Developing a Growth Mindset to Build Student and Parent Engagement for Learning
Our Team • Gianna Helling: Principal St. Sebastian Catholic Elementary School, TCDSB • Kathleen Keenan: Primary Teacher, St. Sebastian Catholic Elementary School, TCDSB • Katharine Piotrowski: Junior Special Education Teacher, St. Sebastian Catholic Elementary School, TCDSB
Developing a Growth Mindset to Build Engagement for Student Learning • Purposefully teaching staff, parents and students how to re-frame the dialogue, learn from mistakes and persevere in the face of adversity, is central to students ’ feelings of belonging, engagement and strengthening the voice of students in the school community. • www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kiYDLb8290&app=desktop • storify.com/giannahelling/developing-a-growth-mindset-to-build- engagement-fo
You Can Change Your Mind You have a choice. Mindsets are just beliefs. They’re powerful beliefs, but they’re just something in your mind, and you can change your mind. Carol Dweck, Mindse t, p.16
Explicitly Teaching the Value of the Growth Mindset and Productive Struggle
Team 218’s Brains Grow! @Piotrok
Team 218 Goes to Stanford
Team 218: Metacognates!
Building Engagement for Learning at the School Level • Principal as Co-Learner • Principal as Cheerleader • Principal as Archivist • Principal as Trust-Builder storify.com/giannahelling/talk-to-learn Follow Gianna @giannahelling
What is Deep Learning? • Deep Learning is: • Cross Curricular, • Inquiry Based • Action Oriented • Involves Connections to the Global and Local Community. • We also believe that to encourage student voice, students need to feel an emotional connection to the learning. • twitter.com/MsKeenansClass/status/592762729070501888 • storify.com/giannahelling/social-justice-and-math
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Math and the Brain #TM4SJ
Goat Math • www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZvWNyN1yEw • What value do you see in posting student work/ learning online? • Turn/ Talk/ Share
@MsKeenansClass discuss #DavenportDiamond @Metrolinx
Recipe Math @MsKeenansClass
Keep In Touch • Questions • Comments • Next Steps • @Piotrok • @MsKeenansClass • @giannahelling • gianna.helling@tcdsb.org • Kathleen.Keenan@tcdsb.org • Katharine.piotrowski@tcdsb.org
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