1. Welcome

2. Common Core State Standards?

4. English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects Mathematical Practice and Content for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects and Mathematical Practice and Content define what students should understand and be able to do.

5.  establish high expectations for student learning and achievement that will enable all students to be competitive on a district, state, national and global scale.  ensuring every student is college and career ready at the end of high school.

6.  They demonstrate independence.  They build strong content knowledge.  They respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline.  They comprehend as well as critique.

7.  They value evidence.  They use technology and digital media strategically and capably.  They come to understand other perspectives and cultures.

8.  Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.  Reason abstractly and quantitatively.  Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.  Model with mathematics.  Use appropriate tools strategically.  Attend to precision. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

9. Your thoughts and opinions…

10. Chalk Talk  What is going well?  What could we do better?  Suggestions…

11. The Secret to Raising Smart Kids

12. Motivation Why do you think your child struggles with motivation? How do you try to motivate him/her? Affinity Protocol

13.  The task must have value.  There must be beneficial outcomes.  The student must believe they have the skills to accomplish the task.  They need to be able to set goals and apply strategies for success.

15.  Attainment – identity  Utility – usefulness now and in the future  Intrinsic – interest and relevance

16.  EITHER the person enjoys the activity  OR they value the outcome/by-product And hopefully they do BOTH

17.  Help your child to see the long term benefits - explain why it is important  Focus on strengths and interests  Relate it to the real world – make it real  Encourage self-advocacy – choice

18.  Review growth and improvement  Compete with yourself  Encourage challenge  Provide specific feedback  Understand that success is built on effort!

19.  No matter how much intelligence you may have, you can always change it quite a bit.  You can do things differently, but the important parts of who you are can’t really be changed.

20. FIXED  I need to look smart  If I have to work hard, I’m not smart  A bad grade is because I’m not smart enough – I will now avoid that kind of challenge. GROWTH  Learning more important than good grades  The harder you try, the better you become  Even geniuses have to work hard for their great accomplishments

21.  A failure is an opportunity to learn.  Mistakes are problems to be solved.  “Great accomplishments are typically the result of years of passion and dedication not something that flows naturally from a gift.” Carol Dweck

22.  Praise effort over intelligence.  Be specific about our praise.  Encourage challenge and growth.  Tell success stories that emphasize hard work

23. Please turn in an Exit Ticket with your thoughts.