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“Sneak Peek Outline” of Full Presentation (and brief look at the jam-packed presentation to come!). GRIT, GRATITUDE, and GUMPTION. Instilling the character traits that promote learning and life success. Character. Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet
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“Sneak Peek Outline” of Full Presentation (and brief look at the jam-packed presentation to come!) GRIT, GRATITUDE, and GUMPTION Instilling the character traits that promote learning and life success
Character Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. ---Helen Keller
OBJECTIVES • Definitions, research, and impact on well being • Our own self-awareness • Application/techniques in the acquisition of the traits • Review lesson plans attendees can take with them to use to support the development of grit, gratitude and gumption in their students
Vocabulary • Grit • Gratitude • Gumption • Character • Executive Functioning Skills/Non cognitive traits • Resilience • Tenacity/persevere • Mindset • Wisdom, • Volition, • Courage • Hope, vision, passion
Research based evidence of the impact of gratitude on learning and life success…
Six Steps of Teaching for Grit • Establish the environment • Set the expectations • Teach the vocabulary • Create the frustration • Monitor the experience • Reflect and learn
Relationship between Grit, Gratitude, and Gumption and Overall student learning, academic success, and overall well-being
Students don’t know their potential We must believe it is there; we must then see it and reflect it back to them (Mary Brown)
“Becoming is better than being” Fixed mindset – they forget the “yet”
Lesson Plans • Grit • Gratitude • Gumption