At-Risk Students At-Risk Students Strategies for Strategies for

Connection and LearningConnection and Learning

Facilitated by Facilitated by Roseth Rodriquez, MHS Asst. Roseth Rodriquez, MHS Asst.

PrincipalPrincipal

Kat D’Ambra, MHS Asst. PrincipalKat D’Ambra, MHS Asst. Principal

Learning GoalsLearning GoalsAccess firmly held assumptions about Access firmly held assumptions about

teaching and learning via a process of teaching and learning via a process of release, reconsider and reconfigurerelease, reconsider and reconfigure

Reflect on current practices and identify Reflect on current practices and identify key elements to access new strategies key elements to access new strategies for implementationfor implementation

Consider the impact of creating a Consider the impact of creating a structured learning community for structured learning community for further investigation, research, further investigation, research, experimentation, assessment and experimentation, assessment and revision of strategies for working with revision of strategies for working with reluctant learnersreluctant learners

Contextual DefinitionsContextual Definitions

Belief in Ability (to Belief in Ability (to Learn)Learn)

Entity Theory - Entity Theory - we each possess a we each possess a general information-processing or general information-processing or problem-solving capacity that remains problem-solving capacity that remains fairly stable throughout our lives—is fairly stable throughout our lives—is associated with traditional intelligence associated with traditional intelligence or IQ tests (Niesser et al 1996).or IQ tests (Niesser et al 1996).

Intelligence as Malleable – Intelligence as Malleable – environmental controls provide an environmental controls provide an “incremental” theory of intelligence. “incremental” theory of intelligence.

http://www.parentingscience.com/theory-of-intelligence.htmlhttp://www.parentingscience.com/theory-of-intelligence.html

ResilienceResilience

a universal capacity which a universal capacity which allows a person, group or allows a person, group or community to prevent, community to prevent, minimize or overcome the minimize or overcome the damaging effects of adversity. damaging effects of adversity.

http://resilnet.uiuc.edu/library/grotb95b.htmlInternational Resilience Project, Edith Grotberg, Ph.D.International Resilience Project, Edith Grotberg, Ph.D.

MotivationMotivation

the psychological feature that the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to gives purpose and direction to behavior.behavior.

http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=motivation

World ViewWorld View

fundamental cognitive orientation; fundamental cognitive orientation; wide world perception; wide world perception; the the framework of ideas and beliefs framework of ideas and beliefs through which an individual through which an individual interprets the world and interacts interprets the world and interacts with it.with it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_view

TechnologyTechnology

a journey from traditional teaching and a journey from traditional teaching and toward a new vision of instructional toward a new vision of instructional design is critical in preparing students design is critical in preparing students to live, learn, and work in a technology-to live, learn, and work in a technology-rich world.rich world.

employs hardware, software and the employs hardware, software and the world wide web to promote connection, world wide web to promote connection, communication and learning (Web 2.0)communication and learning (Web 2.0)

http://www.iste.org/