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The Growth Mindset Coach: A Teacher's Month-by-Month Handbook for Empowering Students to Achieve
Empower learning through grit and resilience—with this easy-to-follow teacher’s guide to growth mindset strategies.Created by teachers for teachers, this is the ultimate guide for unleashing students’ potential through creative lessons, empowering messages, and innovative teaching. The Growth Mindset Coach provides all you need to foster a growth mindset classroom, Month-by-Month ProgramResearch-Based ActivitiesHands-On Lesson PlansReal-Life Educator StoriesConstructive FeedbackSample Parent LettersStudies show that growth mindsets result in higher test scores, improved grades, and more in-class involvement. When your students understand that their intelligence is not limited, they succeed like never before. With the tools in this book, you can motivate your students to believe in themselves and achieve anything.
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First published September 13, 2016
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March 4, 2017
This is a very straightforward book with easy to implement ideas for promoting a growth mindset in students. Definitely took away some ideas that will be useful especially at the beginning of the year.
July 5, 2021
I read this book for an online summer course and hello, I want to give myself credit so I can reach my reading goal. Anyway, I'm a high school English teacher and am familiar with the growth mindset concept. You'd have to live under a rock if you're in the field of education and haven't heard of it.
I liked this book quite a bit. There were chapters that I thought were more helpful than others. Some offered real solutions while others seemed to give vague suggestions about how to help foster growth mindset in the classroom and practice self-care and growth mindset in your own life.
Still, I would definitely recommend if you've talked a lot about growth mindset in professional development, but still feel like you don't know how to achieve it in a classroom environment.
I liked this book quite a bit. There were chapters that I thought were more helpful than others. Some offered real solutions while others seemed to give vague suggestions about how to help foster growth mindset in the classroom and practice self-care and growth mindset in your own life.
Still, I would definitely recommend if you've talked a lot about growth mindset in professional development, but still feel like you don't know how to achieve it in a classroom environment.
July 7, 2017
I loved this book. It's full of great ideas for teaching growth mindset to students and I loved the layout of the book - month by month focus including lesson plans. My takeaways from each chapter can be found here: https://sites.google.com/s/0B9d54bjTS...
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February 9, 2021
Great combination of resources for teaching Growth Mindset. It has object lesson ideas, video clip suggestions, research, and other book suggestions to teach growth mindset to students. Great resource for a teacher or parent.
December 15, 2017
This book walks teachers through very practical steps of developing growth mindset students.
July 26, 2025
A great introduction to using growth mindset in the classroom. It is well organized by months, complete with activities for teachers and students. I was engaged, inspired, and learned a good amount.
November 5, 2018
I read this book for a teachers book club.
September 9, 2016
The Growth Mindset Coach- Annie Brock and Heather Hundley, Thank You!
In the 70"s, when I went to college to become a teacher, we learned about the Fixed Mindset. No one mentioned the Growth Mindset until 2006, thanks to Carol Dweck, a Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Annie Brock and Heather Hundley have penned a fantastic manual entitled The Growth Mindset Coach (a teacher's month-to-month handbook for empowering students to achieve). The book is well-organized with a detailed introduction explaining the different mindsets and how to use the book to your best advantage. The chapters, 1-12, are aligned with the months of the year based on a standard teaching schedule assuming August (chapter one) is used for teaching preparation and July (chapter 12) should be used by the dedicated teacher for self-growth or what they refer to as your learning mode.
Annie and Heather have put a lot of hard work into their manual to help teachers learn and teach the Growth Mindset to their students. Each chapter is packed with lesson plans, charts, questions, resources, and more. Annie and Heather address important issues like the Growth Oriented Classroom layout, Parental involvement, Relationships between students, parents and teachers, etc. There is even a section that addresses the importance of saying goodbye to your students in a positive manner at the end of the school year.
While the book is geared for teachers, it is also useful for parents, counselors, college professors, the clergy and many other individuals in any helping field. The Growth Mindset Coach is an invaluable tool for the modern teacher concerned about the well-being and growth of his or her students. Purchase a copy today, may your students soar tomorrow. The sky is the limit with the Growth Mindset Coach at hand.
