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Elena Aguilar groups possible interferences that create gaps into six areas: skill, knowledge, capacity, will, cultural competence, and emotional intelligence. Educators can use a structured table to describe each gap type and match it to real school examples, enabling targeted support when an area of struggle is identified.","| | Mind the Gap Framework |\n| --- | --- |\n| It is important for coaches to identify possibilities that may create a gap between desired ability and current ability. Elena Aguilar created the Mind the Gap framework that breaks possible interferences causing gaps into six groups: skill, knowledge, capacity, will cultural competence, and emotional intelligence.\u003Cbr>When teachers describe an area of struggle, it is important to identify what type of gap is causing the difficulties. The following table (Aguilar, 2018) can be shared with staff to help identify any gaps. It offers a description of each gap and an example in a school context.\u003Cbr>Gap Description Examples Skill The ability to execute the technical elements of atask. Can be the application of knowledge. • Frontloading vocabulary\u003Cbr>• Using discussion structures\u003Cbr>• Getting the whole class quiet\u003Cbr>• Breaking down the steps to solving complex equations\u003Cbr>• Identifying a doable learning target for a lesson Knowledge The theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. Can also be information. • Understanding polynomials\u003Cbr>• Knowing discussion strategies\u003Cbr>• Knowing students’ names\u003Cbr>• Knowing how to redirect behavior\u003Cbr>• Knowing grade-level standards Capacity The time and resources to do something. Can also be emotional and physical capacity. • Having time to call students’ parents (may know how, may want to call, may have the skills to call, but may not have the time)\u003Cbr>• Having books to differentiate learning (may understand the need to differentiate, may know how, may want to, but may not have the material resources)\u003Cbr>• Having the emotional wherewithal to manage an irate parent\u003Cbr>• Having the physical energy to attend evening and weekend school functions |  |\n\n\n| Will | Desire, intrinsic motivation, passion, or commitment. Usually has an emotional tone. | • Loving the work\u003Cbr>• Wanting to serve a community\u003Cbr>• Feeling a calling to interrupt educational inequities\u003Cbr>• Holding a commitment to helping kids learn |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Cultural Competence | The ability to understand, appreciate, and interact with people from cultures or belief systems different from one’s own; the skill to navigate cross-cultural differences. | • Recognizing assets in students who come from different cultural backgrounds\u003Cbr>• Understanding that eye contact has different meanings indifferent cultures\u003Cbr>• Validating students’ background through selection of curriculum\u003Cbr>• Appreciating the contributions of students from different cultures |\n| Emotional Intelligence | The ability to be aware of, manage, and express one’s emotions; the ability to recognize, empathize with, and manage other people’s emotions. | • Awareness of feeling anxious when an administrator enters the class\u003Cbr>• Ability to draw boundaries around requests for help from colleagues\u003Cbr>• Ability to manage one’s irritation with a perpetually difficult student\u003Cbr>• Ability to connect with a difficult student\u003Cbr>• Ability to calm a distraught student |\n\nAguilar, Elena. 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