Noah Rachlin
Fellow, Tang Institute; Instructor in History & Social Science, Phillips Academy
Description
Too often, young people interpret a lack of immediate mastery as a sign of weakness or, worse, inability. Yet, a compelling body of research has shown that helping young people to respond positively to challenge and struggle is critical to how they learn and what they learn—in school and throughout their lives. Whether in the classroom or outside of it, young people must have the capacity to understand failure and adversity as natural parts of the learning process.
Informed by research on mindset, motivation, deliberate practice, and focus, Noah Rachlin uses the term “learning disposition” to describe the key characteristics that are essential to helping any individual pair a belief in their own potential with the tangible practices and behaviors that are proven to foster growth and development. Noah works with students, teachers, and parents to both share his work and jointly develop concrete strategies for helping young people respond constructively to the challenges and mistakes that are a fundamental part of learning and growth.
An Instructor in History and Social Science at Phillips Academy and Fellow at the Tang Institute, Noah Rachlin has over ten years of experience as a classroom teacher. He began his career in education by teaching middle school history in New York City before moving to Southern California to help found Pacific Ridge School, an independent school that now serves students in grades 7 through 12. In part for his work as a classroom teacher at Pacific Ridge, he was honored through the Stanford University Teacher Tribute Initiative.
Noah earned a BA degree in history and philosophy from Brandeis University and an MA degree in education policy and management from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.
Topics
- deliberate practice
- focus
- grit
- mindset
- motivation
- multitasking
- non-cognitive skills
- persistence
- resilience
- social-emotional skills