1. Creating a School Culture of EFFORT And Success
What Is GROWTH MINDSET?
Creating a School Culture of EFFORT And Success

2. On a Scale 1-5 How Much do you know about growth mindset?

3. recognizing that the brain can grow with effort
Growth mindset =
recognizing that the brain can grow with effort G

4. WHY SHOULD WE TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT GROWTH MINDSET?
Research shows that when students adopt a growth mindset, their achievement scores increase and they deal better with adversity.
Just like a child learning a new language or how to play an instrument, the earlier this is learned, the easier it is to master the skill and remember in adolescence and adulthood.

5. WHY should WE AS EDUCATORS LEARN ABOUT GROWTH MINDSET?
Teacher mindset influences student’s test scores and attitude towards learning.
Rheinberg (2000), measured the effect of teacher mindset on student achievement. He found that teachers with a growth mindset helped their low achieving students improve their grades to become moderate or even high achievers. Conversely, he found that low achieving students who had teachers with fixed mindsets on average remained low achievers.

8. What is the Common Language of Growth Mindset?
POWER OF YET
GRIT
NEUROPLASTICITY

9. So… what is the Common Language OF GROWTH MINDSET?
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POWER OF YET
GRIT
NEUROPLASTICITY

10. Acknowledging EFFORT
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11. Teach students basic brain science. Model the language
We can reinforce these concepts by:
Teach students basic brain science.
Model the language
Recognize students for working through adversity and showing perseverance/grit even if they aren’t getting it exactly right.

12. Teaching growth mindset leads to increase in achievement scores and positive outcomes in dealing with adversity.
DATA
The average lexile score for this group that participated in a growth mindset small group curriculum, increased 19.3% from August to December.
Local Data taken in Marietta, GA by school counselor
Data taken by doctoral researchers at universities

13. As we learn about this theory,
think about how you might use growth mindset thinking into your classroom and also into your personal practices.

14. On a Scale 1-5 How Much do you know about growth mindset?