Deficit versus Asset Lens by Kelsey Lewis

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The teachers starts with what students can do

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Focus on what the student is struggling with in isolation

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Every student has a unique potential for growth and development

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Not realizing your own biases

The teacher speaks to the student in positive language, beginning with what the students do well

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Believing your students can't change

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Child feels not good enough, not empowered, diassociates

The teacher asks every student what their favourite learning style is (ex. visual learning)

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Believing students are capable of overcoming challenges

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Students flaws or weaknesses are what teachers focus on

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Looking at who students are, not what they can do

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Teacher allows student to choose how to solve a problem - giving student choice on how to show learning

A skill that students are developing

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build a growth mindset

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Creating tasks around students' strengths

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Providing accommodations

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Teacher automatically gives child lower grades, lower expectations...

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How can I fit my teaching into Student X's strengths?

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Teacher calls student out in front of the class because they "aren't able" to do a task

Thinking students aren't capable of hard tasks

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Looking at what a child "lacks"

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Lower expectations for those you think are lower performers

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Only valuing and acknowledging students for their accomplishments (grades, curricular, commitments)

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kindly giving constructive feedback, reinforce the criticism with the things done well

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Teacher allows student free movement in the classroom

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only gives negative feedback and not anything in a positive light. there's almost something that can be mentioned positively.

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Two stars and a wish model, to mesh both aspects. But focus on the assets to be more encouraging and positive.

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Building trust between teacher and students

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Builds self esteem and the can do attitude. Also reinforces courage and encourages students to take leaps

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Building relationships, getting to really know the student

provides students with work that is below their ability, as they do not believe in the potential of their students

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Giving "lower-achieving" students easier tasks, thus undermining their abilities or growth potential.

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Teacher meets student where they are with a problem vs. imposing the status quo of where they "should" be

pre assumption of kids' disabilities

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How can we move beyond Student X's obsession with Topic X? (i.e. There's more to life than just Sonic)

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Getting frustrated and giving up on teaching/ your students

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How can I support the student in reaching their full potential? In what ways do they want to be supported?

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not giving comments at all, just bad grades

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creating goals that are personally made for the student using their strengths

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Teachers boost a child's confidence in their pre-existing abilities

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fixating on following a specific process, and not opening room for different paths to the same goal.

look for ways to support students needs (differentiation, accommodations, etc.)

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Give students choices in class

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Offering options for assessments

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Child will hyper focus on their weaker abilities and with them being looked at under a microscope, it will compound the weight they attribtue to their "weakness"