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Change Often Means a Turn-Around

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Some changes happen suddenly.

Change Can Be Externally Imposed

Not all changes are ones you choose.

Some changes can be negative.

Some might seem like negative changes but later become positive ones.

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Growth takes time. It is the steady movement in one direction.

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Growth always comes from within you!

It takes energy and effort on a long-term basis

Growth Needs Motivation

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Let's look at some examples of change and growth in a classroom setting!

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What could change look like in a teacher?

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What could change look like in a teacher?

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A change in a teacher could simply be that a teacher is now going to implement small group instruction in their class beginning the next day because administration has given them a smaller class size.

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What could change in a student look like?

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What could change in a student look like?

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A student could be habitually late for school but after receiving detention for repeated tardies, may decide to start arriving to class on time.

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Change can also be negative right?

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What could a NEGATIVE change look like in a teacher?

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What could a NEGATIVE change look like in a teacher?

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A teacher may notice that her students aren't interested in the topic, and therefore there is no point in her teaching. So she shows movies instead.

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What could a NEGATIVE change look like in a student?

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What could a NEGATIVE change look like in a student?

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A student may decide to become disruptive after a negative encounter with the teacher or another student.

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What could growth look like in a teacher?

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What could growth look like in a teacher?

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Growth in a teacher could look like a teacher noticing a negative trend in their student data and learning ways to modify their instruction to improve student learning.

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What could growth look like in a student?

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What could growth look like in a student?

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Growth in a student could look like a student struggling in reading in the beginning of the school year and making progress towards reading on grade level throughout the year.

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Not in the classroom. (in economics maybe?)

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So which one do we want in our classroom?

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So which one do we want in our classroom?

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Both! Of course we don't want negative changes to occur however sometimes they happen. But positive changes are always welcomed.

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And if you don't want to see growth in the classroom, why are you teaching???

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And if you don't want to see growth in the classroom, why are you teaching???