Articles and Thought Questions:

• What Having a Growth Mindset Actually Means (Carol Dweck, Harvard Business Review)

  • • What do the terms growth and fixed mindset mean? What do these look like in action?

• Five Mistakes Companies Make About Growth Mindsets (Harvard Business Review)

  • • What are common misconceptions held about having a growth mindset? How can we reframe these misconceptions?

• The Perils and Promises of Praise (Carol Dweck, ASCD)

  • • How can praise impact motivation for learning?

• High Performing Teams Need Psychological Safety. Here’s How to Create It (Harvard Business Review)

  • • How can we increase psychological safety so that adult learners are more likely to engage in safe-risk taking, self-advocacy, and creative problem-solving?

• The Power of Mistakes: Creating a Rick Tolerant Culture (Mindset Works)

  • • In what ways can a facilitator or presenter create a risk-tolerant culture that supports learners to reach their potential?

• The Lens as Paradigm (National School Reform)

  • • In what ways does a lens impact the way in which we see something?

Virtual Reference Library Books:

• Chapter 8: Goal-Setting and Follow-Through. Creating a Culture of Reflective Practice: Capacity-Building for Schoolwide Success. Pete Hall and Alisa Simeral. Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 2017. pp 123-139.

Websites:

• Mindset Kit

• Growth Mindset Toolkit

Videos:

• Sal Khan Interviews Carol Dweck

• The Power of Belief (TED Talk)

Professional Learning Opportunities:

• Adaptive Leadership (+Acumen Course)

• Growth Mindset for Educator Teams (Mindset Kit)

• About Growth Mindset (Mindset Kit)

• 5 Session Professional Learning Series (Mindset Kit)

• Celebrate Mistakes (Mindset Kit)