In the 70"s, when I went to college to become a teacher, we learned about the Fixed Mindset. No one mentioned the Growth Mindset until 2006, thanks to Carol Dweck, a Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Annie Brock and Heather Hundley have penned a fantastic manual entitled The Growth Mindset Coach (a teacher's month-to-month handbook for empowering students to achieve). The book is well-organized with a detailed introduction explaining the different mindsets and how to use the book to your best advantage. The chapters, 1-12, are aligned with the months of the year based on a standard teaching schedule assuming August (chapter one) is used for teaching preparation and July (chapter 12) should be used by the dedicated teacher for self-growth or what they refer to as your learning mode.
Annie and Heather have put a lot of hard work into their manual to help teachers learn and teach the Growth Mindset to their students. Each chapter is packed with lesson plans, charts, questions, resources, and more. Annie and Heather address important issues like the Growth Oriented Classroom layout, Parental involvement, Relationships between students, parents and teachers, etc. There is even a section that addresses the importance of saying goodbye to your students in a positive manner at the end of the school year.
While the book is geared for teachers, it is also useful for parents, counselors, college professors, the clergy and many other individuals in any helping field. The Growth Mindset Coach is an invaluable tool for the modern teacher concerned about the well-being and growth of his or her students. Purchase a copy today, may your students soar tomorrow. The sky is the limit with the Growth Mindset Coach at hand.
January 9, 2021
Really helpful explanations and acticities. I'm using much of the content with seniors in a rural high school looking for help with motivation and . . . developing a growth mindset. This book is a great jumping off point full of other books, videos, experts, and ideas.
June 27, 2017
"We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience."
"When grades become less about how quickly and how perfectly a student can complete an assignment, we move nearer to the idea that, regardless of where our starting point may be, we all have room to grow."
I have learned a lot thanks to this amazing book. Although currently I am not teaching in high schools, it also change my mind about praising, motivating, evaluating and even judging people, especially my students.
I realize that I did make many huge mistakes when I did not allow my students to do anything wrong: you have to do exactly like this unless you want to lose your marks, I do not have another piece to give you, etc. OMG what I just did to my students was completely wrong.
However, I cannot grow my growth mindset if I just sit there and complain. I absolutely have to reflect myself and my classes everyday to find out what I can do to make the lessons better. Then recently I have changed many things. I foster my students to do many things, creative or even crazy. I allow them to make mistakes and I am there to show them what the problems is. Teachers should not be dictators, they should be knowledge-and-skills-guides whenever kids need them.
"When grades become less about how quickly and how perfectly a student can complete an assignment, we move nearer to the idea that, regardless of where our starting point may be, we all have room to grow."
I have learned a lot thanks to this amazing book. Although currently I am not teaching in high schools, it also change my mind about praising, motivating, evaluating and even judging people, especially my students.
I realize that I did make many huge mistakes when I did not allow my students to do anything wrong: you have to do exactly like this unless you want to lose your marks, I do not have another piece to give you, etc. OMG what I just did to my students was completely wrong.
However, I cannot grow my growth mindset if I just sit there and complain. I absolutely have to reflect myself and my classes everyday to find out what I can do to make the lessons better. Then recently I have changed many things. I foster my students to do many things, creative or even crazy. I allow them to make mistakes and I am there to show them what the problems is. Teachers should not be dictators, they should be knowledge-and-skills-guides whenever kids need them.
June 19, 2018
I'm of two minds on this book. On the one hand, it has a lot of resources on growth mindset thinking. I especially found helpful lists of videos (some for students, some for teachers) that reinforce the idea that you can improve at learning. The focus on process praise rather than performance praise was well done, and I found the emphasis on language (e.g., stems for metacognition) to be an effective and regular presence throughout the book.
On the other hand, the organization (one big idea per month) did nothing for me; I'd rather sprinkle pieces of all of this throughout the year. I didn't find the lesson plans that helpful, although I think they were focused on younger grades than mine in many cases. And while you might consider this a minor point, I was hoping to see some of the very nice graphic design and organization on the cover of the book on the inside as well, but (perhaps due to my electronic version?) I saw nothing but text.
On the while, I think this is a good introduction to teaching the growth mindset in the classroom, but I am interested in finding more in depth coverage.
