You're Not Very Consistent, Are You?

Table of Contents

1. What is "Consistency"
2. Benefits from Being Consistent
3. Principles of Consistency
4. Tips for Consistency

What is Consistency

Consistency means focusing on the task at hand in the present moment while maintaining a long term vision.

Consistency:

• allows for measurement
• creates accountability
• establishes your reputation
• makes you relevant
• maintains your message

"The more you do something, the better you get at doing it. And when you get better, improving your performance gets easier."

Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead great achievements gained over time John Maxwell

Benefits from Being Consistent

• Reflecting on our practice
• Engaging in self-care
• Greeting our learners
• Maintaining a positive classroom environment
• Teaching through a culturally diverse lens
• Providing meaningful and useful feedback
• Helps students retain information
• Develop the discipline of routine
• Establish an environment of trust
• Listening with empathy and understanding
• Adding-value to others
• Investing time in cultivating relationships with both colleagues and learners
• Embracing quiet time or mindfulness
• Inspiring curiosity and incorporating opportunities for creativity
• Providing time for exploration and inquiry
• Engaging in team-building to foster communication and collaboration
• Leveraging social-emotional learning
• Foster a learning environment that embraces every individual for who they are and their unique differences

Principles of Consistency

1. Patience
2. Belief
3. Value

Tips for Consistency

1. Reminders
2. Reward yourself when you get even the smallest tasks done
3. Correct mistakes right away
4. Use motivational tools to keep going
5. Give yourself time to see the compound changes
6. Know the results you are aiming for
7. Know what time you have available to word towards your goals
8. Work out what's the most important next step
9. Write your tasks in your schedule
10. Take action each and every day

Happy coding!