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HABITS OF SUCCESS IN SCHOOL, WORK AND LIFE

HABITS OF SUCCESS IN SCHOOL, WORK AND LIFE. “ Things are more like they are today than they ever have been.” DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. “ Insanity is continuing to do the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein. SHARING THE VISION. Habits of Success attend to:.

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HABITS OF SUCCESS IN SCHOOL, WORK AND LIFE

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  1. HABITS OF SUCCESS • IN SCHOOL, WORK AND LIFE

  2. “Things are more like they are today than they ever have been.” DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

  3. “Insanity is continuing to do the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”Albert Einstein

  4. SHARING THE VISION

  5. Habits of Success attend to: • Value - choosing to behave intelligently • Inclination- deciding to use a certain behavior • Sensitivity- knowingwhen to use them • Capability- having skills & capacity to use them • Commitment- reflectingon improvement

  6. “HABIT IS A CABLE;WE WEAVE IT EACH DAY, AND AT LAST WE CANNOT BREAK IT.”

  7. FROM: Not only knowing right answers. TO: Also knowing how to behave when answers are not immediately apparent. MIND SHIFTS

  8. ARE WE PREPARING STUDENTS FOR A LIFE OF TESTS OR FOR THE TESTS OF LIFE?

  9. . 1. PERSISTING Persevering on a task even though the resolution is not immediately apparent. Stick to it!

  10. SHARE AN EXAMPLE ;OF A TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHEN PERSISTENCE PAID OFF FOR YOU.

  11. 2. MANAGING IMPULSIVITY Acting with forethought and deliberation. Take your time!

  12. MANAGINGIMPULSIVITY “DON’T CALL OUT IN ASSEMBLY IF YOU LOOSE A TOOTH. YOU WAIT UNTIL ASSEMBLY IS OVER.” GAGE, GRADE 1

  13. 3. LISTENING WITH UNDERSTANDING AND EMPATHY Devoting mental energies to understanding others’ thoughts and feelings. Understand others!

  14. LISTENING SEQUENCE: • Pause • Paraphrase • Probe • Inquire • Clarify

  15. Pausing: Using wait-time before responding to or asking a question allows time for more complex thinking, enhances dialogue and improves decision making.

  16. Paraphrasing: Lets others know that you are listening, that you understand or are trying to understand them and that you care.

  17. Probing: Increases the clarity and precision of the group's thinking by refining understandings, terminology and interpretations.

  18. Listener: Use the Pause, Paraphrase Probe sequence • Speaker: Finish this sentence: • “AS I REFLECT ON MY DAUGHTER’S PROGRESS SO FAR THIS SCHOOL YEAR SO FAR, I AM MOST PROUD OF………”

  19. Listener: Use the Pause, Paraphrase Probe sequence • Speaker: Finish this sentence: • “AS MY DAUGHTER ANTICIPATES THE REMAINDER OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, SHE IS MOST EXCITED ABOUT…….”

  20. 4. THINKING FLEXIBLY:4. THINKING FLEXIBLY Changing perspectives, generating alternatives, considering options. Look at it another way!

  21. 5. METACOGNITION Being aware of your own thoughts, feelings, and actions and their effects of on others Think about your thinking!

  22. Metacognition: • Think • Aloud • Problem • Solving

  23. THINK ALOUDPROBLEM SOLVING Pose challenging problems then: • Invite your child to describe their plans and strategies for solving the problem. • Share their thinking as they are implementing their plan. • Reflect on/evaluate the effectiveness of their strategy.

  24. Sustaining and Engaging Metacognition 1. Check for Accuracy 2. Clarify 3. Provide data not answers 4. Resist making judgments 5. Stay focused on thinking 6. Encourage Persistence

  25. 6. STRIVING FOR ACCURACY Desiring exactness, fidelity and craftsmanship. Check it again!

  26. 7. QUESTIONING AND POSING PROBLEMS Having a questioning attitude. Developing strategies to produce needed data. Finding problems to solve. How do you know?

  27. Questioning And Problem Posing

  28. 8. APPLYING PAST KNOWLEDGE TO NEW SITUATIONS Accessing prior knowledge and transferring it to novel situations. Use what you’ve learned!

  29. 9. THINKING AND COMMUNICATING WITH CLARITY AND PRECISION Striving for accurate communication in written and oral form. Think Clearly!

  30. 10. GATHERING DATA THROUGH ALL SENSES Using all sensory pathways: gustatory, olfactory, tactile, kinesthetic, auditory, visual. Use your natural pathways!

  31. 11. CREATING, IMAGINING, INNOVATING Generating new and novel ideas; fluency, originality. Try a different way!

  32. 12. RESPONDING WITH WONDERMENT AND AWE Finding the world fascinating, mysterious, intriguing and phenomenal. Awesome!

  33. “All thinking begins with wondering” Socrates

  34. 13.TAKING RESPONSIBLE RISKS Being adventuresome. Living on the edge of one's competence Venture Out!

  35. TAKING RESPONSIBLE RISKS: What school and classroom conditions must exist to foster creative thinking and risk-taking?

  36. 14. FINDING HUMOR Finding whimsy, incongruity and playfulness. Laughing at yourself. Laugh a little!

  37. 15. THINKING INTERDEPENDENTLY Working with and learning from others in reciprocal situations. Work together!

  38. 16. REMAINING OPEN TO CONTINUOUS LEARNING Having humility and pride in admitting there is more to learn. Resisting complacency. Continue to learn!

  39. MODELING: “ What you are speaks so loudly, they can’t hear what you say.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

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