Lighting the Flame and Keeping it Burning

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Dare to Be Exceptional

• Lighting the Flame and Keeping it Burning

www.maggiedent.com/DareToBeExceptional.pdf
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Heres to kids who are different Kids who dont
always get As Kids who have ears Twice the size
of their peers And noses that go on for
days Heres to kids who are different kids they
call crazy or dumb Kids who dont fit With the
guts and the grit Who dance to a different
drum Heres to kids who are different Kids with
a mischievous streak For when they have grown as
history has shown Its their difference that
makes them unique Digby Wolfe
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Interesting times..........
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1st Key - Be interesting
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What do the following people have in
common? Ludwig Beethoven Richard Branson Kerry
Packer Winston Churchill Charles Darwin Thomas
Edison Albert Einstein Isaac Newton Louis
Pasteur Auguste Rodin Leo Tolstoy Mirrabooka SHS
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Every child ever born is born with gifts and
talents that are unique to them so that they can
fulfil their own potential. Sometimes these gifts
are hard to find. Endless Journey Maggie
Dent
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2nd Key Help students to find their gifts and
talents and also better ways to strengthen or
overcome their weaknesses.
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What are your 3 best qualities that you bring to
the table of education?
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3rd Key Teach them how the brain and the human
mind works, especially that at any time it can
get smarter..........
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• Conscious vs unconscious processing
• What potential lies in the unconscious?
• Eye-10 millions bits per sec/40
• Ear -100,000 bits per sec/30
• Skin- 100,000 bits per sec/5
• Smell - 100,000 bits per sec/1
• Taste - 1,000 bits per sec/1
• Arm exercise

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• How can we take advantage of the unconscious
  processing?
• UN/con needs time to find solutions
• Peripheral learning
• Fabulous feedback
• Managing stuckness
• Learns from metaphor and stories
• Relaxed alertness and calmness essential

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Our view of the world

• All of our behaviour is the result of choices we
  make based on our beliefs and past experiences.
  Our view is simply our reality. No-one else will
  share our reality.
• Exercise

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To be exceptional in the classroom you need to be
able to come to a place of understanding of
anothers reality, respectfully........
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4th Key Practise kaizen Professionally and
personally
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Research supports the conclusion that if we
feel safe, confident, accepted, valued and
interested we will learn more rapidly and
effectively. Erich Jensen Enriching The Brain.
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Tip 5 Have the courage to care and connect
Children dont care how much you know Until they
know how much you care. Biker Story
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What are the invisible blockers to student
success?
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A concept is a deeply held belief or perception
that an individual has formed as a consequence of
an experience that was emotionally significant.
I am useless at Maths! I hate reading?
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• Creative visualisation and mental rehearsal
• Opportunities for competence
• Sowing seeds of possibility

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morphogenetic or morphic fields.....
4 minute mile? ...............morphogenetic
fields that influence everyone within the
community, organization or school. Strong
intentionality and high emotional content can
influence these fields.
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6th Key Believe in the highest potential for
your yourself and your students
If you expect students to perform well, if you
believe they are gifted and talented, they will
prove you right. Inspiring Teaching (2004)
Eva Hoffman and Susan Norman Thought fields -
Robert Rosenthall
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• 6 Keys to Exceptional Teaching
• Be interesting
• Help students to find their gifts and talents
• Teach them how the brain works
• Practise kaizen
• Have the courage to care and connect
• Believe in the highest potential for yourself and
  your students

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Dare to Be Exceptional
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Dare to Be Exceptional
Lighting the Flame and Keeping it Burning
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