2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
6/22/2017 | 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Empowering Educators and Struggling Students with a Growth Mindset toward College and Career Readiness | Cascade A
Empowering Educators and Struggling Students with a Growth Mindset toward College and Career Readiness
The Utah Post School Outcomes Survey, conducted annually by the Utah State Board of Education, indicates that students with disabilities are engaged in employment or post-secondary education at low rates: Only 26% of the survey respondents indicated they had completed at least one term of higher education. These data raise concerns about whether Utah schools are adequately preparing students who struggle for higher education programs.
Research has demonstrated that students experience more success, and increased beliefs, in classrooms where teachers incorporate strategies that foster the development of a growth mindset (e.g., establish high expectations—not just high standards—to increase motivation in students, praise and encouragement, asking students to explain their thinking, providing feedback that focuses on process, etc.). Providing opportunities for students to develop self-advocacy skills, self-determination, and the belief that they can pursue college--beginning in early grades--contribute to increased growth mindsets of students across the spectrum of all abilities.
- 1. Given a growth mindset checklist, strategies and resources, participants will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of practical growth mindset strategies that can be applied directly in transition programs in both special and general education settings.
- 2. Participants will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the model of self-determination and growth mindset and evidence-based strategies that can be implemented to promote self-determination by sharing at least one strategy with a peer at the end of the session.
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Lavinia Gripentrog
(), USBE, Lavinia.Gripentrog@schools.utah.gov;
Lavinia has taught special education for 21 years in several Utah school districts. Ten of those years were spent teaching students with significant disabilities in a community based post high school setting in the Murray School District. She spent two years working as a secondary inclusion research instructor at the University of Utah. Lavinia currently serves as the Transition Specialist at the Utah State Board of Education. She holds a Master’s Degree in special education from the University of Utah and a Transition Specialist Master’s degree from Utah State University.
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Sonja Hammond
(), Utah Professional Development Network, sonja.hammond@usu.edu;
Sonja Hammond began working wtih UPDN in July 2016. Sonja has worked in the field of Special Education in the Utah for the last 18 years. She began teaching high school students with intellectual disabilities in a self-contained setting. After several years in that setting, she taught elementary and junior high students in inclusive settings. Prior to joining UPDN, she was the Special Education Director at a charter school in Davis county. Sonja graduated from Utah State University with a degree in Special Education. She lives in Davis county with her husband, three children and two dogs and enjoys traveling and being outdoors.
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