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Mod 3: Boosting Academic Skills and Motivation | School-Connect

PREVIEW S-C 4.0:
Mod 3: Boosting Academic Skills & Motivation
3.1: Goal-Setting for School Success
3.2: Applying Growth Mindset
3.3: Bouncing Back from Setbacks
3.4: Optimizing In-class Learning
3.5: Managing Time and Priorities
3.6: Overcoming Procrastination
3.7: Maximizing Out-of-class Learning
3.8: Making the Most of Test Prep
3.9: Studying Strategies EXPO (PBL)
3.10: Mod. 3 Reflection/Assessment
*All modules are 10 lessons plus boosters leading to a culminating project & assessment.

Mod 3 Skill-building and Scaffolding
Students may enter high school with high hopes about their future but may not be fully aware of what it takes to meet those long-term goals. One student may dream of a career in professional sports but not have the grades to be eligible to play on the high school team. Another student may want to go into medicine but not take the preparatory courses or pursue extracurricular activities that will lead them in that direction. And every year numerous students assume they will graduate but don’t take advantage of academic supports that would help them succeed in their coursework and pass high school assessments (HSA).
The first three lessons set the stage for finding purpose and achieving success in school and beyond. Goal Setting for School Success (3.1) introduces a strategy for choosing goals and using research-backed steps for achieving them (Halvorson, 2011). Obstacles and hurdles inevitably present themselves in pursuit of any endeavor. Applying Growth Mindset (3.2) and Bouncing Back from Setbacks (3.3) provide a powerful thinking strategy that helps students experience challenges and setbacks as part of learning—not as negative events that induce shame and shut down the learning process (Dweck, 2006; 1999).
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What STUDENTS say…
“In high school, I've been faced with many challenges - school, relationships, friendships, work, etc. and every time I had the choice to quit - but we learned a lesson about bouncing or breaking. With all that goes on, I choose to bounce and never break.”
- Gabby, high school student (2014)
[now an SEL Alumni speaker]