I have always found Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to be very intriguing. I had the opportunity to attend a training on this "way of thinking" last year, and it has been on my mind ever since. I have really tried to apply these habits to my teaching career and I feel I have had some amount of success!
The easiest habit for me is accepting responsibility for my own learning. I love attending trainings, learning new skills, or refreshing old ones. I'm always the first to go and observe a co-worker to get more tips and strategies to enhance my instruction. I actively seek out help from others in their areas of expertise. In these ways, I take responsibility for my life-long learning.
The habit that is hardest for me is having confidence in myself as a competent and effective learner. Often, I feel overwhelmed by all the things there are yet to learn! I have a tendency to call myself a "rookie" and sometimes even to put myself down. In the 7 1/2 Habits tutorial I watched online, they said to be careful what you say and think about yourself, because it will eventually become true. This really resonated with me, and I need to be more careful of how I think and speak about my own competence and efficacy.
Here's a link to my Learning Contract: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z8djD1VBIXQQ2VvkMl0XrWkIaHAkZD2uiOBy7sh1qWE/edit?hl=en_US#
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