GRIT, GRATITUDE, and GUMPTION
Instilling the character traits that promote learning and life success
“Sneak Peek Outline” of Full Presentation (and brief look at the jam-packed presentation to come!)
Character cannot be developed in ease and quietOnly through experience of trial and suffering canthe soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.---Helen Keller
Character
• Definitions, research, and impact on well being
• Our own self-awareness
• Application/techniques in the acquisition of the traits• Review lesson plans attendees can take with them to
use to support the development of grit, gratitude and gumption in their students
OBJECTIVES
• Grit• Gratitude• Gumption• Character• Executive Functioning
Skills/Non cognitive traits• Resilience• Tenacity/persevere• Mindset
• Wisdom, • Volition, • Courage• Hope, vision, passion
Vocabulary
Gratitude is
Research based evidence of the impact of gratitude on learning and life success…
The relationship between grit and achievement.
1. Establish the environment2. Set the expectations3. Teach the vocabulary4. Create the frustration5. Monitor the experience6. Reflect and learn
Six Steps of Teaching for Grit
Gumption
Relationship between Grit, Gratitude, and Gumption and
Overall student learning, academic success,
and overall well-being
Mindset(preface to the book)
Students don’t know their potentialWe must believe it is there; we must then see it and reflect it back to them (Mary Brown)
Fixed mindset – they forget the “yet”
“Becoming is better than being”
Lesson Plans
• Grit• Gratitude• Gumption
Questions and Comments