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I have to breathe and mindfully remind myself it is a learning opportunity.

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I have a lot of anxiety around making mistakes. I tend to internalize them and used to view them as failures and a reflection of who I was as a person. I am so much more patient with my students, and that has helped me to be more patient with myself. I can't teach my students that it is okay to take risks and make mistakes if that is something that I am not trying to practice in my own life. It is something that I have to work towards every day...the fear of making mistakes has been ingrained in me since childhood. I think you have to work hard to build genuine relationships with students and celebrate small victories and learning moments to create a culture of risk-taking and creativity in the classroom. As a special education teacher, I often have to work to build confidence in students who feel like they are bad at school or wonder "what's the point?" GIF added below to show how I used to (and often still do) feel about making mistakes. I'm sure many of our students feel the same way.

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When I make mistakes.... made one today... dinged the car at the Dunkin Donuts Drive through, and yes I'm beating myself up about it. But my girls are watching me and I don't want them to be hard on themselves like I am. So, I need to show them that mistakes are a part of life and that it's ok, what can I learn from this?

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I shake my head, laugh and/or try to hold back a curse word:) Sometimes the cursing is faster than the thought/energy to keep my lips closed...

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Kim, if you scroll up your post is there.

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I think I posted here over the weekend but, I don't see my post.  Maybe I made a mistake!  I remember commenting that I liked the rocks!  -Kim Lombard

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I think students appreciate honesty specially when teachers make acknowledge that it's ok to make mistakes.

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Also, I am not sure why the posts are not allowing for our names to appear when we post so make sure to leave your name at the end.  The option to allow participants to post name when posting did not show up in my control panel.

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As we have been working on the UDL as part of the Next Gen Standards Modules, I think that possibly planning for a mistake as we plan our lessons may be something I try out.  Kind of planning for teaching kids to make mistakes and be risk takers.

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How I wish I felt when I make a mistake. (Jennifer Osborne)

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How I feel when I make a mistake. (Jennifer Osborne)

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I do think it is important for the students to see that we made mistakes too. No one is perfect and we are human too. Sometimes we make mistakes- but acknowledging the mistake and how we deal with it - is the lesson.... Tammy Brandstetter

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I learn better than when someone shows me exactly how to do it. -Rosalie Ortiz

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I really like the quote "some people failed their way to the top"  I think we have to constantly remind ourselves that almost no one is successful on the first try. People don't run marathons without training.

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I think talking about making mistakes is truly important.  I also believe it allows students to see teachers as a person, not just their teacher.  Great point!  (I like the rocks!)

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When I make mistakes (which happens all the time), I used to be extremely self conscious about it.  I would come down on myself very harshly.  I have come to learn that I can not be correct or do anything perfectly the first time.  It took a long time to figure this out but I think I truly feel now, that it is ok, even good to make mistakes.  In the book, the author says "Some people have failed their way to the top."  This really resonated with me in that the more I am ok with making mistakes, the more risks I am willing to take.  When I take risks, I become better and better at what I do.  Realizing the importance of being ok with mistakes has allowed me to think differently about my approach as I teach or coach.  Pointing out where I have made mistakes and explaining how I recognized I made a mistake and how the mistake was fixed or improved makes me more relatable as a coach and as a teacher when working with students.  Explaining this to teachers and students has allowed them to be ok with making mistakes and talking about it with me.

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Consider how do you react when you make mistakes? How do you react when your students make mistakes or do not grasp a concept/skill the first time you teach it? How do you create a culture of risk-taking in the classroom and/or how to you encourage creativity?