A Tale of Two Stories: The Tools of Resilience

Presented by Lisa Chavenson, Becky Crossfield, and Bernadette Janis

Resilience

• We learned from the presentation on the emotional brain that there are two tales that are always active- one of stress, often toxic stress and one of resilience.

• In this program participants will explore how a story of challenge and obstacles evolves into a story of resilience. We will connect this to the four lenses of learning.

Today we’re exploring your own tale of resilience

- What it is- How it connects to the PLN frameworks- How it informs your practice- How you can impact your students by

amplifying their resilience

Here’s what we’re talking about:

re·sil·ience: 1. the power or ability to return to the original form,

position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.

2. ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buoyancy.

Grit:Backbone, chutzpah, fortitude, guts,stick-to-it-iveness A. Duckworth

Resilience is where you find it!Consider these tales of resilience.

Focus question:How was he resilient? What supported his

development of grit?

Read aloud: If She Only Knew Me by Jeff Gray and Heather Thomas

Ben Carson

I’m going to tell you about someone who I think demonstrated grit and resilience.

As I do, listen and think:

Focus question:

• How was he resilient? What supported his development of grit?

Please do now:

• (Before): • Fill in the thought bubble:

• What do you know about yourself and resilience? How are you resilient? What has supported your development of grit?

The Four Lenses of Learning and Resilience

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Human Lens• What you tell yourself• How you support

yourself• How you are your own

advocate

Meaning-centered Lens

• Mantras• Personal Beliefs• Visualization in the mind

Language-based Lens

• Literature titles and authors of resilience

Social Lens• Key relationships• Mentor and role models

The Four Lenses of Learning and Resilience: Tools

SocialHuman Language-based

Meaning-centered

Share and collate:

• During:• In your small group, connect your tools of

resilience to strategies for building resilience in our students. Brainstorm ideas and record on the back of the new four square template provided.

• These strategies will reflect the lenses just like your tools do.

• I’ll show you what I mean.

Share out

• Keep the lenses in mind.

• On the other side You have a notemaking template for recording these brilliant ideas!

Here are some ideas, embedded in this workshop, that you might want to try:• “Read alouds” or “listen tos” to intro a topic• Focus questions to guide thinking and zero in

on the pertinent info• Thought bubbles• Categorizing experiences by lenses- reflecting

independently and reflecting collaboratively.• Scaffolding thought processes using

templates• Adaptations of Lisa’s adorable ticket out the

door guy

Ticket out the door- You keep it!

• Complete the “ticket out the door person”.

• Turn and talk.

What do you want to take away with you?• (After) Use “ your guy.” Write: • Head: What are you thinking about differently?• Hands: What do you have to give based on your

own story of resilience?• Foot: What steps do you want to take?• Heart: How do you want to share this with your

students?• Six months from now, what do you want to

remember?

Thanksfor participating in our workshop!

• Becky• Bernadette• Lisa