February Staff Development News
A Newsletter for the Seward Staff by Dr.Dominy
Teacher Resilience
I recently had the opportunity to virtually attend a conference on mental health. One of the presentations that I heard was regarding resilient teachers and what they do and what they rarely do to maintain their resilience. As I was reading through the list I was able to see these descriptions in many of you. Take a look at the list below, recognize yourself for the things you have in place and think about opportunities that may help you when you look at the list.
1. Resilient Teachers Take Care of Their Health
2. Resilient Teachers Practice Gratitude
3. Resilient Teachers Practice Reframing
4. Resilient Teachers Understand the Power of "No"
5. Resilient Teachers Manage their Emotions
6. Resilient Teachers Know Their Triggers
7. Resilient Teachers Practice In-The-Moment Stress Relievers
8. Resilient Teachers Develop a Professional Support Network
9. Resilient Teachers Have a Life Outside the Classroom
10. Resilient Teachers Get Themselves Organized
11. Resilient Teachers Focus on What They Can Control
12. Resilient Teachers Know How to Receive Feedback
13. Resilient Teachers Advocate for Themselves
14. Resilient Teachers Create and Track Goals
15. Resilient Teachers Unplug
16. Resilient Teachers Laugh and have Fun with Their Students
17. Resilient Teachers Help Students Build Resiliency
4 Things Resilient Teachers Hardly Ever Do
1. Resilient Teachers Hardly Ever Beat Themselves Up Over Past Mistakes
2. Resilient Teachers Hardly Ever Spend Much Time Complaining
3. Resilient Teachers Hardly Ever Freak Out about Change
4. Resilient Teachers Hardly Ever Shy Away from Conflict
17 Things Resilient Teachers Do. Bryan Harris
Dr. Eskreis-Winkler- Grit
LAUREN ESKREIS-WINKLER is among a select group of people who can speak authoritatively on grit: steadfast resilience that predicts success better than talent. Eskreis-Winkler has worked closely with Angela Duckworth—the world’s preeminent grit researcher—to carry out “grit interventions” with leading organizations such as Major League Baseball Teams and the World Bank. Drawing from her hands-on research, her talks show us how to practice, and benefit from, grit on every level.
Lauren Eskreis-Winkler is an assistant professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where she researches motivation and achievement. Her work is crucial in helping people reach their goals, no matter their situation in life. Grit—the ability to pursue long-term goals with passion and perseverance—has been proven to predict success time and time again, over and beyond measures of talent. Yet, surprisingly little research has been done as to how, or whether, grit can be cultivated.
Formerly a post-doctoral fellow at the Wharton School, (as well as a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania’s Character Lab), Eskries-Winkler has designed and implemented numerous interventions alongside #1 New York Times bestselling author Angela Duckworth. Together, they have successfully reached everyone from struggling athletes, to students in grade school and college, to individuals at every level of the workforce. Her work reveals a critical fact: “Grit is not only important, but also malleable and can be encouraged via intervention.”
More than a stand-and-deliver lecturer, Eskreis-Winkler’s sessions prime audiences on the cutting-edge science of grit, using fun intervention techniques that work empirically to increase motivation, resilience, and other gritty qualities. Her interactive talks can be used for individual character-building, or to nurture a corporate-wide culture of grit. Eskreis-Winkler earned her PhD in Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
