Kids at Hop

Hope Square How does a village raise and educate a child? By moving from ME to WE? By REALLY putting kids first?

Lopez – Snyder Beginning of Hope as a Science Goals – mental targets that guide action Pathways – the ability to generate routes from the present to the future Agency - the energy you have toward a goal/result or the perceived ability to reach desired goals Goals can be verbal “ I want to lose weight” or visual pictures of your dream house and they can be both short and long term

Leading with Hope | Dr. Shane Lopez Hope | The ideas and energy we have for the future: Hope drives effort, academic achievement, credits earned, and retention of students of all ages. Hope is more predictive of academic success than traditional measures Hope items correlate positively with academic achievement and predict academic success in college better than high school GPA state mandated test scores, and ACT/SAT. Dr. Lopez’ definition. What are you doing in your district to foster hope in your students Gallup & Strengths Institute

What kids are telling us … Only 54% (48%) identify themselves as being hopeful Only 54% (50%)identify themselves as being engaged 2014 –(2015) Gallup Student Poll The Gallup Poll surveys grades 5- 12 nationally. It is looking at hope, engagement and well-being which have been identified as the strongest predictors of student success. Remember as you look at the fact that only 54% identify themselves as hopeful , only 53% of the adults we surveyed were able to circle a “10” Write, discuss – what does this data tell us? We in education are so entrenched in data driven decision making, what kinds of decisions do we need to look at to address this data? First Five years of data of a ten year study – USA schools 5 – 12th grades

The answer to these questions can transform society for evermore. Beyond all theory, research, evaluations and practices one significant question remains:    Why do some children succeed and others fail? As importantly, what can we DO about it?   The answer to these questions can transform society for evermore. Can we create environments where ALL kids can succeed, no exceptions? Do you think this cane be done? What is getting in the way?

MAJOR RESEARCH CONCLUSIONS We don’t control most of the risk children experience, but we do control most of the hope Even the youth who is most at risk there still is a side of the young person which is at hope Young people who overcome the greatest adversities, the greatest risks do so – not just when we reduce, mitigate or eliminate risk, but when we include HOPE in their lives Hope is taught and learned

Universal Truth # I Research: Children/youth succeed when they are surrounded by adults who believe they can succeed, NO EXCEPTIONS! WE BELIEVE

What adults working with kids are telling us… 53% believe all children can succeed no matter what 13% believe their colleagues also believe all children can succeed no matter what 5% believe parents and the community believe all children can succeed no matter what The KAH culture scan has been administered to adults working with youth and this is what the aggregate results are telling us – Only 53% of the adults surveyed can circle a 10. Slightly more than half say they believe in all kids no exceptions and when you begin to modify the questions to include risk factors that number drops - last bullet only 38% believe that most of their students – most not all – will succeed. Continue to explain the data. If asked, this data reflects approximately 800 responses What this all means is we have a long way to go to ensure all kids are capable of success, NO EXCEPTIONS but we need to begin with the beliefs and practices of adults. Kids at Hope Culture Scan Survey

Professor Einstein We can't solve today's problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.

Universal Truth # II Research: Children/youth succeed when they have meaningful and sustainable relationships with caring adults WE CONNECT

What adults working with kids are telling us… 50% believe it is a priority in their school that children have a meaningful relationship with the adults on campus The KAH culture scan has been administered to adults working with youth and this is what the aggregate results are telling us – Only 53% of the adults surveyed can circle a 10. Slightly more than half say they believe in all kids no exceptions and when you begin to modify the questions to include risk factors that number drops - last bullet only 38% believe that most of their students – most not all – will succeed. Continue to explain the data. If asked, this data reflects approximately 800 responses What this all means is we have a long way to go to ensure all kids are capable of success, NO EXCEPTIONS but we need to begin with the beliefs and practices of adults. Kids at Hope Culture Scan Survey

ACES Tracking On-line ACES Tracking If meaningful & sustainable relationships are part of the literature why don’t we measure them? How do you know? What does the current research show us?

Over the last 7 years Oakwood Elementary has had between 89% and 97% of its student population is classified as free or reduced lunch.

New Thinking…as a leadership model Did you say, Instead of thinking of kids as “AT RISK” you think of them as “AT HOPE?”

WE TIME TRAVEL Universal Truth # III Research: Children/youth succeed when they can articulate their future in more than one destination Being able to visualize a future is “mental time travel” and that creates hope. WE TIME TRAVEL

HOPE return to the present and prepare The ability to visit your future home & family; education & career; community & service; hobbies & recreation return to the present and prepare yourself for the journey

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Mental Time Travel What are some questions and or activities you can use to dialogue with kids about their future (mentally time travel) in the four destinations? home & family; education & career; community & service; hobbies & recreation In your table groups develop some ideas and document them - be ready to share some with the group. 22

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What we have Learned The greatest at risk factors lie not just in family dynamics, social conditions, or community poverty of services... but in our personal beliefs about children, our relationships with them, and the ability to help children sense and prepare for a future in which they can succeed.

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