The Confidence Loop for Teachers and Students: Create. Reflect. Lead.

Outline

I. Opening: Setting the Stage (5 Min)
-Reflective Prompt
-Use a live digital poll tool to collect responses
-Discussion via digital tool whiteboard

2. Create: Spark Confidence Through Creativity (10 min)
-Explore creative design and student choice
-Showcase classroom examples, templates, prompts
-Audience Design Challenge

3. Reflect: Build Awareness and Growth (10 min)
-Reflection Activity with templates/handouts
-Whole Class Whiteboard to share feedback ideas and reflection strategies
-Reflection fosters emotional intelligence, purpose, and autonomy

4. Lead: Translate Confident into Action (10 min)
-Small Peer Group Practice Feedback and Reflection Role Play
-Identify 1 actionable strategy to take back to the classroom
-Curate strategies for a "make and take"

5. Closing (5 min)
-Revisit opening poll, shifts in perspectives
-Feedforward commitments
-Share resources, templates, slides ,and tools

Outcomes

Goal 1:
Attendees will explore the confidence loop framework to connect creativity, reflection, and leadership for building confidence in both students and teachers.

O.1.1: Learners will demonstrate knowledge of how reflection, feedback, and creativity cultivate confidence and self-awareness.

O.1.2: Learners will identify and validate the importance of student and teacher confidence as a driver for engagement, leadership, and learning outcomes.

O.1.3: Learners will evaluate effective implementation strategies for integrating reflective and creative practices across diverse grade levels and roles.

O.1.4: Learners will review research and examples from Today’s Learners, Tomorrow’s Leaders that illustrate the connection between feedback, reflection, and student growth.

O.1.5: Learners will design an action plan or classroom prototype using the confidence loop to foster inclusive, goal-driven, and student-led learning environments.

Supporting research

1 in 6 Companies Are Hesitant To Hire Recent College Graduates. (2024). Retrieved from https://www.intelligent.com/1-in-6-companies-are-hesitant-to-hire-recent-college-graduates/

Hattie, J., & Timperley, H. (2007). The Power of Feedback

Leung, A., Fine, P. D., Blizard, R., Tonni, I., İlhan, D., & Louca, C. (2022). Teacher feedback and student learning–The students’ perspective. Journal of Dentistry, 125, 104242.

Ruiz, D.M. (1997). The four agreements: A Practical guide to personal freedom. Amber-Allen Publishing.

Marvin, H. (2024). Optimizing student check-ins: 5 must-have factors for effectiveness. Retrieved from https://blog.teamsatchel.com/pulse/optimizing-student-check-ins-5-must-have-factors-for-effectiveness