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When you step into your classroom each day, do you believe that all your students can succeed? Does this belief shape how you teach and engage your students in learning? On this episode of Critical Window (listen below) a podcast by the Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed), we spoke with Dr. Yvette Jackson, adjunct professor at Teacher’s College at Columbia University and senior scholar at the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, about her concept of the “pedagogy of confidence.” Dr. Jackson, who has a book titled after this concept, is internationally recognized for her work applying neuroscience, gifted education, literacy, and cognitive mediation theory to elicit high intellectual performances from under-achieving and historically underserved students. A core concept of Dr. Jackson’s work is based on the idea that teachers should teach from a place of confidence in every students’ ability to learn, regardless of background or zip code. “When you have confidence about the potential of students, you help to push them to the outskirts, the limits of their mind,” explains Dr. Jackson on Critical Window. In this strategy, “learning becomes something that pulls [a student’s] potential to the next level.” What are the core ideas behind the “pedagogy of confidence,” and how can educators use this style of pedagogy to support adolescent learning? Here are six key strategies from Dr. Jackson: 1.Identify and activate student strengths. Instruction should help students believe “I can do this.” Teaching to students’ strengths helps them become more confident in their abilities and empowers them to perform better, all while establishing a growth mindset. 2. Focus on high intellectual performance. High intellectual performance should be the target for all students, not only those who have been identified for gifted and talented programs. Teach with the knowledge that all students are highly capable. 3. Build on existing skills and knowledge. Look at what students need to progress in their learning. What type of background knowledge do they need to have as a baseline and what additional skills do they need to build to succeed at the next level? 4. Situate learning in students’ lives. Are students seeing a connection between what you’re teaching and what’s happening in the world? Focus on issues and events happening in the world around them and incorporate those trends into the learning experience. 5. Acknowledge the impact of culture. Culture impacts the learning process and is a fundamental building block for students; however, it also can hold children back, even in school. If the school culture doesn’t represent the culture of the students, then you’re going to get all kinds of dysfunction. 6. Assess growth in every learning experience. Make every learning experience an opportunity for assessing growth. Receiving feedback on their performance and areas of growth helps students feel confident that they can progress in their learning. Listen to more from Dr. Jackson in the episode below. Critical Window is a podcast from the Alliance for Excellent Education that explores the rapid changes happening in the body and the brain during adolescence and what these changes mean for educators, policymakers, and parents.  Subscribe to Critical Window on Apple Music, Stitcher or wherever you find podcasts. Featured Image by Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action. Expand Transcript Collapse Transcript [Music] Hans Hermann: Welcome to Critical Window, a podcast from the Alliance for Excellent Education that explores the rapid changes happening in the body and the brain during adolescence, and what these changes mean for educators, policymakers, and communities. This week on Critical Window,

