Objectives for this section:
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Prospective Students will be able to identify the five Relay GSE teacher mindsets.
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Prospective Students will be able to reflect on their existing strengths and areas for growth.
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Prospective Students will be able to plan how the mindsets will come to life in their work as a teacher.
Mindset: the mental attitudes you bring to work; the attitudes that determine how you will interpret and respond to the situations you encounter each day in your work as a teacher.
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High Expectations - having resolute confidence in the potential of every person and in yourself, expecting excellence from all students
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Personal Responsibility - we can impact those things within our locus of control
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Intentionality - operating with deliberateness in all you do - from the organization of the room to the manner in which you build relationships with children
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Continuously Increasing Effectiveness - the belief that continuous learning leads to improvement and better teaching
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Respect and Humility - recognizing the values, beliefs, and efforts of those with whom we work - students, families, colleagues, school leadership, community members, and Relay faculty and staff
Pause and Reflect: Which mindset is your strength? Which mindset is your area for growth?
Developing Teacher Mindsets
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Acknowledge and embrace imperfections.
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Cultivate a sense of purpose.
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Celebrate growth with others.
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Provide regular opportunities for reflection.
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Visualize what you want and how to make it happen.
Make a Plan for Personal Growth
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Choose "mindset area" from the list above that is an area of growth. Craft a visualization statement that changes the narrative about your mindset area of growth.
Example: Continuously Increasing Effectiveness
I push past meeting a short-term goal and think about ways I can keep getting better. It's not just about getting students to score well on the end-of-the-week quiz, but about determining trends on what they understand to go deeper and what they need more support to reteach.