Shifting for Deficient to Asset-Based Models #4
Shannon Renkly and Katherine Bertolini are the authors to Shifting the Paradigm from Deficit Oriented Schools to Asset Based Models: Why Leaders Need to Promote an Asset Orientation in our Schools. They argue the importance of switched techniques when teaching. “Positive development emphasizes strengths over weaknesses, resilience over risk, and assets over deficits” This quote stood out to me the most because I personally tend to be gentler and look at the bright side of things. Not in a "sugar coating" sort of way but more of looking at the picture. Many times, in school a student can feel as though they are not good at something and lose interest or even momentum. The student would rather step away and push away because they do not want to be "bad" a something. In that case what learning happens? a student should know that it is okay if they're not quite yet there. All students do have asset they just may not all look the same. If school can create an environment such as the one, they explain I believe students would flourish more. In the closing argument of this text the author says "No matter how old a child is, they all need adults that are willing to mentor them, catch them if they fall, and encourage them to get back up and try again. This can only be done with an asset model." This is such a beautiful quote because it genuinely shows the important a teaches job is especially a teacher who adapts this model and puts it into practice. Reading this reminds me behind why I want to be a teacher. All children will make mistakes "fall" it's part of growing up, but the child becomes who they are based on who's around them as adults' weather that is family adults, teachers, or a guardian. If they hear bad things because they fell that student will carry that with them as I once did. Children need to be shown a positive light to things and as I had learned about it before, a growth mindset rather than a fixed mindset. The growth mindset is what can provide you with the asset model. in an article from Harvard Business school, it explains exactly what is that mindset. It states, "Someone with a growth mindset views intelligence, abilities, and talents as learnable and capable of improvement through effort. On the other hand, someone with a fixed mindset views those same traits as inherently stable and unchangeable over time". as adults we have to have this mindset for ourselves to then help guide and provide the right environment in schools for the children.
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