Karah Lewis

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A6: Gifted students are empowered to make decisions that fit their own lives and the goals they would like to set for themselves. #gtchat

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A6: Gifted students better understand their needs in the classroom and in life, and then problem-solve through these needs. They reflect objectively and make necessary tweaks #gtchat

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A6: Gifted students are able to help the people around them better understand who they are through their communication and self-advocacy skills. #gtchat

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A6: Gifted students understand themselves more fully through their development in intrapersonal awareness. This guides their hopes, dreams, goals, and purpose. #gtchat

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@mtarndt @gtchatmod In Know Thyself, we have students take assessments to see what strengths/barriers they have. They can't avoid what data says & teachers help with solutions #gtchat

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A5: With teacher facilitation, students problem-solve through the barrier to create a plan for the goal as it applies to their learning and life. #gtchat

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A5: From a student’s strengths, teacher and student look at the barrier through the lens of interpersonal skills and how their communication relates to the barrier. #gtchat

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A5: When a student works collaboratively with their teacher to set a goal, they first address what is within them that can benefit them and what is contributing to the barrier #gtchat
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@mrterborg This is such an important job of the teacher. We believe that knowing and respecting students lies at the heart of helping them set purposeful goals #gtchat

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#gtchatA1: Building on students strengths with this process creates Purposeful Empowerment in Goal Setting (PEGS) #gtchat

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A4: When students understand what they are feeling, how to interact with those feelings, and what barriers this sets for them, students can formulate a plan that empowers their goal-setting and achievement. #gtchat #gtchat

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A4: Conversely, a lack of SE awareness and self-regulation will cause the student to have no purpose or ownership of the goal and cause them to act only out of impulse. #gtchat #gtchat

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@mrterborg Assessments in these areas can help. Also, having a teacher they trust to hold up a metaphorical mirror helps students to see what their strengths are #gtchat

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A4:A student’s social-emotional awareness and self-regulation skills can enable them to make decisions based on more than just their impulses. #gtchat #gtchat

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@gtchatmod In our work, we have found that underachievers find new value in learning when the goals have purpose #gtchat

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A3: Students who have ownership in goal setting will begin to have more agency over their school careers and relationships #gtchat #gtchat

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A3: When students are allowed to examine themselves and set goals that are important to them, they work to problem-solve and overcome hurdles with greater tenacity. #gtchat

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A3: Many times, goals are given to students by adults who want to improve a deficit in the student. Students will likely lack purpose or ownership within the goal. No value=No attainment #gtchat #gtchat

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#gtchatA2: After time to put the goal into action, the student reflects on the outcome with the teacher. On-going reflection and accountability increase goal achievement #gtchat

[Karah Lewis @KarahLew]

@averyiedu With the PEGS model, each student uses the stages of intrapersonal, interpersonal, apply to learning, reflection #gtchat