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The Artisan Approach: Capitalize on your talents and manage around your non-talents. A Primer on Talent Neural nature Traces Types Themes. Non-talent? Get a little better Get a partner Make a support system Overwhelm NT with T Just don’t do it. Connection
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The Artisan Approach: Capitalize on your talents and manage around your non-talents
A Primer on Talent Neural nature Traces Types Themes
Non-talent? Get a little better Get a partner Make a support system Overwhelm NT with T Just don’t do it
Connection Teaching new curriculum by identifying and “building on” past learning and experience
Mental Models Employing images, sensory representations, symbol systems, and creative processing methodologies to create mental frameworks for learning
Personal Relevance Linking new learning to students’ survival and/or immediate well-being
Locale Memory Teaching to the brain’s 3-dimensional, spatial memory system
A Logic ModelTheory in use… Way of thinking… Rationale…
Life (as a school administrator) Brevity Fragmentation Diversity
Leverage Mechanical advantage Effect size
Teaching Quality Content knowledge Pedagogical skill Compelling nature
Coaching & Feedback Pattern recognition Retrieval fluency Coaching & feedback skills
School Culture Attracts talent Repels problems
30 Second Feedback Cushion Teaching Learning + Tag
5 Minute Feedback Discussion Theme Cushion Teaching Learning + Tag
Creating an Artisan Culture • The opportunity to work with other talented artisans • The opportunity to work with administrators who can develop artisans’ talents. What is an Artisan Teacher? An Artisan is part scientist, part artist, part skilled laborer. An Artisan is a craftsperson… one skilled in the applied arts.
Performance Feedback Increasing student persistence by delivering abundant, immediate, and specific knowledge of results
Overt Responses Obtaining “proof of learning” from students during instruction
What is an Artisan? An Artisan is part scientist, part artist, part skilled laborer. An Artisan is a craftsperson… one skilled in the applied arts. What is an Artisan Teacher? An Artisan is part scientist, part artist, part skilled laborer. An Artisan is a craftsperson… one skilled in the applied arts.
A Primer on Talent Neural nature Traces Types Themes
Neural Pruning Paring back of connections to create useful neural networks… birth through age 22.
Talent Friendly Characteristics: Value Appreciate Recognize Develop
Agree or disagree? “Never, never, never give up!” Winston Churchill
A Logic Modelfor turning teaching talent into student achievement
Agree or disagree? “Success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration” Thomas Edison
Agree or disagree? Q: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? A: Practice, practice, practice.
Conscious Attention Gaining, keeping, and applying the learner’s finite attention span to the intended curriculum
The Artisan Approach: Capitalize on your talents and manage around your non-talents
Chunking Dividing the learning into small, discreet “packets of information” to avoid memory overload and enhance recall
Sensory Register Working Memory Long-Term Memory The Information Processing Model
Neural Downshifting Controlling the learning environment so as to keep students’ brains engaged in higher order thinking
Enriched Environments Modifying the classroom’s physical and social/emotional attributes to enhance attention, effort, persistence, and achievement
Practice Improving recall and application through skillful rehearsal, repetition, drill, study, and review
The Elements of Temperament: Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, Conscientiousness
Teacher Efficacy Content knowledge Pedagogical skill Compelling nature
First-Time Learning Capitalizing on the brain’s tendency to attend to, process deeply, and remember well, learning it regards as new, original, or novel
Success Employing the frames of aptitude, persistence, perception, prior experience, value, and consequences to maximize student effort
7 Tools Training 30 second feedback 5 minute feedback Reflective planning Positive reinforcement coaching Instructional coaching Small group coaching Teaching studies
Creating an Artisan Culture Artisan teachers seek employment at schools that have these two characteristics… [from exit interviews of “migrating artisans”] What is an Artisan Teacher? An Artisan is part scientist, part artist, part skilled laborer. An Artisan is a craftsperson… one skilled in the applied arts.
Efficacy A sense of profound satisfaction that comes from successfully applying one’s talents to a difficult task.
Elements of Efficacy Knowledge Skill Compelling Nature