“Sneak Peek Outline” of Full Presentation (and brief look at the jampacked presentation to come!)
GRIT, GRATITUDE, and
GUMPTION
Instilling the character traits that promote learning and life success

Character
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet
Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved .
---Helen Keller

OBJECTIVES
• Definitions, research, and impact on well being
• Our own self-awareness
• Application/techniques in the acquisition of the traits
• Review lesson plans attendees can take with them to use to support the development of grit, gratitude and gumption in their students

Vocabulary
• Grit
• Gratitude
• Gumption
• Character
• Executive Functioning
Skills/Non cognitive traits
• Resilience
• Tenacity/persevere
• Mindset
• Wisdom,
• Volition,
• Courage
• Hope, vision, passion

Gratitude is

Research based evidence of the impact of gratitude on learning and life success…

Grit Scale

The relationship between grit and achievement.

Six Steps of Teaching for Grit
1. Establish the environment
2. Set the expectations
3. Teach the vocabulary
4. Create the frustration
5. Monitor the experience
6. Reflect and learn

Relationship between Grit, Gratitude, and Gumption and
Overall student learning, academic success, and overall well-being

Mindset(preface to the book)

Students don’t know their potential
We must believe it is there; we must then see it and reflect it back to them (Mary Brown)

“Becoming is better than being”
Fixed mindset – they forget the “yet”

• Grit
• Gratitude
• Gumption
Lesson Plans

Questions and Comments