{"id":81,"date":"2017-10-13T14:50:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T14:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/?p=81"},"modified":"2017-10-13T14:50:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T14:50:28","slug":"kicking-off-another-cohort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/2017\/10\/13\/kicking-off-another-cohort\/","title":{"rendered":"Kicking off another Cohort!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here we go! It&#8217;s my 4th year teaching, my 2nd Cohort, and my 1st time as a Coach. It should be an interesting year&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/lets-do-this.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-87 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/lets-do-this-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/lets-do-this-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/lets-do-this-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/lets-do-this.png 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 960px) 75vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope to pick up my Action Plan where I left off last year, encouraging and developing GRIT in my students. Last year, grit was just a buzz word to me, but over the summer I picked up the original Grit book, by Angela Duckworth. Although I haven&#8217;t finished it (yet), it has given me a much deeper understanding and appreciation for what grit is, how it is measured, how it can predict future success, and (most importantly) how it can be improved. I&#8217;m sure my future posts will heavily reference this book as I work through my action plan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-83\" style=\"font-size: 1rem\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/GRIT-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/GRIT-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/GRIT.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 960px) 75vw, 100vw\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-82 alignnone\" style=\"margin-top: 0.857143rem;margin-bottom: 0.857143rem;margin-left: 1.71429rem\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/Bill-Nye-book-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/Bill-Nye-book-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/Bill-Nye-book-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/Bill-Nye-book-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/Bill-Nye-book.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 960px) 75vw, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0[images from www.amazon.ca]\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another book I picked up this summer (and haven&#8217;t yet finished) is Bill Nye (the Science Guy)&#8217;s latest one, &#8220;Everything All At Once&#8221;. I watched his show growing up, watched &#8220;Bill Nye Saves the World&#8221; on Netflix, and he is probably my #1 inspiration in science education (slightly edging out Miss Frizzle). I went to his interview\/book signing at Yorkdale this summer, where he signed my book and we &#8220;blew it up&#8221; (something he does with all the guests on his new show).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/Bill-Nye-1-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-90\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/Bill-Nye-1-1-300x238.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/Bill-Nye-1-1-300x238.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/Bill-Nye-1-1.jpeg 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 960px) 75vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/Bill-Nye-2-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-91\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/Bill-Nye-2-1-300x241.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/Bill-Nye-2-1-300x241.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/Bill-Nye-2-1.jpeg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 960px) 75vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/Bill-Nye-3-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-92\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/Bill-Nye-3-1-300x235.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/Bill-Nye-3-1-300x235.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/files\/2017\/10\/Bill-Nye-3-1.jpeg 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 960px) 75vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Photo cred: my cousin Jessie]<\/p>\n<p>Among the many pearls of wisdom in Mr. Nye&#8217;s book is that &#8220;Everyone in the world knows something you don&#8217;t&#8221;. This is great advice for anyone, but especially teachers. We must learn from our students and each other. But don&#8217;t forget the corollary: &#8220;No matter who you meet, you know something that they don&#8217;t!&#8221; That is my message for all new Cohort 21 participants: learn from each other, but more importantly &#8211; share what you know! We all want to learn from YOU! Have a great year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here we go! It&#8217;s my 4th year teaching, my 2nd Cohort, and my 1st time as a Coach. It should be an interesting year&#8230; I hope to pick up my Action Plan where I left off last year, encouraging and developing GRIT in my students. Last year, grit was just a buzz word to me, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/2017\/10\/13\/kicking-off-another-cohort\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kicking off another Cohort!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":87,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-face-2-face-sessions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/94"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jasonbornstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}