4 FISH! Philosophy Tips to Choose Your Attitude

FISH! Philosophy Tips to Choose Your Attitude

In every situation choose your attitude You may not control what happens to you, but you do get to decide
how you respond to it.

1. Be aware of your inner voice: 

What does it say to you as you wake every morning

2. What’s your goal?

Decide what you are going to be today whether it's helpful or patient and stick to that for the day.

Think ahead to what people may challenge your attitude.

REHEARSE and REAFFIRM your goal and stick to it and stay focused on your goal. 

Remember disagreements come and go but relationships are not easily replaced.

3. Adopt a “growth” attitude

Remember that your attitude is shaped by how you see yourself and how you see others. It is important to have a growth mindset. This will give more engagement and power.

More flexible to handle change. COllaborate more and feel safe to try new situations

4. Challenge your assumptions

Be careful to not assume the worst of people's motives and especially if we don't agree or have a positive connection with them. have a different attitude than you

If you have a coworker or employee you think has a bad attitude or lack of

motivation, move past your assumptions. Reach out. Find out why—not with

accusations but with caring questions.

This will make you more aware of what's happening and will help you to respond more productively.

Treat them with a little kindness. Find out what they do well.

Remeber people respond to you how they treat you.

Link to Professional Learning Journal

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F8ZLv6YShU7XkKlEPPt1TekINrk2E3nTD27ZZZBoirQ/edit#

Personal Leader TAI

After a conversation with D.P, I will choose a teacher to be a curriculum coach for as part of my own development as a leader.  I will approach AM that I can work with her to develop her skills in moving students and to also develop my own coaching and mentoring.

Things to work on and educate. The curriculum level expectations. How long it takes for each sub level. e.g. beginning L 3 to L3 Mid 1 year. L 3 end 1 year.

To do with the teacher
Meet every week discuss kids
what are you doing with ? How are you going to move him? What are you seeing?

How can I support my reluctant writers to accelerate their writing progress and achievement using authentic contexts progressions, reflections and Seesaw to enhance learning engagement and collaboration with whanau.

Meeting with A. Discussed the priority learners and who will have the biggest impact.

What changes are you making in your practice?

How often do you see them? Are they mixed ability as well as

explicit needs grouping?

End of year acknowledgements. Letter from a parent

I always receive many special words & gifts especially at the end of the year. I thought I'd take a photo and add to my blog.  This one especially makes me feel I'm in the right place and making a difference!

Excellent video about our current NZ education system and what needs to change

Interesting last note:
Relationships are for people who have time. How can this happen with such high numbers in a classroom? and our basis is largely data-driven?

Reflections on Making Mistakes acceptable. Karen Boyes

Reading Link

SO true the importance of teaching strategies to deal with failure especially in this day and age.
Modeling I the best way I believe

So what can an educator do?

Here are some tips from the reading:

It again comes back to a growth mindset and how important this is to instill in the students.
An example I use every day. I do try and always talk with children if they have made a
mistake I always articulate for them to hear great. You must be learning as you know you ’ve 

made a mistake! Better still is you know why and how to fix it. Here’s the learning!
I BELIEVE THE MORE STUDENTS HEAR THIS SURELY THIS IS HELPING THEM.
IN the reading this is called NORMALISING MISTAKES

I also like the wordle idea for seniors great way to increase vocab. Visual Thesaurus

INtroduce the learning pit: again another idea but now because I am reminded of it!

E.g

Like the idea of displaying work in all stages not only the best BUT dependent on wall space!
Maybe some laminated work on rings?

Understanding Behaviour and Responding Safety

Learning from Brain Science

The brain learns through experiences. 
Strategies for anxiety and stress

• Calm the bain 
• through breathing - strong deep breaths this tells our brain that we're OK and we are the boss of our brain.

Grounding 

5 things you can see

4 things you can

1 thing hear

3 things you can touch

1 thing you can taste

Distract

Service for others can work too brings them away from themselves

Give them an image to think of

Thinking

Change to brave thinking. 

'I do know this' so I don't need to worry or be anxious.

"we're OK' by thining powerful thoughts

The more clam we can be the better we are to support others in this state

Zones of regulation find e.g.s on Pinterest . 

Display made for the wall to help clarity of the learning

Introducing Reflections to Juniors

As a reflective practitioner I  reflect constantly, thinking of how I can make the learners I am responsible for to be the best they can be. Sometimes too much, as I often wake at night with ideas and next steps, especially at the moment as I enter a new space.  I have really worked hard in the senior school to set the learners up so that reflecting is a part of what they do and it's so  awesome to see on seesaw a new management tool we have introduced, how students are running with this now. They are articulating that they know what they're learning, why and if they have learned it. Yay!! I feel a little envious that I'm not a major part but then I think hey I've set this up and the teachers left are rolling with it..so I must have done something right.

Due to a change in circumstances I now am having to adapt for young learners. After reading the above linked read that was shared today, it has prompted me to again adapt prompts for learners that as a teacher are a habit after every lesson. I do this, but in order for my new team I have made another, yes another prompt.
I like this and will adapt. One example I have made is:

Questions to always ask to help students reflect

 Need to share this team many other ideas I have.

Ten Reflective questions to ask at the end of class

Digital Passport: designing and developing digital outcomes

Input
Processing
Output

Ideas - stop motion video lego, google maps for directions.

Great activities for the classroom too that I want to implement into the hub.

Professional Relationships