A presentation I did for over 400 teachers on March 17, 2012, at ROOT's International Teacher's Symposium in Islamabad.

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3. Subject
Grade
English
A
Social
Studies
A+
Math
D
Science
B

4. ¡ What
do
you
think
will
help
you
to
be
more
successful?
A. Building
on
Strengths
B. Fixing
Weaknesses

5. 1. Survival
of
the
fittest
2.
Deficit-­‐based
remediation
3.
Strengths-­‐based
development
and
application
-­‐
Parker
Palmer,
The
Courage
to
Teach

8. ¡ Diagnose
the
¡ Describe
what’s
problem
wanted
¡ Discover
the
cause
¡ Discover
what’s
¡ Address
the
already
working
weakness/problem
¡ Find
strengths/
solutions

9. ¡ Spending
most
of
your
time
in
your
area
of
weakness—while
it
will
improve
your
skills,
perhaps
to
a
level
of
“average”—will
NOT
produce
excellence
¡ This
approach
does
NOT
tap
into
student
motivation
or
lead
to
student
engagement
¡
The
biggest
challenge
facing
us
as
educators:
how
to
engage
the
hearts,
minds,
and
souls
of
our
students

10. ¡
“Individuals
gain
more
when
they
build
on
their
talents,
than
when
they
make
comparable
efforts
to
improve
their
areas
of
weakness.”
¡ Clifton
&
Harter,
2003,
p.
112

11. “The best teachers tended to
look for and appreciate the
individual value of each
student….they looked for the
abilities that any person brought
to the table.”
Bain
(2005)

12. ¡ Problems
¡ Possibilities
¡ Attendance
¡ Engagement
¡ Compliance
¡ Motivation
¡ Putting
into
the
¡ Drawing
out
from
student
student
¡ Average
¡ Excellence

13. ¡ Connects
to
what
students
already
have
inside
them
¡ Builds
on
their
prior
experiences
and
successes
¡ Generates
positive
emotions
¡ Fosters
a
sense
of
competence
and
confidence

14. What
is
your

15. ¡ Know
their
own
strengths
and
how
they
combine
to
produce
excellence
in
teaching
¡
Apply
their
strengths
to
each
aspect
of
the
teaching/
learning
process:
§ Preparation/course
design
§ interaction
with
students
in
class
§ Mentoring
and
advising
students
§ Grading
and
Feedback
to
Students

16. Natural
way
of
thinking,
feeling,
behaving
Time
spent
developing
talent
=
Strength
Ability
to
consistently
perform
Clifton
&
Harter,
2003

17. ¡ Capitalizes
on
the
instructor’s
strengths
for
¤
maximum
teaching
effectiveness
¡ Connects
students’
strengths
to
strategies
for
mastering
course
content
¡ Purpose:
to
motivate
and
engage
students
in
their
own
learning
process,
so
that
they
are
able
to
reach
optimal
levels
of
achievement

18. Discover
Your
Strengths
Fast, Direct
Closed, Task Open, People
Calm, Thoughtful

19. ent’
• Identify
a
‘challenging’
stud
PAC E?
FAST
or
SLOW
• What
is
th e
Communication
r
CUS,
in
their
work
and/o
• What
is
the
primary
FO
conversations ?
PEOPLE
or
TASK
• W hat
is
their
Style?
• What
is
YOUR
style?
erent
in
your
PACE
and
• How
are
you
similar
or
diff
FOCUS?

20. ¡ Unknowingly,
you
communicate
and
teach
according
to
your
style
¡ What
is
each
style’s
communication
preference?

21. ¡ Know
who
you
are
and
teach
from
your
strengths
¡ Love
what
you
teach
and
who
you
teach
¡ Know
your
students
and
how
they
learn
¡ Focus
on
creating
an
intellectually
vital,
engaging
classroom
for
all
Strengths

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