Great Expectations Workshop
March 2013, Burlington, Rutland, White River Junction
8:45am-2:30pm
This interactive day-long workshop will engage participants in activities and instruction about brain research and the power of expectations. This workshop utilizes a training of trainers format, first modeling the materials and tools and then reflecting on their use from a facilitator’s perspective. The day will conclude with team time to plan how each group will bring this training back to students and teachers in their own schools.
Objectives
By the end of this daylong
workshop participant
teams will be able to:
• Describe how the brain
processes information
• Articulate the difference
between a “fixed
mindset” and a “growth
mindset”
• Apply specific strategies
that support the message
of high expectations for
all students
• Implement training
activities in school-based
trainings
• Develop training outline
for implementation in
their schools