PAVING THE WAY Cultivating key skills in early
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PAVING THE WAY Cultivating key skills in early childhood, better preparing Virginia graduates for the road ahead LAURA A. JANA, MD, FAAP Virginia Association of School Superintendents Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center – May 8, 2018 @drlaurajana @Dr. Laura. Jana
Upstream Innovation “When you step into an intersection of fields, disciplines, or cultures, you can combine existing concepts into a large number of extraordinary new ideas. ” - Frans Johansson, The Medici Effect
WHAT IF…? TEDx. Omaha Oct, 2014: Five Connections that Will Change Children’s Lives
The Start-Up of Your Baby “A revolutionary new guide to thriving in today’s world” offering strategies to “help your child survive and thrive and achieve your boldest parental ambitions. ” Options: students/educational employees/professional patients/health & wellbeing
From Owner’s Manual to Strategic Plan • Shared mission/vision • Actionable goals • Flexibly persistent Clarify 3 critical questions:
WHY US WHY NOW WHY EARLY
WHY US: Educators The Role of Caring Responsive Adults If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are an excellent leader - Dolly Parton Be my teacher from day one…be my sky, my moon, my sun - Rosemary Wells, Hand in Hand CEO = “Chief Engagement Officer”
WHY US: Business Early Childhood & The US Chamber of Commerce • June 2017: The US Chamber of Commerce hosts Early Childhood and the Workforce Conference • “Think of early childhood development as economic development” - Economist Art Rolnick, *
WHY US: Pediatricians AAP Policy Statement on Early Adversity & Toxic Stress January 2012 Framework for health promotion, disease prevention • • • Apply growing evidence of impact of toxic stress on the developing brain Inform deeper understanding of early life origins of educational failure and adult disease Underscore need for collaborative efforts to prevent long-term consequences of early adversity Early Childhood Adversity, Toxic Stress, and the Role of the Pediatrician Pediatrics, Vol 129, Number 1, Jan 2012
WHY US WHY NOW WHY EARLY
WHY NOW The World Our Children Will Live & Work In A billion hours ago, modern Homo sapiens emerged… A billion seconds ago, the IBM personal computer was released. A billion Google searches ago was…. this morning - Google’s Chief Economist, Sept 2018
WHY NOW The World Our Children Will Live & Work In • Industrial to Information Age • Local & linear to global & exponential • Digital Age and the “relentless march of technology” • From silos to systems • The rise of emotional intelligence • Need to plan to adapt • 10 -year plans no longer suffice
WHAT SKILLS…? TEDx. Chandigarh Jan, 2018: Skills Every Child Will Need to Succeed in the 21 st Century
Innovative Business Strategies 10 New Guiding Principles 1. People and purpose first 2. Engage don’t pamper 3. Collaboration as the new competition 4. Valuing play at work 5. Embrace non-linear thinking 6. Compasses over maps 7. Questions over answers 8. Strive for big-picture context 9. Learn to read people 10. Be willing to get it wrong
World Economic Forum: 21 st C Skills 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Critical thinking Creativity Communication Collaboration Curiosity Initiative Persistence & grit Adaptability Leadership Social & cultural awareness New Vision for Education: Fostering Social and Emotional Learning Through Technology World Economic Forum Report – March 10, 2016
THE 21 ST C TOOLKIT • “soft, ” “non-cognitive” and “other” • “Alphabet soup” of skills: • 5 C’s: critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, curiosity • 4 R’s: ‘reading, ‘riting & ‘rithmetic + relationships • Social-emotional, empathy, adaptability, grit, perseverance, ability to fail
WHY EARLY The Foundational Importance of Starting Early • Starting early is intuitive • Parenting: brushing teeth, potty training, reading, feeding • Business: “Top companies engage employees from minute they show up on the job” • All I Really Needed to Know…
WHY EARLY What Happens in Early Childhood… 3 rd grade reading scores predict future life success… 18 month vocabulary predicts 3 rd grade reading scores 5 year old social skills predict future life outcomes • More likely to graduate from high school, get college degree in early adulthood, have full-time employment at age 25 The predictive power of marshmallows • Mischel’s Marshmallow Test • The Marshmallow (& Spaghetti) Challenge
