD “YET”The Power of the word, Yet!

Adding this small word at the end of students’ statements can begin to change their mindsets from fixed to growth.

Student says: “I’m not good at math!”

You say: “Yet”

Student says: “I don’t like reading!”

You say: “Not yet.”

This small word leaves the window open for change.

YET = HOPE

Created by: Mandy Benedix

CHANGING MINDSETS BY TEACHING ABOUT THE BRAIN AND HOW WE LEARN

The Basics :Neurons in the brain make new connections when you learn something new. These connections become stronger with practice and effort. You aren’t born with all of these connections!

Created by: Mandy Benedix

My Growth Mindset Promise

Help students reflect on how they can grow these neuron connections in their brain.

Students need to know that they are the true “architects” of their brain.

This simple activity helps them identify things that they can do to grow their intelligence.

Do you know your mindset?

As I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped,

confused by the fact that these huge creatures

were being held by only a small rope tied to their front

leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the

elephants could, at anytime, break away

from the ropes they were tied to but for some reason, they did not. I saw a trainer near by and asked why these

beautiful, magnificent animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.

“Well,” he said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them

and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break

away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”

I was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they

couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.

Gumption

Resiliency

Integrity 

Tenacity 

My GoalSteps to Success

Mindset = the foundation

USE THE VOCABULARY

The best place to start is to begin talking about Grit in

your already existing lessons.

GUMPTION

RESILIENCY

INTEGRITY

TENACITY

RECOGNIZE PEOPLE FOR THEIR GRIT

GRIT

Reaching Beyond Herself

Pass it On.

DELAY GRATIFICATIONTrain students to pass up a “good” reward now, for something even better later.

End of the Day Reward Visual Savings (marble jar) Tracking progress Group Competition (healthy snack) Visualize the goal Reflection on times when student did not

show grit

“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something.”

-Helen Keller

Mandy Benedixbenedixm@pearlandisd.org832 736-6400

Dana Milesmilesd@pearlandisd.org832 736-6400

Materials found at:

http://www.pearlandisd.org/webpages/benedixm/index.cfm?subpage=60627