Bringing a Growth Mindset to the Classroom: Save the Date - Feb. 6th

Save the Date Feb. 6, 2015

How do students (or teachers) handle failure? How do they grapple with hard problems or tasks? Why do your "smartest" students sometimes resist challenges?  The work of Dr. Carol Dweck, provides the foundation for this learning session.  You will explore the idea of growth mindset, which is very different from the fixed mindset.   Every so often a truly groundbreaking idea comes along. This is one. Mindset explains: Why brains and talent don’t bring success How these can stand in the way of success Why praising brains and talent doesn’t foster self-esteem and accomplishment, but jeopardizes them How teaching a simple idea about the brain raises grades and productivity What all great leaders, parents, teachers, athletes know Mindset is a simple idea discovered by world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck in decades of research on achievement and success—a simple idea that makes all the difference.  Watch this short video to learn more. Join us in the session, February 6, 2015, as we look at research-based ideas on how to motivate students to believe that focus and effort are the keys to success. Register for this session - Click Here