Create a Growth Mindset School

Mary Cay Ricci is an education consultant and speaker. She was previously the Coordinator of Gifted and Talented Education for Baltimore County Public Schools. She holds certification in gifted and talented education and administration and supervision from Johns Hopkins University, where she is currently a faculty associate in the Graduate School of Education.

Convinced that the belief in a growth mindset will make a vital positive impact on the culture of a district and ultimately, each individual student, Ricci's slim, straightforward how-to guide is a utilitarian method of setting an entire school district - superintendent to custodian - on the same growth mindset page.,Amy Klein,MiddleWeb, 1/17/19

• CHAPTER 1 Leading With a Growth Mindset 1 CHAPTER 2 Reflecting on Your Mindset CHAPTER 3 Leading With Optimism CHAPTER 4 Deliberate Cultivation of Perseverance and Resiliency CHAPTER 5 Praise and Feedback CHAPTER 6 Setting the Stage for Professional Learning CHAPTER 7 Procedures and Policies to Promote a Growth Mindset Environment CHAPTER 8 Parent and Community Involvement CHAPTER 9 Curriculum and Instruction CHAPTER 10 A Growth Mindset School District CHAPTER 11 Final Thoughts References APPENDIX A Administrator’s Mindset Reflection Tool: Answer Key APPENDIX B Planning for Students’ Unmet Academic Needs APPENDIX C Introducing Neuroscience in the Classroom About the Author