Purpose
- To develop conscious competence in communicating high expectation messages to every student
- To apply knowledge and skills in developing students’ belief in the growth mindset
- Apply the concepts of “areas of performance,” “repertoire” and “matching” to develop students’ belief in the growth mindset
- Expand/refresh your repertoire of teaching strategies
Objectives
- Teach the concept of growth mindset and brain malleability to students
- Use words and actions in regularly recurring arenas of classroom life that send high expectations messages to students about your belief in their capacity to learn at high levels
- Incorporate growth mindset language as an integral part of your teaching
- Explicitly teach learning strategies and connect them to effective effort
Notices
- Module 1 is a prerequisite for all additional modules.
- Fees: See fee schedule
- One hour graduate credit available: $150