mindset

Mindset ◊ ◊ ◊

Student

Motivation

and

Success Corrections

Fall 2014

Why Mindset

1. To prepare the students for success.

2. To increase the students’ desire for more education.

3. To encourage students to embrace life-long

learning as a means to achieve success.

OBJECTIVE: Students will identify their mindset.

OUTCOME: Students will increase their motivation

toward life-long learning.

JOB SKILL: Sell or influence others using environmentally

friendly and socially responsible strategies.

How nature & nurture

influence the mindset

Nature - Genetic determination (Naturaleza)

√ Physical attributes

√ Temperament

√ No choice

Nurture - Environmental influences (Afectuoso)

√ Social settings

√ Family/guardian

√ Educational

How does our mindset develop?

Let’s consider an apple.

Then, let’s look at a lawn and garden.

Nature through the eyes of an apple

I am…

An apple

1. Physical Attributes

2. Temperament

3. Choice? Green

Pippen

sour Crunchy

Can these factors affect the life of this apple?

Nurture through the eyes of an apple.

Where will you find me?

1. Social Setting (act/be accordingly)

2. Familial (influence)

3. Education (explore)

What can I become?

Apple sauce

Apple cobbler

Apple pie What will happen

if the apple sits around

and is not used for any purpose?

Steps to turn an ordinary apple into a delicious, extraordinary dessert:

CHALLENGES OBSTACLES EFFORT CRITICISM SUCCESS OF OTHERS

Understanding the Mindset How realistic is it for you to prepare an extraordinary

dessert?

You will face:

White board

Persist Learn

A story about lawns & gardens

Sketch a lawn & garden at

the bottom of your page.

What does the lawn

need to grow?

√ Sunlight

√ Water

√ Soil

How will you maintain the

lawn & garden as it grows?

Trim/cut/manicure

Continue watering

Fertilize

Understanding the Mindset

How realistic is it for you to grow a lawn

and maintain it to your standards?

You will face:

White board

Persist Learn

Determine Your Mindset

1. Answer the six questions on your worksheet

by circling the G or F under

“Agree” or “Disagree.”

2. Total the number of G’s and F’s

to determine your mindset.

G = Growth mindset

F = Fixed mindset

Student handout

Why did you choose the program?

¿Por qué elegiste el programa? 1. ?

2. ?

What do/did you enjoy or like about being a student?

¿¿Disfrute o gusta de ser un estudiante?

1. ?

2. ?

What does it mean to be a successful student?

¿Qué significa ser un estudiante exitoso?

Let’s complete the Student Job Description.

¡ Completar la descripción del trabajo de estudiante.

Student Job Description Position Title: Position Department:

Status : Reports to:

Salary/Grade:

Position Purpose (3 R’s):

Previous education and experience:

Essential duties and responsibilities:

Scope of responsibilities:

Specific job skills:

To perform the job of a student, this individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily.

Let’s complete the Mindset Map.

Complete on the Document Camera

Messages

Distinguish the internal messages

that hold you back

from those messages

that move you forward.

Reframing

negative messages

into

positive, motivating messages.

“Are you sure you can do it?”

“I’m not sure I can do it now,

but I think I can learn to

with time and effort.”

Dweck, Carol S. (2007). Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

“If you fail,

you’ll be a failure.”

“Most successful people

had failures along the way.”


“If you don’t try,

you can protect yourself

and keep your dignity.”

“If I don’t try,

I automatically fail.

Where’s the dignity in that?”


“This would have been a snap

if you really had talent.”

“That is so wrong.”

“Basketball wasn’t easy for Michael Jordan

and science wasn’t easy for Thomas Edison.”

“They had a passion

and put in tons of effort.”


“It’s not my fault.

It was something or someone else’s fault.”

“If I don’t take responsibility,

I can’t fix it.”

“Let me listen –

however painful it is,

and learn whatever I can.”


Student Success

With the new growth-oriented messages,

consider how you can improve

in your student success.

