HABITS OF SUCCESSIN SCHOOL, WORK

AND LIFE

“ Things are more like they are today than they ever have been.”

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

“ Insanity is continuing to do the same thing over and

over and expecting different results.”

Albert Einstein

SHARING THE VISION

Habits of Success attend to:

Value - choosing to behave intelligently

Inclination- deciding to use a certain behavior

Sensitivity- knowing when to use them

Capability- having skills & capacity to use them

Commitment- reflecting on improvement

“ HABIT IS A CABLE;WE WEAVE IT EACH DAY, AND AT LAST WE CANNOT BREAK IT.”

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MIND SHIFTS

FROM: Not only

knowing right answers.

TO:

Also knowing how to behave when answers are not immediately apparent.

ARE WE PREPARING

STUDENTS FOR A LIFE OF TESTS OR FOR THE TESTS

OF LIFE?

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Stick to it!

1. PERSISTING

Persevering on a task even though the resolution is not immediately apparent.

SHARE AN EXAMPLE ;OF A TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHEN

PERSISTENCE PAID OFF FOR YOU.

2. MANAGING IMPULSIVITY

Take your time!

Acting with forethought and deliberation.

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MANAGINGIMPULSIVITY

“ DON’T CALL OUTIN ASSEMBLY IFYOU LOOSE A

TOOTH. YOU WAITUNTIL ASSEMBLY

IS OVER.”GAGE, GRADE 1

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3. LISTENING WITH UNDERSTANDING AND EMPATHY

Understand others!

Devoting mental energies to understandingothers’ thoughts and feelings.

•Pause

•Paraphrase

•Probe• Inquire• Clarify

LISTENING SEQUENCE:

Pausing:

Using wait-time before responding

to or asking a question allows time for more complex thinking, enhances dialogue and improves decision making.

Paraphrasing:

Lets others know that you are listening, that you understand or are trying to understand them and that you care.

Probing:

Increases the clarity and precision of the group's thinking by refining understandings, terminology and interpretations.

Speaker: Finish this sentence:

“AS I REFLECT ON MY DAUGHTER’S PROGRESS SO FAR THIS SCHOOL YEAR SO FAR, I AM MOST PROUD OF………”

Listener: Use the Pause, Paraphrase Probe sequence

Speaker: Finish this sentence:

“AS MY DAUGHTER ANTICIPATES THE REMAINDER OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, SHE IS MOST EXCITED ABOUT…….”

Listener: Use the Pause, Paraphrase Probe sequence

4. THINKING FLEXIBLY:

4. THINKING FLEXIBLY

Look at it another way!

Changing perspectives, generating alternatives, considering options.

Think about your thinking!

5. METACOGNITION

Being aware of your own thoughts, feelings, and actions and their effects of on others

Metacognition:

Think

Aloud

Problem

Solving

THINK ALOUDPROBLEM SOLVING

Pose challenging problems then:

Invite your child to describe their plans and strategies for solving the problem.

Share their thinking as they are

implementing their plan.

Reflect on/evaluate the effectiveness of their strategy.

Sustaining and Engaging Metacognition

1. Check for Accuracy2. Clarify3. Provide data not answers4. Resist making judgments5. Stay focused on thinking6. Encourage Persistence

6. STRIVING FOR ACCURACY

Check it again!

Desiring exactness, fidelity and craftsmanship.

7. QUESTIONING AND POSING PROBLEMS

How do you know?

Having a questioning attitude.Developing strategies to produce needed data. Finding problems to solve.

QuestioningAndProblemPosing

8. APPLYING PAST KNOWLEDGE TO NEW SITUATIONS

Use what you’ve learned!

Accessing prior knowledge and transferring it to novel situations.

Think Clearly!

Striving for accuratecommunication in writtenand oral form.

9. THINKING AND COMMUNICATING WITH CLARITY AND PRECISION

10. GATHERING DATA THROUGH ALL SENSES

Using all sensory pathways: gustatory, olfactory, tactile, kinesthetic, auditory, visual.

Use your natural pathways!

11. CREATING, IMAGINING, INNOVATING

Try a different way!

Generating new and novel ideas; fluency, originality.

12. RESPONDING WITH WONDERMENT AND AWE

Awesome!

Finding the world fascinating, mysterious, intriguing and phenomenal.

“ All thinking begins

with wondering”Socrates

13. TAKING RESPONSIBLE RISKS

Venture Out!

Being adventuresome.Living on the edge of one's competence

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TAKING RESPONSIBLE RISKS:

What school and classroom conditions must exist to foster creative thinking and risk-taking?

14. FINDING HUMOR

Laugh a little!

Finding whimsy, incongruity and playfulness.Laughing at yourself.

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15. THINKING INTERDEPENDENTLY

Work together!

Working with and learning from others in reciprocal situations.

16. REMAINING OPEN TO CONTINUOUS LEARNING

Having humility and pride in admitting there is more to learn. Resisting complacency.

Continue to learn!

MODELING:

“ What you are speaks so loudly, they can’t hear what you say.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

DON’T WORRY THAT CHILDREN NEVERLISTEN TO YOU; WORRY THAT THEYARE ALWAYS WATCHING YOU.

ROBERT FULGHUM

“ WE ARE WHAT WE REPEATEDLY

DO.EXCELLENCE, THEN, IS NOT

AN ACT BUT A HABIT.”

Aristotle