E is For Eskwelabs Issue 010 - Your Mindset Matters 🧠❤️
In our tenth issue, we do a lot of sharing—from sharing news about our growing Eskwelabs family to sharing a round up of blog posts that will hopefully help more people on their learning journeys.
We created this newsletter to keep our alums, partners, and anyone interested in learning skills for the future of work updated and connected to our ever-growing family. If you want to read our previous issues, you can check them out here.
Hi, Francine here! 🤗 Today, I bring you the 10th issue of E is for Eskwelabs, which will specifically serve as both a newsletter and love-letter to newly welcomed members of our Eskwelabs family. 🎉 We'll also take a look at a round up of blog posts that highlight the importance of learning mindsets and how they play a role in each of our Fellows' or BizKids' journeys towards data science and data analytics careers.
What's in this newsletter:
Greeting new faces
❤️ Giving all our support for Data Science Fellowship Manila Cohort 5!
Telling more familiar ones, "See you soon!"
🎓 Sending off our Business Intelligence SkillsCamp (Module 2) BizKids with a heartfelt and customized online graduation
Giving advice to potential learners of future Eskwelabs Cohorts
📗 Growth Mindset
📕 Grit
📘 Learning how to learn & building habits
⭐ Saying, "Hello, welcome!"
🗓️ September 1, 2020 | First day of classes of DS Cohort 5 Fellows
Photo from September 5, 2020 Saturday activity day (Page 1 of 2 in Zoom)
We welcomed our Cohort 5 DS Bootcamp Fellows this first week of September for an exciting 12-week Data Science Fellowship! Putting the safety of our learners first, we're still conducting real-time online classes. They may be physically apart, but we're excited to see them connect, learn together, and grow as individuals and as a Cohort.
Our Fellows will learn in a sprint-style manner, which mimics how tech teams work in industry. They'll work together in teams guided by mentors to produce projects like:
🎶 Building a recommendation engine with Spotify data
🤖 Designing a chatbot
💳 Detecting credit default
Rooting for our Fellows all the way! ❤️
⭐ Saying, "See you soon!"
🗓️ September 5, 2020 | Graduation day of BI Cohort 2 (Module 2) BizKids
Photo from August 15, 2020 Saturday Orientation (Page 1 of 2 in Zoom)
Our Cohort 2 BI SkillsCamp BizKids made our hearts full when they completed their Module 2 journey by defending their data analytics Capstone projects before a panel of judges. We started that Saturday afternoon feeling an overwhelming sense of pride for how much our learners have grown, but what made the day extra special was closing it feeling sentimental and thankful. (Fun fact: Eskwelabs team members in the graduation ceremony Zoom call felt ALL the feels. ❤️😭 )
If Module 2 was about Prescriptive Analytics & Data Processing, then Module 3 will be about learning Inferential and Predictive analytics with Excel. In 3 weeks, our BizKids will be able to:
💭 Draw insights from quantitative data
💻 Learn when to trust their data and conduct statistically rigorous A/B tests (Diagnostic analytics)
💪 Optimize what to do based on scenario analysis and constraint management (Prescriptive analytics)
📈 Forecast future trends based on the data they have (Predictive analytics)
Believing in our BizKids, and excited to see them again for Module 3 Orientation! ❤️
📊 BI SKILLSCAMP MODULE 3 ADMISSIONS ARE STILL OPEN 📊
Data doesn’t have to be intimidating, so make your work-life much easier with Excel. 🤗 #BringingBIback
⭐ Learning how to learn
Here are 3 posts we've rounded up from the Eskwelabs blog to give you encouragement and clarity. We know that it's much easier to spot the more tangible or obvious milestones like the "First day of school!" or "Graduation!" But we'd like to acknowledge the grit and determination it takes for our learners to get from Point A to Point B.
Best enjoyed with a cup of coffee ☕ or tea 🍵:
📗 The Importance of Growth Mindset
What the data demonstrate to us is that mindsets do matter. The right mindsets can catapult us into new careers and new life trajectories, regardless of our challenging circumstances.
Read about why the growth mindset is so important, see the data-backed evidence here.
📕 Mindset is Everything
At the heart of what makes the “growth mindset” so awesome is that it creates a passion for learning rather than a hunger for approval. Not only are people with this mindset not discouraged by failure, but they don’t actually see themselves as failing in those situations — they see themselves as learning.
Read even more about the growth mindset and discover the concept of grit, then take a quiz to see your current level of grit here.
📘 Learning Mindsets
Beyond what you already know, what is more important is acquiring the skill of learning how to learn. This way, you can continuously acquire new skills as the workplace evolves. Also, back in school, do you ever wonder why your classmate spends less time studying, but scores better on tests?
Read these tips to help you learn more intelligently, then explore the power of building habits here.
That’s it for our tenth issue of the newsletter! We've reached our first Substack milestone! 🎉 Thank you for taking the time to read. 💖
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Have a good Sunday! See you again in your inbox next, next week!
💌 Cheering you on always,
Francine
Community Producer at Eskwelabs