Professional Development - Resilience
Back in January I attended a NESA (Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools) Conference in Oman. I went to go see Debbie Silver and her presentation about building resilience in children. One of the reasons I chose this, is that I feel it will be relevant to whenever or wherever I am teaching in my life. It's also a topic that interests me a lot. I wanted to know how to best help children to have a growth mindset (this concept was introduced to me in the conference) and not a fixed mindset. I wanted to know how to help them develop grit and to want to try again / try different methods. I also wanted them to be able to listen to descriptive feedback and respond to that with a "Can Do" attitude. While we can't change completely every child and every circumstance, she did give a lot of fantastic tips on what we as teachers can do. It was great food for thought, and we walked away with easy tips that would make our teaching and our students' responsiveness ...