Developing CONFIDENCE in Our Students
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Creating the Conditions:
Developing CONFIDENCE in Our Students
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Learning Intentions
where are you at? Red? Yellow?
Green?• I can explain the importance of self-confidence in
student learning
• I can share ideas and strategies to increase
student engagement by creating space
for student strengths and interests in the
classroom.
• I can describe formative assessment practices
that build success and confidence in learners.
• I can share ways to tap into the strengths of
students beyond the classroom walls
What brings you here?
What is YOUR question?
The Importance of Confidence
• Recall a time when you had a confident learning experience.
– What did it look/feel/sound like?
• Recall a time when you had an anxious learning experience.
– What did it look/feel/sound like?
• Why is confidence important in our learners?
CONFIDENCE
“To shift a cycle from decline to success,
leaders must restore people’s confidence”
--Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Arrogance
Despair
Not simply about self-esteem. Build REAL confidence.
http://youtu.be/-DIETlxquzY
Back up to where
they are…
and get em on a
winning streak
Tom Schimmer
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Keep the
LIDS off
KIDS
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When a struggle becomes a strength
Got grit?
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Resiliency cravesconfidence…
Created by Krissy Venosdale
Confidence through
ASSESSMENT
Student success increases when students see clear
learning targets. With success comes confidence in
learning. Pauline Clarke
Are we speaking the same
“language” when we talk about
assessment?
http://youtu.be/89frRi8GgGA
What is the PURPOSE
of assessment?
“When it comes to assessment, think purpose, purpose, purpose.”Caren Cameron
Do our assessment practices
increase confidence or increase
anxiety?
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From Caren Cameron
Distinct Differences
Assessment FOR(formative)
Assessment OF(summative)
Learning
Students
Descriptive
Daily
Measuring
Public/Parents
% # Symbols (A,B,etc)
Event
Coach Judge
Summative Assessment
Are we marking assignments
or assessing learning?
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What is the difference?
6 BIG
Formative Assessment Practices
Learning
Intentions
Success
Criteria
Descriptive
Feedback
Student
Ownership
Self and Peer
Assessment
Powerful
Questions
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Clear Learning Intentions
Let students know,
in a language they can
understand, what they are expected to learn
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Grade 7 ScienceKris Fujita - Chiefess School
Name:
Unit:
Before AfterDestination
Comments (student, teacher):
Via Caren Cameron
Success Criteria
Work with learners
to develop criteria
so we know
“what good looks like”.
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From Caren Cameron
Criteria - Grade 10Kathleen Gregory - Sooke #62
Descriptive Feedback
SUCCESS & CONFIDENCE
Feedback
Success Criteria
Learning Intentions
Swap Meet
Grab an index card. Write one of the following statements and complete the thought on the card:
• One thing I am going to do in my classroom/school is…
• One thing I want to be sure to remember is…
When you are finished, walk around the room and meet with someone you have not spoken to today. Share the information on your cards and then exchange cards. Do this 2 more times. Return to your table and share the information on the new card with your group.
Confidence through
STRENGTHS & INTERESTS
Create space
in the curriculum
for strengths and
interests
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Writing Poetry Through Interests
Daddy, why are the mountains
following us?
Inquiry
"When there is space for kids to
create, connect, explore - magichappens”
Neil Stephenson
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Inquiry: Teaching Through
Strengths and Interests
“Wonder Wall” via Kathy Rice
Passion Projects
@_MrsBarb
IDEA FACTORY
What can we DO
– next week, next month, next year -
in classrooms/schools to use
strengths/interests to increase
confidence and engagement?
Brainstorm at your tableCategorize into classroom and school
Record and Share
Start with one lesson or one
unit
• Take a moment to reflect upon a lesson/unit that
you have recently taught or one in which you are
comfortable teaching.
• How could you incorporate the strengths/interests of
students into this lesson or unit?
• Record and share.
Connecting Strengths
Beyond the Classroom Walls
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“We have always overestimated the value
of access to information and
underestimated the value
of access to each other.”Clay Shirky
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42931449@N07/6088751332/
A School Built on Strengths
Reflect.
To tap into the strengths of our students
beyond our classroom walls, we can…
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Learning Intentionswhere are you at now? Red? Yellow?
Green?• I can explain the importance of self-confidence
in student learning
• I can share ideas and strategies to increase student engagement by creating space for student strengths and interests in the classroom.
• I can describe formative assessment practices that build success and confidence in learners.
• I can share ways to tap into the strengths of students beyond the classroom walls
Looking back at your questions…
To build real confidence in my students,
I need to:
STOP doing
doing
START doing
