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In this article,  the author states that we can not shelter our students.  Safe spaces and trigger warnings are not what we need to focus on.  Discomfort is found everywhere in life.  If we can not help our students work through the discomforts of life, we aren't preparing them at all.  This past year, I have tried really hard to let my students see me in my struggles and tried to show them that life presents hard times, but we can make it through with support of friends, family, co-workers, or whomever is in our life.  Struggles don't just come in school work.  When we have a life outside of school, it sometimes causes us to want to withdraw.  We have to learn to get through the discomfort and learn how to overcome our fears and doubts about ourselves.  We as teachers need to show our students how to overcome failure, fear, and discomfort.  Encouragement is necessary in academics as well as social aspects.   I enjoyed all three articles, but this one was probably my favorite.

Robin

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I think this is getting off the path of what you are wanting just a little bit, but I'm gonna go with it anyways. I think the most important aspect of successfully getting students to routinely step into uncomfortable situations is the rapport that we develop with them. If a student trusts that you have their best interest at heart they will be willing to take risks that they otherwise wouldn't. They need to know they are safe and it is alright to fail. That message is best received when it is delivered by someone that has personally invested in them.

Blake Cary

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I don't know that there's a way to help some students ever completely overcome the fear of failing.  It's something that starts before they get to us and will continue way beyond their time with us.  I think that to some degree, it's not necessarily a bad thing.  The better way to look at it, at least to me, is to help them figure out what to do with it when you fail.  How to work through the fear and the error and get through to the other side.  To do that effectively sometimes means watching a kid and understanding where they're coming from and what it is that will make them feel more secure.  It might not be the same for everyone.  Some kids want a teacher to stay with them.  Others prefer a peer.  And some just need you to tell them you get it, share a quick word of encouragement, and give them time to figure it out.  It's being willing to take that time to understand "where they're coming from" that gives them the comfort to fail and "keep swimming."
Kolley

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To help get students out of their comfort zone, I can encourage students to take risks.  I can present new and different assignments or tasks that encourage them, and me, to step out of that comfort zone and try new things.  I must make it intentional so even if they make mistakes, or fail at it, they realize that is okay and perhaps necessary to complete the ultimate goal, and as a learner those mistakes must happen so we can grow.
Krista Vincent

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In the article, it talked about a risk tolerant culture. As a teacher, I can't get upset with a student failing, I have to recognize the effort, time, and hard work they put into the assignment. Especially with my students, effort goes a really long ways. I need to commend them for having a thought process and working through, what they think is the right way to do something. This keeps me from being a "Debbie Downer" when they get the same problem wrong, for the 3rd time. I need to always go back and asked, where they got confused or where they believe they went wrong. I can't give the answer and move on, I need a culture that allows them to learn and grow.
Bristyn Prowell

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Model & Plan for Failure                     I can encourage my students to get out of their comfort zone by getting out of mine.  I need to try new ways to deliver content and to be less concerned with quality artworks from every student.  I need to focus on the artistic process more and less on the art product.  I want every student to enjoy the creative process, to take risks and to achieve intelligent failures.  As the teacher, I need to congratulate hard work, perserverance, and outside-of-the box thinking and stay away from praise that is fluffy.

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Model & Plan for Failure                     I can encourage my students to get out of their comfort zone by getting out of mine.  I need to try new ways to deliver content and to be less concerned with quality artworks from every student.  I need to focus on the artistic process more and less on the art product.  I want every student to enjoy the creative process, to take risks and to achieve intelligent failures.  As the teacher, I need to congratulate hard work, perserverance, and outside-of-the box thinking and stay away from praise that is fluffy.

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In the article, "The Power of Mistakes," it talked about giving students growth mindset feedback. Instead of focusing on their successes or mistakes with a topic or assignment, emphasize their attention, effort, and strategy. This allows you to give positive feedback, regardless of the outcome. I think this would help students get out of their comfort zones because the more they challenge themselves, the more positive feedback you are able to give them for their persistence and dedication.
Stephanie Hicks

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One I can encourage students to learn from failure was something I learned from the article I read. In the article, "The Power of Mistakes: Creating a Risk-Tolerant Culture at Home and School" one point they made was to encourage students to share their "best" mistake of the week. I think this would be a great way to celebrate failure but also learn from it as well.
Elizabeth Smith

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One way I can encourage students to get out of their comfort zone is to increase the use of self-assessments in the learning process. The self-assessments should focus on the learning and practices used to learn and not accuracy. Additionally, I can focus positive feedback on a student’s willingness to seek out challenges and put forth the effort to accomplish what is needed as opposed to praising the performance. Lastly, I can build a supportive, positive  classroom climate where the students are comfortable with the struggles that come with challenges. One way to do this is to lead students to see themselves as a team instead of an individual.

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One way to encourage my students is to help them see that excellence in music is not something with which you are simply born. Many of the create composers and musicians also failed many times. They tried new innovative compositions and styles, they tried new ways of playing and interpreting music. And many were turned down or fired from jobs before they became famous. Making music is a process of learning and growing. You don't have to be "born" with musical talent. It is perfected and improved over time with many failures along the way. Encouraging my students to make music, to practice, and try is very important.
Steve Mathis

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Establishing a culture where failure is accepted & productive.

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Establishing a culture where failure is accepted & productive.

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We can encourage our students to overcome their fear of failure by being transparent with our own failures as well as showing them that everyone makes mistakes and that mistakes are proof that you are trying. Students seem to have this crazy idea that really smart people don't make mistakes. We have to prove to them that what actually makes people "really smart" is learning from their mistakes and learning how to better prepare so that the mistakes aren't repeated. We as the classroom leaders need to celebrate mistakes and wrong answers as teaching and learning experiences that are valuable beyond measure.
Jennifer Haines

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In the article, it talks about several ways to encourage students and others to learn from failing and making mistakes. As a math teacher, the best way for me to teach and have my students learn and be successful as a math student is by me modeling, making mistakes, making corrections and learning not to make those same mistakes again on the next problem. It may take students several times of making those same mistakes to figure out why that is wrong and not make them again. Many times while I'm at the board working out problems and modeling the proper steps, I will make a mistake and a student will point that out.  It is important to embrace that messenger  and show my humility for being one who does and will make mistakes even after 20 years of teaching math! It also talks about acknowledging our limits - what we know and do not know & the mistakes we have made in the past.  I must celebrate the importance of failing in order to reach success!
Kelly Jones

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I think that we can all encourage students to step outside of their comfort zone by explaining at the beginning of the school year that it is not the "end of the world" if they fail. I love our bulletin board in the enrichment hallway- explaining famous and "not so famous" failures. I think it is important to let students know that others have failed, but they can still be successful in life if they learn from their mistakes and give their best effort.
Mimi Gibson

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One way to encourage students to get out of their comfort zone is to share not only your failures , but others failure, such as famous celebrities, athletes and leaders, and how they overcame their failure. Students also need to feel comfortable sharing their failures and asking questions when they do not understand. Celebrating their initiative to ask for help can help encourage all students to see their mistakes as a learning opportunity. Students can then analyze and reflect on their mistakes to grow.
Courtney Bishop

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One way to motivate or encourage students to get out of their comfort zone, is to show them examples of how you have done same thing.  Next, encourage and motivate the process as they step out of their comfort zone.  Thirdly, have them keep track of their progress, mistakes, and successes.  Then reflect on the process.
Jenny Clendenen