"In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn."

Part of how I maintain a growth mindset is by consistently teaching and reinforcing growth mindset with my students. It keeps me humble, and my students hold me accountable!  

Examples of how I use growth mindset with my students:

· Mistakes are okay - they are an important part of how we learn.

· Practice makes us better - we must do things MANY times if we want to improve.

· Perfection is NOT the goal - our goals can vary, but often include growth, learning, connection, and fun!

· Challenges are fun - the harder something is, the more fun it is when we get it.

· Helping Community - if something is hard and you feel frustrated, it's time to ask for help. If something is too easy and you feel bored, it's time to add a challenge level or help someone else. We all like to be helpers and we all need a little help sometimes - that's what it means to be part of a community! 

I keep a growth mindset bulletin board up throughout the school year so that we can refer to it frequently during our learning experiences.