Mindful Habits of Teaching and Learning… Lessons I’ve learned

1. Mindful Habits of Teaching and Learning…Lessons I’ve learned Presented to the Riverside School Board teachers 02-08-26 Ainsley B. Rose

2. Mindset We the unwilling Led by the unknowing Have done so much With so little We are now qualified To do anything With nothing

3. An Optimist’s Creed I started out with nothing and still have most of it. Funny, I don’t remember being absent –minded It is easier to grow older than to get wiser. Its hard to make a comeback when you haven’t been anywhere

4. Outcomes • Habits • Paradigms • (Mindshift) • Lessons I‘ve learned

5. Personal Observation “ I am convinced that at no time in our careers will we have a greater opportunity to have such an effective and profound personal impact on educational change in this province.” Ainsley B. Rose - August 1999

7. I Touch the World I teach!!! • What inspired you to choose this profession? • What keeps you in this profession?

8. Change Story • Implementing change is like two elephants mating: • It’s done on a high level • It’s accomplished with a great deal of roaring and thrashing • It takes two years to achieve any results

9. How students learn will effect how we teach! Learning, like play, is natural activity

10. Developing Habits Knowledge (What & why) It takes twenty - one days to form a new habit, which means you are only three weeks from being an organized person Habits Desire (Want to) Skill (How to)

11. 16 Habits of Mind* • Persisting • Managing impulsivity • Listening with understanding • Thinking with understanding and empathy • Thinking about thinking • Striving for accuracy • Costa,Art&Kallick,Bena “Discovering and Exploring Habit s of Mind” ASCD 2000

12. 16 Habits of Mind* • Questioning and posing questions • Applying past knowledge • Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision • Gathering data through all senses • Creating, imagining, innovating • Costa,Art&Kallick,Bena “Discovering and Exploring Habit s of Mind” ASCD 2000

13. 16 Habits of Mind* • Responding with wonderment and awe • Taking responsible risks • Finding humour • Thinking interdependently • Remaining open to continuous learning • Costa,Art&Kallick,Bena “Discovering and Exploring Habit s of Mind” ASCD 2000

14. Definition of Paradigm(Mindshift) • “The way an individual perceives, understands, and interprets the surrounding world; a mental map.” • Stephen Covey, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Franklin Covey

15. Activity • Think of a time or event when you experienced a paradigm shift!

16. “Paradigm Shift” "Seeing things in a new way"

18. (Mindshift) Paradigm • Objectivesof the program – to competencies of the students • Organization by grade– to organization by cycle • Disciplines– to Domains

19. (Mindshift) Paradigm • Isolationin the teaching profession – to collaboration with others • From congenial school teams to collegial school teams

20. Alfie Kohn • “ When kids are led to focus on how well they are performing in school, they tend to explain their performance not by how hard they tried but by how smart they are.” • Kohn, Alfie The Schools Our Children Deserve, 1999. p.35

21. (Mindshift) Paradigm • From integrated special needs students to included students • From individualizedinstruction to differentiated instruction

22. (Mindshift) Paradigm • Sageon the stage to guide on the side • From followingdirections to choice (answering open–ended questions on big ideas or critical issues) • From structuredcurriculum to one of variety for students.

23. (Mindshift) Paradigm • From classroom teacher to school teacher • Focus on summative evaluation - to focus on formative evaluation (authentic assessment)

24. Four Principles of Learning Much learning occurs through social interaction New learning is shaped by the learner’s prior knowledge STUDENTS Learning is tied to particular situations Successful learning involves the use of numerous strategies

25. Metacognition • Means knowing about knowing – • “Some people are unaware of their own thinking processes while they are thinking” • E.g. what is ½ of 2+2 = ? • How are you solving that problem? • A.L.Costa “What human beings do when they behave intelligently” February 2000

26. Stages of Learning Unconscious Incompetence Conscious Incompetence Conscious Competence Unconscious Competence

27. How we communicate • 7% - words we use • 38% - how we say words, sounds we make • 55% - non-verbal – body language

28. The Retention Inversion 90% LECTURE 5% SPEECH 75% READING 10% READING 50% AUDIO-VISUAL 20% AUDIO-VISUAL 30% DEMONSTRATION 30% DEMONSTRATION 20% DISCUSSION GROUP 50% DISCUSSION GROUP 10% DOING 75% PRACTICE BY DOING TEACH 5% 90% TEACHING OTHERS COOPERATIVE LEARNING adapted from David and Roger Johnson

29. John Holt • “The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don’t know what to do.”

30. Corollary • How kids behave when they don’t know the answer is more important then how they behave when they do!

31. Alfie Kohn • Reasons why think kids think they got the results they did: • Effort • Ability • Luck • Difficulty

32. What is our present system Paradigm? • Reproduction? • Reconstruction? • Regurgitation? Describe the differences? Instruct vs. Construct

33. 10 Lessons I’ve learned

34. 10 Lessons I’ve learned • People are more important than things • Leadership is more important than management • People work harder and more effectively on their own ideas than on other people’s ideas.

35. 10 Lessons I’ve learned • Values are more important than knowledge • The individual is more important than the group • Feelings are more important than facts

36. 10 Lessons I’ve learned • Listening is more important than talking • Giving is more important than receiving • Developing people’s strengths is more important than correcting their weaknesses • The walk is more important than the talk

37. When you look out from your memory you focus on your past When you look out from your imagination you focus on the future

38. Perspective The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth

39. Noah’s Lessons • Don’t miss the boat • Don’t forget we’re all in the same boat • Plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark • Stay fit. When you’re 600 years old someone might task you to do something really big • Don’t listen to critics; just get on with what has to be done • For safety’s sake, travel in pairs (teams)

40. Noah’s Lessons • Build your future on high ground • Speed isn’t always an advantage; after all the snails were on the same ark with the cheetahs • When you’re stressed, float awhile • Remember the ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic was built by professionals • Remember the woodpeckers inside are a larger threat than the storm outside

41. Raining indoors

42. William Arthur Ward The Mediocreteachertells; The Goodteacherexplains; The Superiorteacherdemonstrates; The Exceptional teacher inspires.

43. Evaluation • “ If you can’t be kind at least be vague” • “The Future of Learning”, Leadership conference, Victoria B.C. February 2000