THE POWER OF YET…

A WORK IN
PROGRESS
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 HELLO!
What’s your mindset?
As defined by Dr. Dweck, your
mindset is your collection of
thoughts and beliefs that shape
your behavior.
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 Change Your Mindset

Learn to hear your “fixed” mindset voice

Recognize that you have a choice.

Talk back to it with a growth mindset voice.

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Take the growth mindset action.

 Growth vs. Fixed Mindset
Inspired to learn
and develops
healthy habits like
determination,
embracing Leads to a
challenges, learning desire to look
from mistakes. smart and
develop habits
such as
avoiding
challenges,
giving up
easily, or feel
threatened by
other people’s
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success.
 Learn to hear your fixed mindset voice...
A fixed mindset is one that assumes abilities and
understanding are relatively fixed. Those with a
fixed mindset may not believe that intelligence can
be enhanced, or that you either “have it or you
don’t” when it comes to abilities and talents.
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 What does a fixed mindset sound like?
-There's No Point in Trying if I'm Going to Fail

-I Can't Learn Now

-I Can't Make This Any Better

-I Already Know Everything I Need to Know

-It’s too hard

-I don’t know how

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 Can you tell
which character
had the fixed
mindset?
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 Learn to Monitor Your Actions...
Recognizing what triggers your fixed How do you respond to difficult
mindset gives you the starting point situations?
to developing your growth mindset.
How do you respond to your
Your actions are reactions to others
actions. The following question can classmates success?
help guide you in identifying your How do you respond to mistakes?
triggers.
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 Make it a growth mindset or not?
Now what? You have a choice… if
you have encountered yet again
The choice is always YOURS! another trigger, you have the choice
So What? It is not sufficient to know to continue to react in the same fixed
what triggers specially if they come mindset way that creates so much
from other people’s actions. frustration within. Second option
Ultimately the only words, actions, would be to see the opportunity to
and behaviors we can control are take the road less traveled and find
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our own. the positive in the trigger

encountered.
 The Power of YET
Instant gratification, the main focus Such mentality takes you straight
of a fixed mindset. In this new era, into a fixed mindset pushing you
humans have developed an urgency towards failure. It is easy to fall into
tendency. With so much technology the “I can’t do this” or “It’s too hard”.
and resources available we want Now try adding the three letter word
and expect everything to happen YET at the end of the statement.. It
instantly. opens up a world of possibilities.
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 Take the Growth Mindset Pathway
Now that we have gone over steps The growth mindset doesn’t just
one through three, you are well on apply to personal growth, it can also
your way to developing a growth be applied to your professional life.
mindset. How would a growth mindset look
like in the classroom.
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 Develop a SMART Goal

S M A R T
This goal has Measurable. Action Plan. Realistic. The Time limit.
to be specific. How will you How will you goal as well as How long are
What is the keep track of attain the the action plan you giving
focus of your your goals desired have to be yourself to
goal? progress? outcome for within your complete or
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this goal? reach and attain this

capabilities. goal?
 How does a S.M.A.R.T goal look like in the
classroom?

It is not enough to
think of a desired
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students or yourself.
You must take the first
steps necessary to
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get your action plan

moving.
For Example
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 An example of a S.M.A.R.T goal would
be to have the students reflect on the 4
components of the assessment and
help them decide on a goal and design
their individual action plan for growth.
This individual data tracker can be

I - Station added to their digital learning

portfolios so that it can be easily
accessible to students, teachers, and
In our district, students are parents.
required to take a monthly
reading assessment that
records their progress in
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fluency, comprehension,
spelling, and vocabulary.
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 Student Analysis for iStation
Student’s Name: Date:
My word analysis score is My text fluency score is

My goal is My goal is

What strategies might I use to improve my score? What strategies might I use to improve my score?

My vocabulary score is My comprehension score is

My goal is My goal is

What strategies might I use to improve my score? What strategies might I use to improve my score?
 References
Dweck, C. (2017). Mindset. Robinson.

Motivational Story - Don't be a chicken, be an eagle. (2019).

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