Monitoring

Independent Learning
…to build
Resilience
What does student
Resilience mean to you?

write it on a post it and stick on a

whiteboard

While you are here have a look at

what others have written
 Resilience is

“An ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change” (Merriam Webster).

“The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties” (Oxford)

The American Psychological Association (APA) defines resilience as the process of

‘Adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or significant sources of stress.’

The APA also stresses that building resilience takes time and intentionality.
Individual resilience involves:

•Positivity
•Motivation
•Self-belief
•Emotional ability
•Perseverance
•Self-reflection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iuPewWbp2U
Mental toughness is the secret to success
 How does a child,
at the age of 17
get back up?
We need to teach/train our 17 year
olds to not only do what they are told,
but to take charge of themselves.
•Think of your C grade student, How
much of your effort went into getting
them their grade?
•Now think of your A* student, How
much of your effort went into getting
them their grade?
 It was my mum that
believed in me and for
that I believed in her

Does your belief in your students impact

on how resilient they are?

How can you overcome the challenge of having

belief in every single student?
 I was able to jog and then run, but
there were loads of injuries on the
way!
Does resilience in your subject come naturally from the start
or do you see it being built over two years?

What ‘injuries’ do student’s face over their experience in your classroom?

Building resilience takes time and intentionality

Little by little,
coming in to do the
rehab, step by step,
you started to see
improvement

Should they formulate their own path?

or can we help them devise a strategy to
follow in order to build resilience?
 The only thing that stands between
success and failure is mental
toughness, its about being resilient
Some people train brilliantly but in a
race, they don’t win!

Think of some hard working students that still get one or two grades lower than what you would expect of them.
Do they lack mental toughness? How can they build that in themselves?
 Being an athlete isn’t like another job, the
gym, the strengthening, the mind work, the
fitness.
For one shot… for 11 seconds.
If our students only get one shot in June, what qualities should they possess to be successful in that one shot?

Look, if you had one shot,

or one opportunity.
To seize everything
you ever wanted
In one moment
Would you capture it?
Or let it slip?
 Youre on a start line with seven other women
You’re in an exam room with 24 other students

You have a man holding a gun

You have an invigilator standing by a clock

There’s so much going on, your family, everyone

screaming wanting you to do well
Family pressure to do well

How do you put that all aside and say, I have to

focus on myself… focus on my lane… focus on
me
If you train them to help themselves, they will focus on themselves,
on their lane because in the exam room, only they can help themselves
Monitoring Independent Learning Marking Homework
What does student Resilience
mean to you?

write it on a post it and stick on a

whiteboard

While you are here have a look at

what others have written

Has your definition improved?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iuPewWbp2U
Mental toughness is the secret to success
That’s not just athletics
That’s life.