Learning & Leading With Habits of Mind

Students performed the song, with dance moves, for the student body. Students were overheard enthusiastically singing about elab ...

At the District Level At the district level, we are restructuring our leadership model to build a broad base of support for full ...

Making these shifts takes time. Districts committed to incorporating the Habits of Mind into the curriculum are destined for a l ...

Here we present a variety of suggestions to further the journey of continu- ous growth toward internalization of the Habits of M ...

members to brainstorm additions to fit your situation. Although you might be tempted to abandon the Us, save them for a later da ...

Make bumper stickers that celebrate the school’s dedication to the Habits of Mind. Have students develop their own buttons to h ...

Discuss and demonstrate the Habits of Mind required to care for living creatures. Allow elementary students to take turns carin ...

Increasing Alertness Establish the Habits of Mind as ground rules for discussions about all practices in the school. Include di ...

Interview parents about how they use the Habits of Mind in their profession, job, or career. Which of the Habits of Mind make t ...

Develop a system of welcoming and orienting new students that emphasizes the Habits of Mind as the goals and values of your sch ...

Building Commitment Invite graduates to return and talk about their experiences with the Habits of Mind. Ask them to discuss wh ...

1. Persisting Leaders remain focused. They are committed to task completion. They never lose sight of their own and their organi ...

5. Thinking About Thinking (Metacognition) Leaders are aware of their own thoughts, strategies, feelings, and actions and their ...

12. Responding with Wonderment and Awe Leaders find the world fascinating and mysterious. They are intrigued by discrepancies, c ...

We a r e o f t e n a s k e d , “ H ow w o u l d y o u k n ow w h e n a n d i f t h e H a b i t s o f Mind have been infused?” We ...

Those are general statements. So let’s “unpack” these ideas more fully to describe some indicators that the Habits of Mind truly ...

The curriculum is deliberately structured and planned to include the infusion of the Habits of Mind. •Lessons and units are des ...

Parents and Community •Parents are kept informed of their student’s progress in the Habits of Mind. •Parents new to the school a ...

•Because HOM are never mastered or fully understood, there is con- tinual search for greater meaning, inquiry into their effects ...

Rate Your Habits of Mind Now that you know what the Habits of Mind are, read the following ques- tions and rate yourself on a sc ...