On the other hand, the organization (one big idea per month) did nothing for me; I'd rather sprinkle pieces of all of this throughout the year. I didn't find the lesson plans that helpful, although I think they were focused on younger grades than mine in many cases. And while you might consider this a minor point, I was hoping to see some of the very nice graphic design and organization on the cover of the book on the inside as well, but (perhaps due to my electronic version?) I saw nothing but text.
On the while, I think this is a good introduction to teaching the growth mindset in the classroom, but I am interested in finding more in depth coverage.
June 29, 2017
Our society today puts so much pressure on students to succeed that it is no wonder they are anxious and have problems dealing with stressful situations. FAIL should always be First Attempt In Learning.
It should be all about the process of learning not achievement. Growth is so much more important that grades.
There are major differences between not knowing and not knowing, yet. Giving up in not an option but that is the first thing many students do when they see a "challenging" problem and think themselves inadequate if they don't get it right the first time.
This book gave very good examples and suggestions on how to turn the mindset around in a classroom to that of a growth mindset where progress is rewarded and applauded. A very excellent book to have in your library to refer back to again and again, especially at times, when we think we are failing as educators or thinking could I do this better?
It should be all about the process of learning not achievement. Growth is so much more important that grades.
There are major differences between not knowing and not knowing, yet. Giving up in not an option but that is the first thing many students do when they see a "challenging" problem and think themselves inadequate if they don't get it right the first time.
This book gave very good examples and suggestions on how to turn the mindset around in a classroom to that of a growth mindset where progress is rewarded and applauded. A very excellent book to have in your library to refer back to again and again, especially at times, when we think we are failing as educators or thinking could I do this better?
July 12, 2018
2 down, 2 to go. I thought this was definitely worth reading and had some good insights into how to have the right mindset about learning. There were a few things I didn't like as much, though. There were a lot of classroom examples, but the majority were geared toward the younger grades. I'd like to find more ideas about how to help older students shift into more growth mindsets when they've always had the fixed mindset message. I've also been a little frustrated about the discussion around standardized testing. In this, and other, books the authors discuss how standardized testing is not generally beneficial for students and how it doesn't give an accurate depiction of knowledge. I completely agree with this. However, the testing does not appear to be going anywhere so I think it would be more helpful to learn how to better prepare students, while not placing all the focus on tests in a classroom.
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October 23, 2025A COMPLETE AND EASY-TO-FOLLOW GUIDE FOR INSPIRING EVERY STUDENT WITH THE POWER OF GROWTH MINDSETCreated by teachers for teachers, this is the ultimate guide for unleashing students’potential through creative lessons, empowering messages and innovative teaching.The Growth Mindset Coach provides all you need to foster a growth mindsetclassroom, including:• A Month-by-Month Program• Research-Based Activities• Hands-On Lesson Plans• Real-Life Educator Stories• Constructive Feedback• Sample Parent LettersStudies show that growth mindsets result in higher test scores, improved grades andmore in-class involvement. When your students understand that their intelligenceis not limited, they succeed like never before. With the tools in this book, you canmotivate your students to believe in themselves and achieve anything.
February 2, 2020
I found this book to be quite helpful. I already knew the concepts of fixed and growth mindset, but this book gave me a lot of easy-to-do lessons to help instill a growth mindset in my students. I liked that the book even suggested ways to differentiate for younger vs. older students. This book also has a very comprehensive list of other books, articles, videos, songs, and movies to help with understanding and teaching a growth mindset. This book will definitely improve my practice as a teacher.
May 21, 2020
This is a deceptively basic intro to growth mindset ideas and classroom practices. A good refresher for folks familiar with Carol Dweck’s work with an eye toward teaching growth mindset in the classroom. It provides lesson plans and lots of lists of videos, articles and children’s books to use in the classroom to promote growth mindset.
It’s organized as a month-by-month guide for teachers with the idea that teachers can try out one strategy a month. But students and teachers would benefit from having the lessons here front-loaded in September.
It’s organized as a month-by-month guide for teachers with the idea that teachers can try out one strategy a month. But students and teachers would benefit from having the lessons here front-loaded in September.
