SEL
Professional Development

April 27, 2021

Welcome.

We appreciate you taking the time to work on your leadership and social/emotional skills. Here's a review of what we covered in our time together:

Module: The Learnavore

Brain. Environment. Tools.

Part One: Ned likes to learn

The human brain is a learning machine. This is what makes it perform best.

Part Two: Practice Spotting

Answer some questions about your experience of that video.

  • FACTS
    What was said that resonated with you?
    What did you find engaging/interesting?
    Which of the 8 key points connected with you the most?
  • FEELINGS
    How did you feel watching that?
    How did it feel to reflect on learning?
    How do you feel about those 8 key points? Agree? Disagree with any?
    Is there a learning experience from your history that came to mind while watching?
    Which of those 8 points are you personally most passionate about?
  • FINDINGS
    What can we learn from this clip?
    What was meaningful about the what was shared?
    What's relevant in this to your work? Your personal life?
    What have you learned from the way that you approach learning?
    Where can you improve your way of learning?
  • FUTURE
    How can you use what you have learned from this?
    What can change about the way you go after new learning opportunties?
    What will you focus on learning?
    What can you change about how you teach others? How you parent? How you lead?

Part Three: The GR8 8

Assess your world for learnability.

Let's get more specific with Ned's 8 key points. Go through these in a journal or in conversation to see what you can discover about yourself and your practice of learning.

1. I FEEL OK

How do you feel about your basic needs? Are you in a good position to take on new learning?
What situations cause you discomfort to the point of disengagement?
What distracts you?

2. IT MATTERS

Does what you are doing matter? To who? What does it change?
Do you find your work to be fulfilling? 
Is your impact positive?

3. IT'S ACTIVE

Are you able to physically engage with your work/learning? 
Is your brain stimulated or do you avoid tasks?
Are you a social learner? Do you engage in learning better when in groups?

4. IT STRETCHES ME

Is your work challenging?
How much of what you do is easy for you?
What is something that is hard but doable that you want to try?

5. I HAVE A COACH

Do you have a good support system?
Who encourages you? Who challenges you?
Do you manage your time well?

6. I HAVE TO USE IT

Where do you NEED to improve? What happens if you don't?
What skill of yours needs an upgrade?
How do you like to practice? Be tested?

7. I THINK BACK ON IT 

Do you intentionally reflect? Journal? Meditate?
When do you find yourself being most able to reflect?
Do you reflect on content, experience or emotions most?

            BONUS: Click here to learn our 4F Model for reflection.

8. I PLAN MY NEXT STEPS

Do you make plans? Set goals?
How do you put a new skill to use?
What's your best experience of going from learning something new, to achieving a good level of competence?

Part Four: Prospect & Refuge

Your environment can support or harm your ability to hunt down new learning.

" The highest possible level of human performance happens when we are outside, in motion and at a little risk."

Scott Wyatt

Architect

You need two types of environment to take full advantage of your innate, animal ability to learn.

1. Prospect
A place to take in the big picture, interact, gather, collaborate and pursue .

2. Refuge
A safe, comfortable area to retreat for rest, reflection, adaptation, planning and healing.

BONUS: Check out Amazon's Biosphere office. Click here to see the video.

Use your journal and your creativity to DO three things:

1. Draw a picture of your ideal learning environment

2. Make a blueprint of where you do your most work. Experiment with it and add whats missing.

3. Change one physical space (really) at work or at home to ensure that you have access to both prospect and refuge.

Happy hunting.

Part Five: Be like the Honey Badger

Using tools is the mark of an intelligent species.

What tools are you utilizing to get better results?

Go be a LEARNAVORE.

  1. Put yourself in environments that allow you to Prospect and Refuge.

  2. Align with NED's GR8 8

  3. Source tools to leverage your effort into smarter results.

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