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It’s All About You! Partners in Progress: Creating a Culture of Literacy in Georgia Schools July 2013. It’s All About You!. Preparing for the Challenge. Shoot for the Moon. and even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars. Literacy, Learning, & Teacher Effectiveness.
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It’s All About You! Partners in Progress: Creating a Culture of Literacy in Georgia Schools July 2013
Shoot for the Moon and even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars
I challenge you to view your work this year as a collaboration and to commit to sharing your strengths, as well as to learning from others, in order to ensure that effective teaching and quality instruction are the norm in every classroom.
Hattie’s Eight Mind Frames • Teachers/leaders believe that success and failure in student learning is about what they, as teachers or leaders, did or did not do . . . We are change agents! Hattie, J. (2012). Visible learning for teachers: Maximizing impact on learning (pp. 159-166). New York: Routledge.
Mindset Dweck, C. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York: Random House.
Every student who has not experienced success in school, thinks this year will be different.
Many students who have experienced success in school, fear that this year will be different.
Schlechty’s Levels of Engagement Schlechty, P. C. (2002). Working on the work: An action plan for teachers, principals, and superintendents. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Schlechty’s Design Qualities • Product focus • Clear product standards • Protection from adverse consequences for initial failures • Affirmation • Affiliation • Choice • Novelty and variety • Authenticity Schlechty, P. C. (2002). Working on the work: An action plan for teachers, principals, and superintendents. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Engaging Students in Close Reading One size doe not fit all . . .
Hattie’s Eight Mind Frames • Teachers/leaders believe that it is their role to develop positive relationships in classrooms/staffrooms. Hattie, J. (2012). Visible learning for teachers: Maximizing impact on learning (pp. 159-166). New York: Routledge.
So, it’s all about you . . . I challenge each one of you to be the teacher who looks at your practices this year with new eyes and begins a voyage to discover that all things are possible when we work together toward a common goal.
Cynde Snider, PhD csnider@doe.k12.ga.ua 404-657-9971