Trish Millines Dziko cofounded TAF in 1996 after spending 15 years as a developer, designer and manager in the high tech industry. A native of New Jersey who attended Monmouth College (now Monmouth University) on a basketball scholarship, she graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science in 1979 at a time when few people of color and few women were entering the field. Her successful career brought her to Microsoft in the late-1980s, just as the pioneering software company was set to become a worldwide brand. Over the next decade of tremendous growth, she saw very little change in the high tech industry: women and people of color remained grossly underrepresented. After careful research she traced the root of the problem to the lack of access to rigorous, relevant technology training in our public schools, particularly those in traditionally underserved communities of color. Trish left Microsoft in 1996, the same year she founded TAF. Trish has led the growth of TAF into a statewide leader in STEM education, operating TAF Academy, increasing the number of teachers of color through the Martinez Fellowship, and partnering with public schools to transform them into academic environments that will promote the highest level of student learning. Trish and her spouse Jill Hull Dziko live on Vashon Island and are the proud parents of 4 children. -- Dr. Edwards Lange has a wide range of experience in higher education administration and has been a leading advocate for diversity and inclusion throughout her career. She started her tenure at Seattle Central in August of 2015 as interim president, and was named to the permanent position in May of 2016. Prior to this, she served as vice president for Minority Affairs and vice provost for Diversity at the University of Washington (UW). In these roles, she was responsible for increasing diversity and working with senior leadership to improve the campus climate and retention of diverse students, faculty and staff. As a result of her work, the entire UW community is now engaged in making the campus more inclusive and welcoming for people of all backgrounds. -- Keisha Scarlett is the Executive Director of Organizational Development & Equity for Seattle Public schools and a former principal in the Seattle Public Schools. Prior to becoming a school administrator, she was a mentor for Seattle School’s novice secondary mathematics and science teachers and a middle school mathematics coach. She is currently weeks away from completing a doctoral program and previously received her master's degree in education from Heritage University and her administration credentials from University of Washington. Scarlett has had the opportunity to receive professional development training from National Urban Alliance consultants in an ongoing project with the Seattle Schools Literacy Initiative. Scarlett is a representative of the NSF-funded project, Lenses on Learning: Research-Based Mathematics Professional Development for K–12 Principals, Teacher Leaders, and District Leaders. Continued Reading: Seeds of a Black Woman written by Zithri Ahmed Saleem here: http://bit.ly/MedSKT Social Media: Techaccess.org www.facebook.com/stembytaf/ Twitter: @stembytaf www.instagram.com/stembytaf/ Trish Millines Dziko trishmi@techaccess.org Facebook/Twitteer: @TrishDziko http://www.trishdziko.com/ Dr. Sheila Edwards-Lange: Twitter: @EdwardsLange Email: Sheila.EdwardsLange@seattlecolleges.edu Keisha Scarlett Twitter: @scarlettfevah Email: kdscarlett@seattleschools.org Phone: (206) 412-6899 Zithri Saleem: http://zithri.com Twitter: @ZithriSaleem http://linkedin.com/in/zithrisaleem Mayowa Aina: http://MayowaAina.com twitter: @mayowaaina_ http:// linkedin.com/in/mayowaaina/ Domonique Meeks: DomoniqueMeeks.com Twitter: @domoniquemeeks http://facebook.com/domoniquelmeeks/ http://instagram.com/domoniquemeeks http://linkedin.com/in/domonique-meeks-01542320/ Music Credit: Ampfire

Dr. Beth Russell has been in education for 28 years. Prior to entering the field of education, Beth was a social worker working with children on emotional and behavioral challenges in treatment foster care. Beth is the former principal of South View Middle School in a suburb of Minneapolis. She holds a BS in child development and family relations from Colorado State University, a master’s degree in social work from the University of Minnesota, and a doctorate in educational policy and administration from the University of Minnesota. Beth has worked in both urban and suburban school systems introducing type. Coauthor of Differentiated School Leadership and several articles for education publications, she views type theory as a vehicle for helping students self-advocate for how they learn best and helping teachers identify new strategies so that all students can learn. She has presented at NSDC, World Futures, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), and National Urban Alliance conferences. She has participated in the National Institute for School Leadership, trained at the Institute for Learning at the University of Pittsburgh, and directed the Minneapolis Public Schools in implementing a comprehensive framework for teaching and learning. Beth volunteers as an assessor for the University of St. Thomas Principal Assessment Center and provides peer reviews for educational books for Free Spirit Publishing.   About EducatorsLead: Educators Lead is a podcast created to help launch educators into the next level of leadership. This show is for you if you are interested in educational leadership as an assistant principal, principal, superintendent, teacher or someone who hopes to be a school leader one day. Educators Lead offers inspiration and practical advice to help you lead more effectively. Jay Willis interviews school leaders weekly to discuss why and when these educators made the decision to move into school leadership, challenges along the journey, and stories that made it all worthwhile. Educators Lead is a great resource for any educator looking to make a greater impact. Educate. Inspire. Lead. http://www.educatorslead.com

