Acknowledgements
I would like to thank the following people for support and contribution to this book.
Thanks for welcoming me into your schools:
- Kristen Canning, Principal, Kemptown Elementary, Frederick County, MD
- Karen Gregory, Principal, Maryvale Elementary School, Montgomery County, MD
- Christine Roberts and Susan Harris, Dumbarton Middle School, Baltimore County, MD
Thanks for sharing your terrific book study models:
- Eric Ewald, Principal, Riverside Elementary, IA
- Antoine Spencer, Principal, Otto Middle School, Plano, TX
- Emmanuel Andr, STAT Teacher, Owings Mills High School, Baltimore County, MD
- Christine Roberts STAT Teacher, Dumbarton Middle School, Baltimore County, MD
Thanks to the Frederick County primary talent development teachers for sharing your ideas and your growth mindset student stories:
- Elizabeth Brohawn
- Lisa Long
- Barbara Rudakevych
- Michelle Keegin
- Kristin Ratkowski
- Angela Thomas
- Brenda Kurtianyk
- Erin Miller
- Carol Bates, Former FCPS Teacher Specialist
Special thanks to Meg Lee, Supervisor of Advanced Academics, Frederick County Public Schools, MD, for being an extra set of eyes and always asking the right questions to spark my thinking further. I appreciate all you do.
APPENDIX
SUGGESTED RESOURCES BY AUDIENCE
The following is a list of resources sorted by anticipated audience: teachers, students, administrators, parents, and those who provide professional development. Some audiences overlap, so resources are listed more than once.
Teachers
Resource # | Page | Resource |
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2 | 7 | Important Components in a Growth Mindset Learning Environment |
3 | 8 | Classroom Poster |
8 | 22 | Teacher Checklist for Planning Differentiated, Responsive Instruction |
9 | 2425 | Checklist for Developing Previews and Preassessments |
10 | 27 | Formative Assessment for Learning About the Brain |
11 | 28 | Formative Assessment for Learning About Growth Mindset |
12 | 29 | Blank Frayer Model |
13 | 31 | Differentiated/Responsive Teaching Template for Two Groups |
14 | 32 | Differentiated/Responsive Teaching Template for Three Groups |
15 | 36 | Feed-BACK Directions |
16 | 37 | Feed-BACK Labels |
17 | 38 | Concept Placemat for Concept of Three |
18 | 39 | Concept Placemats: A Step-by-Step Guide for Teachers |
19 | 40 | Concept Placemat for Concept of Growth |
20 | 41 | Concept Placemat for Concept of Resiliency |
21 | 4345 | Guess Box Directions, Guess Box Guidelines, and Guess Box Debrief/Reflect on the Process |
22 | 46 | Ideas for Items to Put in a Guess Box |
23 | 4950 | Collections |
24 | 5152 | Ordering a Serial Collection |
25 | 5455 | Game Tracker |
26 | 59 | Teacher Talking Points on Mistakes and Failure |
27 | 60 | Invented by Mistake |
28 | 61 | Quotes About Failure |
29 | 64 | Failure Videos |
37 | 89 | Blank Preassessment of Students Brain Knowledge |
38 | 90 | Neuron |
39 | 91 | Neuron |
40 | 9293 | Students Become Neurons |
41 | 94 | My Connections... |
42 | 96 | How Will Your Brain Learn and Grow Today? |
43 | 97 | My Strong and Not Yet Neural Connections |
44 | 98100 | The Power of Yet |
45 | 101 | Diagram of How Neurons Change From Birth to Age 7 |
46 | 103 | Fixed to Growth Mindset Thoughts/Statements for Students |
47 | 104 | Fixed to Growth Mindset Thoughts/Statements for Students (blank version) |
48 | 106121 | Growth Mindset Picture Books |
49 | 122130 | Growth Mindset Extended Texts |
50 | 131 | Growth Mindset Poster |
51 | 135 | Student Mindset Survey |
55 | 146147 | Look Fors in a Growth Mindset Learning Environment |
56 | 149 | Educators Growth Mindset Sentence Samples |
57 | 150 | My Growth Mindset Goal |
5859 | 151152 | My Growth Mindset Goal (student samples) |
60 | 154 | Student Growth Mindset Self-Reflection |
Students
Resource # | Page | Resource |
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3 | 8 | Classroom Poster |
7 | 17 | Observation of Fixed and Growth Mindset |
10 | 27 | Formative Assessment for Learning About the Brain |
11 | 28 | Formative Assessment for Learning About Growth Mindset |
12 | 29 | Blank Frayer Model |
17 | 38 | Concept Placemat for Concept of Three |
19 | 40 | Concept Placemat for Concept of Growth |
20 | 41 | Concept Placemat for Concept of Resiliency |
25 | 5455 | Game Tracker |
37 | 89 | Blank Preassessment of Students Brain Knowledge |
38 | 90 | Neuron |
39 | 91 | Neuron |
41 | 94 | My Connections |
42 | 96 | How Will Your Brain Learn and Grow Today? |
43 | 97 | My Strong and Not Yet Neural Connections |
50 | 131 | Growth Mindset Poster |
57 | 150 | My Growth Mindset Goal |
60 | 154 | Student Growth Mindset Self-Reflection |
Administrators
Resource # | Page | Resource |
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1 | 5 | Deliberate Cultivation of Noncognitive Factors |
6 | 15 | Perceived and Potential Barriers Toward a Growth Mindset Environment |
7 | 17 | Observation of Fixed and Growth Mindset |
28 | 61 | Quotes About Failure |
35 | 8182 | Guidance Document for Advanced Learning Opportunities: Determining and Planning for Students Unmet Advanced Academic Needs |
46 | 103 | Fixed to Growth Mindset Thoughts/Statements for Students |
50 | 131 | Growth Mindset Poster |
51 | 135 | Student Mindset Survey |
53 | 141 | Are Your School or District Practices, Policies, Procedures, and Protocols Growth Mindset Friendly? |
54 | 143144 | Administrators Reflection and Planning for a Growth Mindset Culture |
55 | 146147 | Look Fors in a Growth Mindset Learning Environment |
56 | 149 | Educators Growth Mindset Sentence Samples |
61 | 158163 | Book Study Model 2: Hybrid: Face-to-Face and Edmodo |
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