Power of Growth Mindset: Transform Teaching, Leadership, and Learning explores the theories which underpin a growth mindset ethos and lays out how to embed them into the culture of a school. It offers step-by-step guidance for school leaders to help build an approach to teaching and learning that will encourage children to embrace challenges, persist in the face of setbacks, and see effort as the path to mastery. This course discusses an evidence-based transformation of the way we think and talk about teaching, leading, and learning.
Chris Hildrew, the author of the course text, navigates the difficulties, practicalities, and opportunities presented by implementing a growth mindset, such as:

• forming a growth mindset curriculum
• launching a growth mindset with staff
• marking, assessing, and giving feedback with a growth mindset
• growth mindset misconceptions and potential mistakes
• family involvement with a growth mindset

This course discusses how a growth mindset ethos benefits the whole school community, from its students and teachers to parents and governors.

At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

• Articulate the benefits and misconceptions of a growth mindset school. InTASC 1,2,3,5,6
• Develop a framework to embed a growth mindset ethos into the culture of a school. InTASC 4,5,6,7,8
• Analyze pedagogical approaches that encourage students to embrace challenges, persist in the face of setbacks, and see effort as the path of mastery. InTASC 1,3,5
• Identify evidence-based practices for marking, assessing, and giving feedback with a growth mindset. InTASC 1,3,6,9,10
• Implement strategies to increase family involvement with a growth mindset. InTASC 1,2,3,9,10