Something from Saldivar
Week of April 6, 2015
Growth Mindset vs Fixed Mindset - Where do you stand? ©2006-2010 Carol Dweck. All Rights Reserved.
Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better? Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them? Why look for friends or partners who will just shore up your self-esteem instead of ones who will also challenge you to grow? And why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you? The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives. A growth mindset is what we would like to develop in our students, but first we must understand it and determine our mindset first. We can not model what we are not committed to. Below is a link to more on Growth Mindset. http://mindsetonline.com/whatisit/about/index.html
Thank you for an outstanding testing week! Our students were met with a calm testing environment. We are GMStrong!
Reminders...
- Please make sure students are abiding with standardized dress code colors for pants and shirts. Please remind students jeans are only permitted on Fridays with school spirit shirt.
- Professional dress for staff unless otherwise notified. Jeans on Friday only. If you have a jeans coupon and will be using it, please place coupon in my box with your name.
- Make sure you are holding students accountable to expectations. Please tighten up hallway behavior.