WHY EARLY The Amazing Baby Brain • 85% of brain growth in first 3 years • Born with ~100 billion brain cells • Up to 1 million new neural connections/sec • Birth: Vision/hearing • By 1 year: Language • By age 5: Thinking, reasoning, communicating • Executive Function Skills – age 3 -5
WHY EARLY The Executive Function Skills 1. Inhibitory (Impulse) control • Think before acting; resist temptations, distractions and habits; prioritize actions instead of acting purely impulsively; • “Bite our tongues; ” control emotions; wait our turns; and keep from daydreaming when we need to focus 2. Cognitive Flexibility • Shift attention or “mental gears” when faced with new information, circumstances, perspectives or priorities • Out-of-the-box thinking, ability to apply different rules to different circumstances, keep from becoming too set in our ways 3. Working Memory • Ability to keep multiple pieces of information in mind accessible • “The mental surface on which important information is placed” so it’s ready to use in our daily lives
Brain Development Begins Early Strong. Nation. org/Ready. Nation
Invest Early for Larger Returns Strong. Nation. org/Ready. Nation
WHY EARLY The Power of Social Networking Strengthening connections and assembling the 21 st C toolkit involves: • Caring responsive adults • Socially-gated learning • Serve & Return
The 7 QI Skills ME WE WHY WILL WIGGLE WOBBLE WHAT IF
ME
QI Skill 1: ME Focusing Attention on Self Management • • • Self-awareness Self-regulation Self-control Attention Focus He that controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still - Lao Tsu
WE
QI Skill 2: WE Learning to Play Well With Others The people skills necessary for effective communication, collaboration, relationships and teamwork, including: • • • Emotional Intelligence Social-emotional skills Language Empathy Perspective taking Active listening
WHY
QI Skill 3: WHY Seeing the World As a Question Mark The curiosity skills necessary to strive for a better understanding of how the world works: • questioning • curiosity • inquisitiveness The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing - Albert Einstein
WILL
QI Skill 4: WILL Self-Motivation: Applying the Power of Will The motivation skills that encompass: • • • Dedication & drive Commitment & conscientiousness Grit & gumption Persistence & perseverance Get-the-job-done, can-do, go-getter attitudes You can motivate by fear and you can motivate by reward, but both of these are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self-motivation. - Homer Rice
WIGGLE
QI Skill 5: WIGGLE Putting Wiggles to Work Physical and intellectual restlessness embodied by agile “movers and shakers” who take action, set stretch goals and actively reach for the stars Creative thinkers try new things and move with the changing world - Elaine Dundon, Seeds of Innovation
WOBBLE
QI Skill 6: WOBBLE Raising Children Who are Fit to Fail The adaptability skills that build and foster: • Ability to face, overcome, learn from failure • Resilience • Adaptability • Agility “Many people think you get stability by minimizing all risk. But ironically, in a changing world, that’s one of the riskiest things you can do. ” - Reid Hoffman, The Start Up Of You
WHAT IF
QI Skill 7: WHAT IF Imagining a World of Possibilities • The “possibility” skills that allow us to understand not just how the world is, but envision how it could be. They include: • Out-of-the-box, innovative thinking • Open-mindedness • Curiosity • Imagination • Creativity • Hope
QI Skill 7: WHAT IF Imagining a World of Possibilities Are we forming children only capable of learning that which is already known? Or should we try to develop creative and innovative minds, capable of discovery throughout life? - Jean Piaget The creative adult is the child that survived - Ursula K. Le Guin
QI For All Hope is QI Our children are the rock on which our future will be built…The rich potential in each child must be developed into the skills and knowledge that our society needs to enable it to prosper. - Nelson Mandela
Preparing Virginia Graduates What is Your Early Childhood Strategic Plan? 1. Where are you now? 2. Where are you going? 3. How will you get there?
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