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Grit! We hear that word and we think of men and women of steel, but research tells us that grit can be found in our students…from the littlest to the biggest. can have just has much “grit” as a high school, all state, football player. It isn’t about muscle; it is about mindset. Many of our students face almost insurmountable obstacles such as backgrounds in abuse, poverty and neglect; yet some of them not only survive but thrive. Why is that? Why do some children fold up and disappear and others claw their way to the top, find achievement, success and happiness? What makes a person “gritty” and how can we, as educators, nurture and support that “grittiness?”
In True Grit, we answer these questions and provide you with the tools needed to develop and maintain grit in your classroom. This course will turn theory into understandable, doable and usable practice and allow you to promote a life sustaining talent in your students-grit! Along the way, you will find ways to stimulate and encourage grit in yourself and your family. We all want to be successful, but the key to success is sometimes found in failure. How do we turn failures into achievements? Grit!
In True Grit, we answer these questions and provide you with the tools needed to develop and maintain grit in your classroom. This course will turn theory into understandable, doable and usable practice and allow you to promote a life sustaining talent in your students-grit! Along the way, you will find ways to stimulate and encourage grit in yourself and your family. We all want to be successful, but the key to success is sometimes found in failure. How do we turn failures into achievements? Grit!
Organization
True Grit is a 2 credit hour EDMA level course and may be taken for graduate credit or Iowa license renewal. The course presented in a modified, self-paced format. Participants are expected to access the course and post regularly (at least once a week) and make reasonable progress, but there are no due dates attached to individual assignments. Instead there are 2 absolute due dates (mid-term and the last day of class) to provide flexibility and to better accommodate participants' busy schedules. Course objectives will be met using a combination of readings, videos, external resources, forums, activities, assignments, and reflections. The instructor will offer feedback and coaching in forums and on assignments.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will...
1. Know how to define and measure grit
2. Understand the connection between grit, passion and motivation
3. Be able to teach grit in the classroom
4. Know and be able to implement strategies that promote grit, passion and motivation
5. Know how to establish gritty classrooms
Course Topics
1. Defining and measuring grit
2. Steps to teaching grit in the classroom
3. Super Stretch Goal setting
4. The Triad Model for gifted students
5. Student interest driven education
6. Genius Hour
7. Using graphic organizers to set goals
8. Design Thinking
9. Building a gritty classroom
Grading
Grading is the same whether the course is taken for graduate credit or for license renewal. Students are required to participate in all discussion forums and to complete all assignments and/or activities. A=90%-100%; B=80%-89%-Because this is a graduate level course, scores must be 80% or better to receive credit.
Required Text: Grit in the Classroom: Building Perseverance for Excellence in Today's Students (2017) by Laila Sanguras. It can be ordered through local bookstores or purchased online.
True Grit is a 2 credit hour EDMA level course and may be taken for graduate credit or Iowa license renewal. The course presented in a modified, self-paced format. Participants are expected to access the course and post regularly (at least once a week) and make reasonable progress, but there are no due dates attached to individual assignments. Instead there are 2 absolute due dates (mid-term and the last day of class) to provide flexibility and to better accommodate participants' busy schedules. Course objectives will be met using a combination of readings, videos, external resources, forums, activities, assignments, and reflections. The instructor will offer feedback and coaching in forums and on assignments.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will...
1. Know how to define and measure grit
2. Understand the connection between grit, passion and motivation
3. Be able to teach grit in the classroom
4. Know and be able to implement strategies that promote grit, passion and motivation
5. Know how to establish gritty classrooms
Course Topics
1. Defining and measuring grit
2. Steps to teaching grit in the classroom
3. Super Stretch Goal setting
4. The Triad Model for gifted students
5. Student interest driven education
6. Genius Hour
7. Using graphic organizers to set goals
8. Design Thinking
9. Building a gritty classroom
Grading
Grading is the same whether the course is taken for graduate credit or for license renewal. Students are required to participate in all discussion forums and to complete all assignments and/or activities. A=90%-100%; B=80%-89%-Because this is a graduate level course, scores must be 80% or better to receive credit.
Required Text: Grit in the Classroom: Building Perseverance for Excellence in Today's Students (2017) by Laila Sanguras. It can be ordered through local bookstores or purchased online.
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