CHALLENGES

Avoid

or

embrace

OBSTACLES

Give-up

or

persist

EFFORT

Fruitless

or

mastery

Criticism

Ignore

or

learn

Success of

Others

Threatened or

inspired

A Message from Arne Dunkin

Secretary of Education

“Those students without high school diplomas

face a bleak life of poverty and misery.”

“High school graduation

may have once been a finish line,

but today it is just a beginning.”

“Los estudiantes sin diplomas de escuela secundaria enfrentan

una vida sombria de la pobreza y meseria.”

“Graducion de secundaria es solo el comienzo.”

Real, Hard Facts to Consider

$$$ Income $$$

Education Weekly Monthly Annually

No H.S. $ 472 $ 2,045 $ 24,544

High School $ 651 $ 2,821 $ 33,852

Some College No Degree

$ 727 $ 3,150 $ 37,804

Associate (AA/AS) $ 777 $ 3,367 $ 40,404

Bachelor (BA/BS) $ 1,108 $ 4,801 $ 57,616

Master (MA/MS) $ 1,329 $ 5,759 $ 69,108

Professional Degree (MD, JD)

$ 1,714 $ 7,427 $ 89,128

PhD $ 1,623 $ 7,033 $ 84,396

Plumber $788-2,300 $3,417-10,000 $41-120,000

Laser Technician $654-1,750 $2,833-7,583 $34-91,000

Electrician $615-2,038 $2,667-8,833 $32-106,000

What equation will you choose?

Poverty + Desperation = Crime

Or

Education + Opportunity = Success

TED Talk: Armed and Equipped, Spencer O. Monroe Correctional Facility

Nurture

What part does nurture play

in the success of your future?

EOPS – The Extended Opportunity Program & Services

is funded by the State and assists low-income, educationally disadvantaged members of our community to achieve their educational goals.

Eligibility

√ Be a CA resident

√ Enroll in at least 12 units

√ Have fewer than 70 degree applicable units

√ Meet income guidelines

√ Be educationally disadvantaged.

SJCC EOPS Mission Statement

The mission of the San Jose City College EOPS/CARE

is to support our students

in achieving their academic and personal goals

by establishing “over and above”

support services and programs

for income and educationally eligible students.

To this end, the EOPS & CARE staff commits to the

following actions:

To eliminate barriers and ensure access to post-

secondary education for all eligible students.

To provide personal accessible services.

To facilitate the transfer and career placement of

students.

To facilitate the successful completion of student

educational goals and objectives.

To positively affect student self-concept, self-esteem

and self-advocacy.

Board of Governors

Fee Waiver Program – BOGFW-B 2014-2-15

Family Size 2013 Income

1 $17,235

2 $23,265

3 $29,295

4 $35,325

5 $41,355

6 $47,385

7 $53,415

8 $59,445

Each additional Family Member $6,030

EOPS Services √ Book Vouchers

√ Lending Library

√ Academic Counseling to schedule classes

√ Personal Counseling

√ Career Counseling

√ Success Skills Workshops

√ Cap and Gown

√ University Visits

√ Transfer Assistance

√ UC/CSU Fee Waiver – application fees

Life-Long Learning Student Success Circle your next step(s) in education?

(ESL, G.E.D., RCP, Certificates, Vocational, College)

How realistic is it for you to attain this goal?

You will face:

Student handout & white board

Persist Learn

Reflective Journal Mind Set & Student Success

1. What type of Mindset do you have? (Fixed or Growth)

2. How do you feel about the results (do you agree or disagree

with the results)? Explain why.

3. What type of Mindset do you want to possess? Explain why.

4. In what one area of your life can you apply the Growth Mindset?

(This can be a personal, social, or academic area that is presenting

a barrier or an obstacle in which you can “persist to overcome.”)

5. What is the first step that you will take to move toward a stronger

Growth Mindset?

“If you want to be successful,

It’s just this simple.

KNOW what you are doing.

LOVE what you are doing.

And BELIEVE in what you are doing.”

~ Will Rogers

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