@BrianMendler Right on, Brian! Attitude and Effort are everything we should control. Instead, students judge themselves based on numbers and scores. We should reinforce this mentality daily. We're in the business of people after all. #testanxiety#TeacherEd
@RutgersAltRoute A5: Assessment criteria should be clear (on rubrics), and we don't have to grade every assignment for correctness. We can grade for effort and participation on some things so students know that their input and effort (not correctness) is what is valued. #TeacherED#GrowthMindset
@RutgersAltRoute A4: Perhaps certain assignments can be graded for effort (formative) rather than always grading everything for correctness. If we praise our students for effort and hard work, they are more likely to strive for new goals later on. #TeacherED#GrowthMindset
@RutgersAltRoute A3: I should take more time to tell students that there are no prerequisites for lessons and that they all can learn. I want my students to know that I look forward to the learning process, of helping them in the learning process, however messy it can be #TeacherED#GrowthMindset
@RutgersAltRoute A2 ctd: I think music teachers should focus on numerous repetitions to learn something and use slower tempos to reinforce good practice habits. We have to do things slowly before we can do them up to tempo. Break down processes and build them back up #musicED#GrowthMindset
@RutgersAltRoute A2: Teachers can create growth-mindset-oriented environments by building relationships with students, cherishing mistakes as necessary learning experiences, and encouraging students to learn something even if they currently do not have mastery of it. #TeacherED#GrowthMindset
@TaitLiza @RutgersAltRoute Absolutely! I think students believe that learning ends when they graduate from school, but we are actually learning for the rest of our lives. #TeacherED#GrowthMindset
@RutgersAltRoute We need to remind students every day that they CAN learn ANYTHING, no matter who they are now or where they come from. #TeacherED#GrowthMindset
@RutgersAltRoute A1: Mindset can create challenges especially if a student is closed to learning about a topic or feels that that subject "isn't for them." This, combined with a feeling of judgment from the outside can cause a student to shut down. #TeacherED#GrowthMindset
@naddhyax_ Sometimes it just takes a quick conversation in which you get to know your students, or speaking about life and why we are learning these topics to have students truly connect with teachers and the subject matter.
To build a culturally responsive classroom, teachers must establish inclusion by creating an atmosphere of respect between and among teachers and students. For example, we could spend time speaking about the human purpose of what we learn and why. #TeacherEd#diverselearners
@RutgersAltRoute Also some peer-teacher observations to see how general education students are integrating with special education students could be helpful.
@RutgersAltRoute A5: I think that our educational coaches could reach out (or we can meet with them) more often to check in about students and classroom methods, assignments, and resources we can use in our classes to help our students the most. Perspective is key #TeacherEd#SpecialEd