SEPTEMBER 26TH CPP
Recap of 2013/2014 CPP
• The following is a list of requirements that you should have completed
and collected from 9th and 10th grade:
• Binder
• Best Works with Reflection
• All about Me Survey (Career Cruising)
• Personality Mosaic
• Personal Achievement/Civics Chart with Reflection
• High School and Beyond Plan with Reflection
• Career and post Secondary Exploration with Reflection
• You must complete all CPP documents/requirements to earn a
satisfactory grade on your report card.
Today’s CPP Work
• Today we will be learning about our own intelligences and how
we can develop a Growth Mindset. This can prove
advantageous as we move forward with our post-secondary
pursuits, whatever they may be.
• Component #2 is a Collection of Authentic Learning and
Exemplary Work. This activity can help you to determine which
works can best represent you guide your reflection on it.
• Component #5 is your Personal Achievements,
Accomplishments, and Civic Responsibilities. This activity can
help guide you toward what awards, clubs, recognitions, and
honors best represent your time at Hazen and your future
endeavors.
Growth Mindset
Is your intelligence fixed,
or can you develop it?
“No one is born smart. No one is born knowing
how to read, right? No one is born knowing how
to do math, or no one is born knowing how to
play the flute. All of that comes with a lot of hard
work... it's not about what you know, it's about
the effort you put in, the amount of work that
you're willing to do to get where you're going.“
- Michelle Obama
Definition of Mindset
• Mindsets are beliefs about yourself and basic
qualities (intelligence, talents, personality)
• Fixed mindset – traits are given, can’t change
– Something to prove, to themselves and others
• Growth mindset – qualities can be developed
through dedication and effort
• No one has accomplished great things without
passion and hard work
http://mindsetonline.com/whatisit/themindsets/index.html
Alfred Binet – Inventor of IQ Test
“With practice, training, and above all,
method, we manage to increase our
attention, our memory, our judgment, and
literally become more intelligent than we
were before.”
Robert Sternberg – Intelligence Author
The major factor to achieve intelligence “is
not some fixed prior ability, but purposeful
engagement.”
Guess Who?
On the following slides:
• Read each person’s obstacles and struggles
• Read what each person’s accomplished in
their lives/careers, despite those obstacles
• Tell your elbow partner who you think the
person is…quietly. No Shout Outs, please.
• Ready? Let’s go…
Then
• Was diagnosed with
dyslexia
• Because of her dyslexia, she
struggled to learn English
• Had severe depression due
to skin problems
Now
• Most decorated actress in
Mexican cinema history
• Accomplished Hollywood
actress
• One of ET’s “25 Smartest
People in TV”
• Winner of multiple
humanitarian awards
Salma Hayek
Then
• Struggled with dyslexia
• Performed poorly on tests
in school
• Most didn’t foresee any
success in real world
Now
• 4th richest person in UK
• Owns record label
• Owns airline
• Owns mobile phone
company
• Has his own island
Richard Branson
Then
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Born to single teenage mom
Horrific home life as child
Lost child in infancy @ age 14
Used to wear dresses made
of potato sacks
Now
• One of the most influential
women in the world
• Owns her own media
empire
• Has fashion handbook with
no potato sack options
Oprah
Then
• Constantly beat at most
sports, especially basketball,
by his older brother
• During sophomore year of HS,
6’5” teammate picked instead
(was only 5’10” at the time)
Michael Jordan
Now
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NCAA Champion
Rookie of the Year NBA
Hall of Fame
6 NBA Championships
5 MVPs
10 Scoring Titles
14 All-Star Games
6 Finals MVP
2 Slam Dunk Titles
2 Gold Medals
#1 Top North American
Athlete of 20th Century by
ESPN
Difference in Mindset
• Those with a fixed mindset typically judge other
people and judge themselves – “they are really
good at math…I’m not as smart as they are”
• People with a growth mindset constantly are
looking to improve themselves and help others
around them achieve their goals.
• What can I learn from this? How can I improve?
How can I help my partner/team do this better?
Mindset Analogy
Glass
Grass
Glass will always stay the same, while grass will always grow!
Difference in Thoughts
FIXED MINDSET
• THE FIXED-MINDSET says “Are you •
sure you can do it? Maybe you don’t
have the talent.”
• FIXED MINDSET: “What if you fail— •
you’ll be a failure”
• FIXED MINDSET: “If you don’t try, you•
can protect yourself and keep your
dignity.”
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As you hit a setback:
• FIXED MINDSET: “This would have
been a snap if you really had talent.”
As you face criticism:
• FIXED MINDSET: “It’s not my fault. It •
was something or someone else’s
fault.”
GROWTH MINDSET
THE GROWTH-MINDSET answers,
“I’m not sure I can do it now, but I
think I can learn to with time and
effort.”
GROWTH MINDSET: “Most successful
people had failures along the way.”
GROWTH MINDSET: “If I don’t try, I
automatically fail. Where’s the
dignity in that?”
GROWTH MINDSET: “That is so
wrong. Basketball wasn’t easy for
Michael Jordan and science wasn’t
easy for Thomas Edison. They had a
passion and put in tons of effort.
GROWTH MINDSET: “If I don’t take
responsibility, I can’t fix it. Let me
listen—however painful it is– and
learn whatever I can.”
Your GROWTH Mindset
• Take a half-sheet of paper and fold it in half
(hamburger, not hotdog)
• On one inside page, write what you struggle with
(specific course, obstacles, adversity,
environment, etc)
• On the other inside page, write 2 action steps for
overcoming your struggle
• On the cover, write or draw what YOUR SUCCESS
looks like, once you overcome your obstacles and
struggles!