Sparked interest

The thing I learned from all of this is the earlier the better.  No matter if it is when they are born or in high school.  We need as a society to get people on board with helping their children. I’m not sure what the best method is, Should we teach parenting in high school, so everybody gets training or should we tie training to services received such has WIC , food stamps, free/reduced lunches etc.. The problem with all of it is we won’t see big change for decades to come.  Sure we can make a difference with students we have now, but that’s a slow process as well.

I do also believe that our IQs are not fixed as well. They change as our environments changes.

Chapter 4 Reflection

In chapter 4 the SHARE model was discussed.  The book says that this is the thing to follow to be successful. The acronym SHARE stands for Support of the whole child, Hard data, Accountability, Relationship building, Enrichment mind set.

We are trying to support the students. We have 504 and IEPs and tutoring.  We have Hard data, we just have to learn how to use it and disseminate it to all.  Accountability is a tough one. We as a District or state cant blame. We just have to find ways to help and I think that’s what we are doing now. We did and activity in our district that shows us something about our relationships between staff and students. The biggest problem is defining relationship.  I think the mentoring gourps help us do all of the things we want to do with this. It will enrich us and our students.

Chapter 3 reflection

Chapter 3 reflection

I like the idea of the action steps. It gives a somewhat of a plane that we can all understand.

Change staff members’ mind-sets.

I think that what we are doing as a district reading the book Mindset

Invest in staff.

We feel good about ourselves before we can really help others.

Support ongoing collaboration.

It’s important that we all get along.

Encourage staff dialogue.

I think this is what we do in our PLCs.

Gather quality data.

I think we get good data but how to use it is the question.