Description
In this 1-hour course you will learn:
- Motivational factors that influence student achievement
- Ten classroom activities that teach and promote growth mindset
- How mindset applies to talent development
- Myths and Misconceptions of mindset
- Learning is a lifelong journey. Help your students embrace a love of learning rather than a fear of failure.
Presenter Bio
Dr. Emily Mofield is the lead consulting teacher for gifted education for Sumner County Schools in Tennessee. Prior to this position, she taught as a gifted education language arts middle school teacher for 10 years. Emily regularly presents professional development on effective differentiation for advanced learners and ways to practically address gifted students’ unique social-emotional needs. She is a National Board Certified Teacher in Language Arts and has been recognized as the Tennessee Association for Gifted Children Teacher of the Year. She has co-authored the Vanderbilt PTY Advanced ELA curriculum series (with Tamra Stambaugh through Prufrock Press) which have won numerous NAGC curriculum awards (2012, 2015, 2016). She is actively involved in the Curriculum Studies Network with NAGC and also has authored several published manuscripts about perfectionism, overexcitabilities, social-emotional needs of gifted students, and curriculum design. Most recently, her research (with Dr. Megan Parker Peters) on mindsets, perfectionism, and underachievement was recognized with the prestigious international Hollingworth Award (NAGC, 2016).
Dr. Megan Parker Peters, is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Teacher Assessment at Lipscomb University. She is co-editor of the National Association for Gifted Children’s (NAGC) Teaching for High Potential publication and is on the board of the Tennessee Association for the Gifted. She serves as the Early Childhood Network Chair for the National Association for Gifted Children. Her current research interests include examining the impact of perfectionism on coping and underachievement, the relationships among socioemotional factors and giftedness, and the academic and external factors that predict student success. Most recently, her research (with Dr. Emily Mofield) on mindsets, perfectionism, and underachievement was recognized with the prestigious international Hollingworth Award (NAGC, 2016).
Marcia – GAHANNA-JEFFERSON CITY (verified owner) –
Clear definition and examples of growth mindset.
Jyotsna – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Great information.
Tammy – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great series but is challenging to see it align with our educational system today. There is work to do to allow this to all set in and be put into practice in todays classroom. Both with gifted and with students with disability we are ill equipped to manage. I believe labels at any stage are road blocks for all involved to see a learners full potential.
Jim – CHARDON LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course is well worth your time to learn about growth mindset. The concept is well defined and explored.
Pam – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –
This course was good. It provided a better insight on how gifted students learn and that it is the struggles and challenges that provide a growth mindset.
Lisa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative.
Jan – WODEN ISD (verified owner) –
Good training
Brittany – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
It was good.
Paul – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Good information on an important topic.