Instructional Leadership

Whole-person feedback in BrightSpace

Posted on August 19, 2019
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On the Instructional Leadership page, I affirm that “I believe we should build competencies — skills and knowledge of the curriculum — and the positive attitudes, ethical behaviours and growth mindset to be successful in life.” Feedback is an essential part of this. Nottingham and Larsson (2019) ask teachers to consider...Read more

Robotics in 2019-2020

Posted on August 13, 2019
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STEAMTeamRobotics (FRC7509), and I as mentor, learned much in our rookie year, justifying our motto: Not bad for a rookie team! We won the off-season STEMley Cup Championship in the fall of 2018 in Hamilton. During spring 2019 official competitions, we made it to the quarter finals at the Humber...Read more

Hodinohso:ni` values

Posted on August 12, 2019
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On arrival at the Six Nations Polytechnic STEAM Academy, it became immediately apparent that this a different school. The level of respect and collegiality is much higher than anything experienced in public schools that I taught at. Underpinning the school culture are Hodinohso:ni` values.Read more

Mindset and school culture

Posted on August 12, 2019
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An important observation regarding growth mindset is that “[learning outcomes] were muted when the peer norms in a class or school did not value challenge-seeking.” So, consider classroom and school culture when promoting growth mindset. In the article, the link to growth vs fixed mindset appears in Geert Hofstede’s uncertainty...Read more

Growth mindset and rubrics

Posted on August 12, 2019
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As is common in other learning management systems, BrightSpace (aka. D2L) allows instructors to attach rubrics to evaluation and assessment criteria. In Ontario, the levels are commonly described generically — yawn — as L4, L3, L2, L1, R (aka L0). Acknowledging the power of yet, why not replace these generic...Read more

New study shows where growth mindset training works (and where it doesn’t)

Posted on August 9, 2019
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“The path to a growth mindset is a journey, not a proclamation.” (Dweck, 2015) The informative article by Jeffrey R. Young and the video by Carol Dweck share insights into the concepts of growth vs. fixed mindset and the power of yet. For me, the key take-aways are: (a) “the power...Read more

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