Use of Language - David Keane's course (The Art of Deliberate success)

Through using the App version of The Art of Deliberate success I've come across some excellent Podcasts focusing on how the language we use affects our attitude to our day. I've listened to Oprah interview some really interesting people and have followed up on borrowing related books by these people from the local library. Currently on my reading list is 

• The 7 habits of highly effective people (I used to own this book but got put off by the word PARADIGM which makes my train of thought grind to a halt as I find it hard to envisage what a paradigm is!). I'm having another go.
• an analysis of effective leaders
• a text by Iylana van Zant on forgiveness

The biggest impact I have experience from Oprah's podcasts so far is her statement "when you you better you do better" as in - forgive yourself for doing/acting/saying things in the past that you were doing your best with at the time. For me this also extends to how I interact with my colleagues and operating from a point of grace rather than judgement.

Everyone is going through something in their lives which may be impacting on their efforts/attitude at work.

August update on PDA goals

Identified inquiry context: What will the inquiry be centered around?  What is the evidence that has helped to identify the context and the priority learners?

Does Stile as an online platform prove to be a useful/motivational/optimal tool when working with LA students on Big Picture ideas such as careers, aspirations, interest areas, community links for shadowing opportunities How effective can Stile be when regularly engaging with LA students about BP concepts

Set Goals:

What is the planned outcome/s from this intervention? (ie the intended impact on both teaching and learning)

• By focussing on the student’s interests and community links and ideas on job/career areas we can foster student agency in their learning and wellbeing – help the students develop a “future possibilities/future vision” for area(s) of interest which may then relate to career areas. To help students see that their agency is the driver for their direction and pace of success. By engaging whanau in this conversation we can build on the support for our student’s learning.

Mid year update:

I will be moving away from using Stile as the online forum I was aiming to use for student engagement as it can’t be used in a synchronous manner.

I will be shifting my focus on to using live/synchronous online chat sessions on Growth Mindset as means of engaging students, and will continue to work on encouraging my Learning Advisory students to attend these sessions. I have one regular LA attendee and his mum is very positive about Conrad’s attendance.

I am enthused about developing my own understanding of Growth Mindset and sharing my learning with students as I feel this underpins the issue of engagement. As such I have attended 3 webinars so far in the last 3 months – 2 hosted by Prof Jo Boaler at Stanford University (incorporating the latest research on the effects of Growth mindset in education, citing Carol Dweck’s research), and one run by Cassie at Create-abilities about fostering a growth mindset in your classroom. Cassie has a Masters in Instructional Design and comes from an angle of Primary teaching – the skills and attributes are entirely transferable to secondary students!

Professional learning - sharing the E-love

I’m sharing my various blog posts with the team I work with; having followed the advice of a very organised colleague I began blogging as a record of my Professional development and reflections on how my teaching practice alters/changes/improves as a result. So today I am demonstrating an example of professional learning, and supporting colleagues in their professional practice too  Not bad for 1 day before the end of term! 
26th September - transferred across from previous Blog site.