{"id":95,"date":"2017-04-20T22:35:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T22:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/suzannenewell\/?p=95"},"modified":"2017-04-21T03:13:52","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T03:13:52","slug":"final-action-plan-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/suzannenewell\/2017\/04\/20\/final-action-plan-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Action Plan Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The End of the Beginning&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>The Cohort 21 programme has been a very positive, inspirational and attitude-changing experience for me. I have felt very lucky to have been a part of a community of learners that are so driven and motivated. It really was contagious!<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning, I thought it would be difficult to change the attitudes of my students about Mathematics. I thought that it would take a lot of convincing to change some of their beliefs. I was wrong. As always, my students amazed me. They took to the ideas (that I shared and discussed with them) like a house on fire. In fact, they wanted to continue to expand their knowledge of the brain and how it works.<\/p>\n<p>Last week I shared my action plan with the staff at the Junior School. I am a hesitant public speaker; however, I found that my passion for this project allowed me to share my ideas and action plan in a compelling manner.<\/p>\n<p>After the presentation, one staff member wrote:<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;Your presentation at yesterday&#8217;s faculty meeting was exceptional. I was super impressed by your quiet candour about changing attitudes about our Mathematical capabilities, not to mention your passion for trying to do so. I learned so much from you, your work and your journey with Cohort 21; and, I can&#8217;t remember the last time I was so inspired by the work of a colleague.\u00a0I really think your presentation is of great value to our school community.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>Please find a link to my staff presentation below:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What impressed me the most about this process was the way in which my students embraced a positive math mindset. After about a month of discussing growth mindset and the power of mistakes, these ideas naturally fused themselves into the classroom. At first, it was in a bit of a &#8220;jokey&#8221; way but then they began to see that having a positive mindset is really important. It HAS changed our math environment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Where to next? Funnily enough, one of the next steps actually comes from my class. They want to put on an assembly to the junior school to discuss some of the things that they have learnt about a positive math mindset. They want to do some little skits (like the videos in youcubed) to share their knowledge with others. I hope to help them facilitate this over the next few months.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On my front, I would like to ask all math teachers to join a PLN next year in which we discuss the ideas in Jo Boaler&#8217;s book. I think that all stakeholders at TYS would benefit from reading this book and I can&#8217;t wait to share ideas with the staff.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Advice to new Cohortians? Hmm&#8230;I think the best advice I can give is to pick an area that you are passionate about, pick something small and then watch it grow. It is a wonderful experience and you get out of it, what you put in!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thanks to Justin, Garth and all of the facilitators and mentors for a fabulous learning opportunity. I am forever changed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Please find the link to my Action Plan Story Presentation below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1clq2UoHoZ3N576gz31spJB6W3y4DhqwCEQQnPoybTrg\/embed?start=false&#038;loop=false&#038;delayms=3000\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"299\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The End of the Beginning&#8230;. The Cohort 21 programme has been a very positive, inspirational and attitude-changing experience for me. 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