September 6, 2021
This is a good tool if you are looking for ways to incorporate growth mindset into your classroom in a way that doesn't feel too overwhelming or requires too much time on a daily basis. The spaces for reflection are helpful and most of the lessons can be done in about 20-30 minutes. I do think that it is worth taking the time to invest in teaching your students about growth mindset as it really does shift their perspective on learning, but it isn't something that happens overnight. Overall, a good resource.
January 19, 2026
This was hard to focus on as an audiobook.
Although the growth mindset theory of Carol Dweck has been debunked, or at least has not been successfully replicated, it still continues to be the catchphrase in education.
It does feel better to have the students spouting positivity about their potential growth, rather than trying to talk them out of despair and self-reproach, so I'll go with it. I just won't put all of my eggs in this basket.
I'll be better served by getting the book in print than by listening.
Although the growth mindset theory of Carol Dweck has been debunked, or at least has not been successfully replicated, it still continues to be the catchphrase in education.
It does feel better to have the students spouting positivity about their potential growth, rather than trying to talk them out of despair and self-reproach, so I'll go with it. I just won't put all of my eggs in this basket.
I'll be better served by getting the book in print than by listening.
August 18, 2018
This is a good introduction to growth mindset and its use in education. Some of the strategies suggested are best practices generally, even outside of the growth mindset frame. That made some of the sections of the book scan-worthy for those who have been exploring best practices and are immersed in the literature. I'm still not buying in to the "grit" buzz. Working hard should be part of our collective ethos, and shouldn't require a buzz word to get us there.
August 11, 2019
It might not be fair to rate this book yet, since I've only completed the first chapter and browsed through the rest....but that's the way this book is intended to be used, and I can already tell it will be excellent. I've studied the August chapter and am ready to implement its "coaching," with the goal of helping my students grow in the healthiest of ways. I can always come back and change my rating if my experience doesn't turn out as well as I expect! But I suspect I won't.
February 4, 2017
Great tool for teachers to inspire students . An awesome book for teachers to enhance there teaching skills to help there students to succeed. Every teacher needs this book. A great gift for any teacher you know. Pass it on. I highly recommend this book...... I received a free copy from Goodreads for an honest review.
August 7, 2022
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June 7, 2024
Excellent book, highly recommended for teachers of any age and any content. While I didn’t use the lesson plans in the book, they did inspire ways I could adapt them for my classes. The monthly structure makes it easy to read, but you can read ahead or catch up as needed. I might come back to this in the future just to keep myself refreshed on ways to implement teaching growth mindsets.
June 5, 2017
Refreshing
What a motivator. It supplies the why's and wherefores. I'm rethinking both personal and professional goals and have some solid suggestions including step by step guidelines to help framework a good plan for change.
What a motivator. It supplies the why's and wherefores. I'm rethinking both personal and professional goals and have some solid suggestions including step by step guidelines to help framework a good plan for change.
September 27, 2017
Lots of good stuff here, but it seemed a little redundant after awhile. The growth mindset songs were hit or miss - Imagine, yes. Katy Perry? I would be interesting to track with the manual month-to-month for an educational growth experiment though.
April 12, 2018
This is a great book for educators. It has practical ideas and is full of inspiration. We read this as part of our school-wide PLC and it really made an already wonderful school environment even better.
July 3, 2018
If you are looking for a practical approach to implementing growth mindset into a classroom; this is it. It’s really an easy read and there are so many easy to implement examples of activities
And lessons to use in the classroom. I know I will be referring back to this book.
And lessons to use in the classroom. I know I will be referring back to this book.
August 12, 2018
I LOVED THIS BOOK. I can tell reading it will have made me a better teacher as well as a better learner. My favorite parts were all of the extra resources so that I could keep reading and also offer reading to my students as well.
August 19, 2018
Chock full of lesson ideas for helping students understand the power of a growth mindset. Many additional resources noted. Quick easy to read chapters for the busy educator. Gives perspectives for teachers of all age ranges!
June 24, 2019
Lots of great ideas for how to expand students' learning from "failure." I would like to see how someone logistically rolls this out in their classroom/school each month. Just one more thing to consider in planning for the next school year.
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