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March 2024
“I trust you.” Do you remember the first time a colleague said that to you? How did you feel? Surprised? Flattered? Connected? Valued? Supported? Grateful? Trusted? Do you remember the first time you felt or shared that trust sentiment with a colleague?
March 2020
First, let me start by saying: Read this blog. Don’t read this blog. Save it for later. Or make it disappear forever. Your choice. We all have decisions and choices to make right now. Small, big, life changing. Decision fatigue is real. Rapid change is here.
New Beginnings with GEM™ - Growing Early Mindsets™
New Beginnings with GEM™ - Growing Early Mindsets™
January 2019
January ushers in new opportunities and possibilities. For us educators it’s an opportunity to reflect on our challenges and mistakes, apply new learning, recommit to our short and long-term goals, and translate ideas into action.
September 2018
As children in Central Oregon and across the country embark upon the start of a new school year, our kindergarten educators have been working hard to prepare their classrooms for the newest additions to our K-12 system of education. Though many of us remember kindergarten as the beginning of our educational careers, it’s important to note that the actual work of preparing kids for formal schooling really starts much earlier.
December 2017
To a female: “You’re so smart in math, you should be a teacher.”
To a male: “You’re so smart in math, you should be an engineer.”
These messages are systemic. Generations of women and men have been given these messages (and more like them) by their parents, teachers, coaches, professors, and other adults in their lives.
September 2013
In the last issue, I explored two child development and early learning milestones which provide an opportunity to nurture a growth mindset in early learners. In the following article I will explore two more: inquiry and school readiness.
August 2013
In the following article I present four child development and early learning milestones across the developmental continuum that provide authentic opportunities to nurture a growth mindset in early learners. In this first issue I will discuss the first two examples: learning to walk and a child's expression of independence (self-efficacy and agency). In the next issue I will elaborate on the third and fourth examples: inquiry (a child's questions and wonders) and school readiness.
August 2012
I was first introduced to Carol Dweck’s work in 2008 when I served in a middle school in one of the suburbs of Portland, Oregon. Thanks to the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Grant, a small team of teachers, including myself were charged with implementing a new Tier II intervention in the middle and high schools. During one of the targeted trainings we were introduced to Carol Dweck’s work on student motivation. Her book Mindset was part of our training since we were expected to teach students how to cultivate a growth mindset within the respective intervention.
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