Session 2.2 Slides

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Multi-Classroom Leadership

Delivering Effective Feedback

Learning Objectives

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During this session, participants will…• Identify the signs of a growth versus fixed mindset• Define the characteristics of effective feedback• Determine how to give feedback that enables people

to grow• Practice giving effective feedback that meets the

needs of people with different mindsets

Source: Dweck, Carol S. (2006). Mindset: the New Psychology of Success. New York: Ballantine Books.

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Mindset Vignette

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The students in this year’s third-grade class have been a challenge since kindergarten, and this is definitely true in Sandra Hill’s classroom. She has a rambunctious group of boys who just will not sit still or be quiet. To make matters worse, there are several girls who pick on and fight with one another even though they claim to be friends.

But this is what they have been like since kindergarten, so why should she expect anything different? Nothing she does will change them.


Type of Mindset

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…avoid challenges

…give up easily

…see effort as fruitless or worse

…ignore useful negative feedback

…feel threatened by the success of others

Challenges

Obstacles

Effort

Criticism

Fixed Mindset


Success of Others

Growth Mindset

…find lessons and inspiration in the success of others

…learn from criticism…see effort as

the path to mastery…persist in

the face of setbacks

…embrace challenges


Your Own Mindset

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Think of situations when you have said or thought these four things:

• “Why keep on working on this? It’s pointless!”• “I won’t take those suggestions my principal/coach/boss gives me

because they don’t really get what I’m doing.”• “I’m really just no good at this. Someone else can do it.”• “[Insert colleague/sibling/friend’s name here] is so much better

at this than I am. I need to find something else I can do well.”

Everyone experiences different mindsets in different situations.

Source: Aguilar, Elena (2013). The Art of Coaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass; Dweck, Carol S. (2006). Mindset: the New Psychology of Success. New York: Ballantine Books.


The Mindsets of Others

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Turn to a partner and share some phrases you’ve heard – or stated yourself – recently that are signs of…

• A fixed mindset.• A growth mindset.

What phrases have you heard before?


Fixed Mindset Reactions to Feedback

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Individuals with fixed mindsets often…• Beat themselves up• Question validity• Blame outside factors• Fail to act



Purpose of Feedback

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Feedback is intended to…• Raise awareness of

strengths• Highlight areas for

improvement• Motivate


Effective Feedback

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Discuss and chart: What is some of the best feedback you’ve received? Why?


Effective feedback…• Avoids judging people’s talents or intelligence –

or prioritizes that over the work they put in.• Focuses on the effort involved in their work. Let

them know that they have the potential to overcome the challenges through curiosity and practice.


Additional Tips for Giving Effective Feedback

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1) Start with precise praise.2) Kick the ‘but’ out of your vocabulary.3) Compliment! And make it a good one.4) Ground feedback in observable data.5) Keep feedback bite-sized.6) Align feedback with instructional vision.7) Identify the biggest barrier for student learning.8) Determine accountability for next steps.


Types of Feedback

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Examples: Growth-Oriented Feedback or Fixed Mindset Feedback?

• You just aren’t as good at classroom management as Joe.• Everyone approaches teaching in a different way. Let’s find the

way that works for you.• You always have brilliant ideas when you are working on…• Based on the lack of alignment between the lesson objective

and instructional delivery, you have not spent an adequate amount of time on your lesson plan and haven’t earned a highly effective observation rating.



Honing Your Feedback

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• Check your own mindset.• Uncover their story.• Don’t dismiss because they resist.• Take action to support growth.

Tactics for helping others overcome a fixed mindset:


Teaching Video

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Placeholder, first 2 minutes of this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFdeCkjwACQ


One-Minute Papers

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Reflect and write:

• One thing you learned• One thing you plan to use

right away• One thing you want to try

that might present a challenge


• Aguilar, Elena (2013). The Art of Coaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass

• Dweck, Carol S. (2006). Mindset: the New Psychology of Success. New York: Ballantine Books.

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