Family Handbook 2018-19

Academic Practices 

Executive Functions   Students at Havergal College are supported in developing 10 executive functioning skills. When  combined together, these functions and skills help organize the many processes that take place in  your brain. They allow people to plan, organize and complete tasks more effectively. Below are the  executive functioning skills that we believe are important in helping our students to grow up into  resilient and empowered young women  1.  Emotional Control : The ability to recognize and regulate emotions in order to achieve  goals, complete tasks and direct behaviour.  2. Shifting and Flexibility: The ability to move appropriately from one situation to another.  The ability to revise a plan in the face of obstacles, setbacks, new information or mistakes.  3. Goal‑Directed Persistence : The capacity to persevere and follow a task through to  completion.  4. Metacognition / Reflection: The ability to self‑monitor and self‑evaluate by asking, “how  am I doing?” or “how did I do?”  5. Planning and Organization: The ability to create a roadmap, make decisions and prioritize  for task completion. The ability to design and maintain systems for tracking information and  materials.  6. Response Inhibition: The capacity to stop, evaluate and think before you act.  7. Time Management: The capacity to estimate and use time effectively.  8.   Sustained Attention: The capacity to attend to a situation or task in spite of distractibility,  fatigue or lack of interest.  9. Task Initiation: The ability to begin a task in a timely fashion.  10. Working Memory: The ability to hold information and past experience/learning in mind  while performing complex tasks. 

Last Updated August 17, 2018 Havergal College Family Handbook 2018–19

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