Training like Champions

To Be a Champion, You Must Train Like a Champion"
-Author Unknown-

Every successful learner knows that if you want to be good at something, find someone who is better and learn from them. This timeless model of apprentice has been a successful training secret of all who have reached greatness. Even our wisest recognize the power of effective modeling; Aristotle kept a picture of Plato on his wall for guidance and inspiration.

I have studied winning champions and heroes from every field. Great philosophers and world leaders, professional athletes and top business executives, parents and teachers to reveal the secrets to their great success and achievements. You may be asking what an Olympic athletes gold medal or a scientist’s discovery has to do with teaching reading comprehension strategies, and my response is everything!

Success in reading is made of the same principles and ideals that success in all walks of life entails. With the breakthroughs in medical science, these invaluable pieces of wisdom have been confirmed through hard science. We are training the next generation of champions who will seek out positions of leadership and expertise. Whether their path leads them to world greatness or personal contentment, these traits of success are ageless and timeless and offer for our students hope and support in all they seek to accomplish. As teachers we seek personal, social, spiritual, and academic championship for our students. Learning how champions operate can guide us in supporting our student’s abilities to get there.

The difference between a successful learner and a learner who struggles does not lie in a score or percentile, but within the habits and attitudes -- Habitudes -- each learner possesses. Information that can guide you and the students in your classroom to true learning success may be found within the answers to the following questions. Take a few minutes to reflect upon them from both a teacher and a learners’ perspective. 

How would you respond to the following as a reader and a learner?

• How do successful learners define success?
• What is the most important thing you do to grow yourself as a learner?
• What do successful learners do that make them successful?
• What do successful learners do to maximize their efficiency?
• What hinders your success as a learner?
• What do you do to get over that obstacle?
• What do successful learners do when they are not motivated?
• What do successful learners do when they do not know the subject well?
• How does your attitude affect you as a learner?
• What do you attribute for your learning success?

Which question(s) strike home for your learning and teaching?

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