5 Give Fabulous Feedback
Follow Through: Lock in the Achievement Mindset
9 Change the Emotional Set Point
Follow Through: Lock in the Positivity Mindset
WHY THE RICH CLASSROOM CLIMATE MINDSET?
Follow Through: Lock in the Rich Classroom Climate Mindset
15 Enhance Study Skills and Vocabulary
Follow Through: Lock in the Enrichment Mindset
16 Engage for Maintenance and Stress
17 Engage Students for a Deeper Buy-In
Follow Through: Lock in the Engagement Mindset
19 Support Alternative Solutions
20 Prepare for College and Careers
Follow Through: Lock in the Graduation Mindset
About the Author
Eric Jensen, PhD, is a former teacher from San Diego, California. Since the early 1990s, he has synthesized brain research and developed practical applications for educators. Jensen is a member of the invitation-only Society for Neuroscience and the President’s Club at the Salk Institute of Biological Studies. He cofounded SuperCamp, the first and largest brain-compatible academic enrichment program, held in fourteen countries with over sixty-five thousand graduates. He is listed as a Top 30 Global Guru in Education and does professional development internationally.
Jensen has authored over thirty books, including Teaching with Poverty in Mind, Tools for Engagement, Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind, Turnaround Tools for the Teenage Brain, Bringing the Common Core to Life in K–8 Classrooms, Teaching with the Brain in Mind, and Different Brains, Different Learners.
To learn more about Eric Jensen’s teacher workshops and leadership events, visit Jensen Learning (www.jensenlearning.com).
Preface
This revised and combined edition of Poor Students, Rich Teaching and Poor Students, Richer Teaching represents an updated, best-of look at the seven high-impact mindsets necessary to reach students from poverty and help them succeed. How do I qualify to write a book about mindsets and poverty? I did my dissertation on poverty. I have worked successfully with over two hundred Title I schools in the United States. But there is something else you should know about me. This journey actually began in my early childhood. That’s when I learned firsthand about adversity and mindsets.
You see, my mother walked out on my two sisters and me when I was two. My dad struggled to raise three children. He worked during the day, went to night school, and had busy weekends with the National Guard. My first stepmother (of three total) entered my life when I was six. She was violent, alcoholic, and abusive. She made my home life a living nightmare for nine years (from ages six through fifteen). She threatened me daily, and I became a survivor who focused on dodging continual abuse through hiding, staying away from the house, living with relatives, and eating dog food for snacks.
No adult in my early life taught me or role-modeled healthy social or emotional skills. I was terrible
