*This singular topic is something I feel quite strongly about. I would put self-efficacy and collective efficacy in the top 4 elements of a successful school.I see the effects plainly in teachers at my school. That awful teacher I wrote about before, has the self-efficacy of Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh! She believes everything is not her fault; her locus of control is so much external it took a Greyhound 25 years ago and has not been seen since. On the flip side, we have a marvelous 4th grade teacher who spends tremendous amounts of time creating tailored lessons for individual kids because she has taken a personal ownership of their learning. Both of those examples are to say, if you believe you can make a difference, your locus of control is internal and you are much more likely and willing to take ownership of ______.Similarly, perceived collective efficacy greatly impacts effort and achievement. I see this very much in the concert bands I conduct. After we qualified for State for the first time in district history, and every other county school did not, the amount of practicing that happened easily tripled in the following weeks! The students thought, “I am part of an elite group here” and then stepped up to their own perception. Through anecdotal evidence, I believe that the greater the students believe the group to be, the more effort they are willing to put in to maintain membership. Conversely, when perceived collective efficacy is low, even when self-efficacy is high, morale takes a hit. And when morale is low, motivation, and achievement suffer.I would also like to draw attention to perceived collective efficacy from an outside perspective. I have seen great benefits to my band program when people not in the program believe the program is succeeding. Money flows more easily from the district office, student attendance at concerts increases (because parents actually take them), pride increases. Political, I know, but I thought it worth a mention.* *Nicholas Turon* Director of Bands Paint Valley Local Schools nicholas.turon at gmail.com (740)-816-8266 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: < http://listserv.ohio.edu/pipermail/ous-lp-rp13/attachments/20180620/10185110/attachment.html >
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