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Effective Strategies To Help Faculty Achieve New Semester Goals & Improve Their Teaching

I. Context

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VISULAIZE!• Now consider that nothing significant changes in the way you live your life.

• How do you like what you see?

• What is your next step?

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If not you, who? If not now, when?

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Coulda? Woulda?

Shoulda?

I didn’t!

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GOAL SETTING

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Big Intentions + Minimal Action = Unachieved Goals

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GOAL ACHIEVING

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Intentional v. Accidental Growth

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Difficulty reaching goals? Why?• Too big?• Too quick?• Too removed [from their reality/passion]?

• Too tough on themselves?

• Too little discipline?• Too fearful?• Too much…?

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II. Planning Starts with Reviewing

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AUDIENCE SURVEYHow often do you review your goals?

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52-Week Review

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Accomplishments! Incompletes?

Bright Spots of the Semester…and first 3+ months of 2014

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People

Experiences

Knowledge

Community

Health

Talents

Skills

Mentors

Mentors

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When life “worked” what were you doing?

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Not-so Bright Spots

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When life did not work, what were you doing (or not doing)?

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III. GOAL SETTING

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Visualize: A Personal or Professional Goal

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What values support the goal?

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IV. GOAL ACHIEVING

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WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO MAKE YOUR GOALS BECOME A REALITY?

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Establish your RSS!

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Negotiable vs. Non-negotiable

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ACTIVATION ENERGY:THE TWO-MINUTE DRILL

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www.futureme.org

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V. OBSTACLES

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What is standing in your

way of your visualized goal?

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Coulda? Woulda?

Shoulda?

I didn’t!

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Attribution Theory and Locus Of Control.

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Attribute (why something happened)

Description of the attribute

Effort The person did or did not exert the required effort to be successful.

Ability The person did or did not have the required skills to be successful.

Task difficulty The task was or was not too difficult to complete.

Luck The person was lucky or unlucky.

How Big is Your BUT?

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LISTEN TO YOUR VOCABULARYTry

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Can’t

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Summary

• Visualize!• Intentional• Goal setting/achieving• Gratitude!• Underlying values• Obstacles• Keep moving!

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CALL-TO-ACTION!

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Professor Steve Piscitelli

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steve@stevepiscitelli.com