The Growth Mindset Workshop Tonight

Please join us tonight for this special PTO meeting on the Growth Mindset 7:00- 8:30 pm in the Bigelow cafeteria. Newton North Principal Jen Price and The NN High School Council will be doing an encore presentation of their December workshop providing a basic overview of Growth Mindset, interactive activities and a discussion of appropriate feedback.  This discussion is based on the book Mindset by Carol Dweck. 

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More about the Growth Mindset and the workshop:  Do you know that the research-based growth mindset is useful for all ages and in all settings—school, home, work, athletics?  To learn more about the growth mindset, read The Significance of Grit, or see this six-minute TED talk video by Angela Duckworth.

During the workshop you will learn the following:

  • Effective ways to give praise
  • Useful methods for encouraging children and teens to try new things and accept challenges
  • Constructive ways to respond to failure
  • Successful strategies for creating a parent-teacher dialogue about students’ development