Cohort 11

Growing your Mindset on Failure

By Phil Cerami, Natalie Stearns, Charlie Trovato, & Staci Blair

Our PSA: What is a growth mindset and why should we have one?

Our Objective/Challenge: Improve the development of students' perseverance by modeling and coaching adaptability in their response to failure through the development of a growth mindset!

What is YOUR mindset?

Take the Mindset Quiz and determine where you fall!! Once you determine if you are fixed or growth, brainstorm how you can:

1. Alter your mindset to growth (if you are fixed)

2. Educate your classmates to adopt a growth mindset (if you are growth)

How have you reacted to failure? What can you do to change someone's fear of adversity? Access this

Failure Blog below throughout the school year as needed. Use it as a reminder for yourself and/or your students.

How can we start building a growth mindset with the fundamental building blocks?

Do not be afraid to:

Fix

And

Improve

Learning

Using

Repeated

Experiments :)

Quotations and Videos about the importance of Perseverance:

Watch as Will Smith explains his position on perseverance.

• Check out this Pinterest board for quotations, strategies, and more.

Example for an activity: Have each of your students pick at least ONE quotation pin to select for the background on his/her device. The background can be a constant reminder of "learning to love the burn." They can blog about their journey throughout the year.

• Instill a growth mindset environment with these ideas.
• Skype with a person who has overcome difficulty obstacles to give authentic connections.
• Fill the students' toolboxes with coping skills. Read this article with 50 tips for achieving a growth mindset!

Final A-HA's:

• Failure does not have to be a final destination! (View it as a pit stop on the journey.)
• GRIT is more important than IQ for obtaining success!