We believe in providing students the opportunity to lead their learning, to take responsibility for their successes, and to set goals to further their growth. When kids see that their efforts are productive and that they are in control, they begin to attempt new things and build their confidence as learners.
Each Fall at Spicewood all students take the lead for conferences by writing goals with their teachers and parents and sharing them at their conference. They set a variety of academic, self-management, and social goals that they commit to working on by outlining strategies. It is important that we don't just ask them what they need to work on, but how they plan to do it, and what support they need from us as educators and parents. By setting and managing attainable goals students learn valuable lessons about commitment and perseverance while also experiencing the rewards of achieving theses goals bit by bit throughout the year.
This process supports students as they build responsibility, and develop metacognition for their own strengths and needs. By building this valuable reflection into the learning process, students begin to realize what they need to do in order accomplish short and long term goals and can adjust accordingly. These are skills all our students need to be successful in the world.
At home ask your students to reflect on their day, sharing how they worked on their goal and what they need to do next. Celebrate their work and praise them for the effort they are making. We want our students to know that they are in control of their learning and develop a mindset of risk taking and growth. All too often our students are afraid to attempt things they won't be good at, but by showing them that effort and practice impact the outcomes of their learning, and beginning to not qualify themselves at "not good at ____", they see that they are indeed capable of achieving anything with awareness, effort, and support.
Read more about students and the value of a growth mindset.
Each Fall at Spicewood all students take the lead for conferences by writing goals with their teachers and parents and sharing them at their conference. They set a variety of academic, self-management, and social goals that they commit to working on by outlining strategies. It is important that we don't just ask them what they need to work on, but how they plan to do it, and what support they need from us as educators and parents. By setting and managing attainable goals students learn valuable lessons about commitment and perseverance while also experiencing the rewards of achieving theses goals bit by bit throughout the year.
This process supports students as they build responsibility, and develop metacognition for their own strengths and needs. By building this valuable reflection into the learning process, students begin to realize what they need to do in order accomplish short and long term goals and can adjust accordingly. These are skills all our students need to be successful in the world.
At home ask your students to reflect on their day, sharing how they worked on their goal and what they need to do next. Celebrate their work and praise them for the effort they are making. We want our students to know that they are in control of their learning and develop a mindset of risk taking and growth. All too often our students are afraid to attempt things they won't be good at, but by showing them that effort and practice impact the outcomes of their learning, and beginning to not qualify themselves at "not good at ____", they see that they are indeed capable of achieving anything with awareness, effort, and support.
Read more about students and the value of a growth mindset.
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