Giving students a voice and choice are appealing ideas, but what are the practical steps to getting students to take charge of their learning? Follow: @larryferlazzo @gallit_z @YJacksonNUA @mrsmieliwocki @Bamradionetwork Yvette Jackson and Veronica McDermott are the authors of the ASCD books Aim High, Achieve More: How to Transform Urban Schools Through Fearless Leadership and Unlocking Student Potential: How do I Identify and Activate Strengths? Jackson is the CEO of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education. McDermott is a retired superintendent, professional developer, and education consultant. Rebecca Mieliwocki is a 21-year veteran middle school English teacher in Burbank, CA, who adores trying new things with her wild, wonderful, and wooly 7th graders. Gallit Zvi is a teacher and vice principal in Surrey, BC, Canada. She is the co-author of The Genius Hour Guidebook.

Join us as we unpack why it takes courage and fearless leadership to achieve great teaching and learning. @ASCD @bamradionetwork Yvette Jackson and Veronica McDermott are the authors of the ASCD books Aim High, Achieve More: How to Transform Urban Schools Through Fearless Leadership and Unlocking Student Potential: How do I identify and activate strengths? Jackson is the CEO of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education. McDermott is a retired superintendent, professional developer, and education consultant. Host Mike Janatovich is the assistant principal of Harmon Middle School in Aurora, OH, and an ASCD Emerging Leader.

This segment is the second in series exploring the variety of reasons why teachers leave high poverty urban schools. We close with recommendations to attract and keep more teachers in these schools. Follow: @larryferlazzo @YJacksonNUA @kbaptiste22 @bamradionetwork #edchat #teachers #edtech Karen Baptiste is a Supervisor of Teacher Development for Broward County Public Schools. She is responsible for providing training for 14,000 teachers, overseeing a district-wide Coach Credentialing program and managing grants. Pia Wong is a teacher education with over 20 years of experience in this field. She focuses on urban teacher preparation. Yvette Jackson is the CEO of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education and adjunct professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has applied her research in neuroscience, gifted education, and the cognitive mediation theory of Dr. Reuven Feuerstein into her books.

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Yvette Jackson, chief executive officer of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, discusses how districts can apply a pedagogy of confidence to omprove the confidence and competence of students and teachers upon whom they rely. (1/28/13)

The guests for the February show will be Drs. Yvette Jackson and Veronica McDermott, co-authors of Aim High, Achieve More How to Transform Urban Schools Through Fearless Leadership (ASCD Press).  We will discuss how expectations impact student performance and success particularly in urban communities.  We will also discuss how leaders cultivate cultures of high expectation in their schools.   Dr. Jackson currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, founded at the College Board and Teachers College, Columbia University. She works with school district superintendents, administrators, teachers, and students across the United States and internationally to customize and deliver systemic approaches that enable students to demonstrate high intellectual performances. She bases her work on the principles and practices of the Pedagogy of Confidence, which she created to enable educators to accelerate the intellectual development and academic achievement of their students.  On September 15, 2012 the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences Educators Voice Awards honored Yvette for “Education Policy/Researcher of the Year.” Yvette has been a visiting lecturer at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, Columbia University, and Stanford University.  The public schools of Long Island, NY, served as the launching pad of Dr. McDermott's career, a career that spans more than 30 years and extended over many roles: superintendent of schools, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, principal, district director, dean, and classroom teacher.  Join us for what will be a dynamic show for policy makers, teachers, superintendents and principals.

ASCD authors Dr Yvette  Jackson , CEO and Dr. Veronica McDermott, regional director at National Urban Alliance are our guests.

How important is it for teens to be confident about who they are to be successful in school? The short answer is very. In this segment our guests discuss the science behind feeling confident and academic achievement and how to parents and teachers can leverage this knowledge with teens. Yvette Jackson, Ed.D. CEO National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, Author, Pedagogy of Confidence. Dr. Jackson currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Urban Alliance and is a nominee for the Bammy Awards. Heather Wolpert-Gawron is an award-winning middle school teacher in Los Angeles. She has authored workbooks on teaching Internet Literacy.

In this month's Whole Child Podcast, we hear from three experts about the struggles and strategies of urban school districts and how they are working to meet the needs of the whole child.