Opportunities for students to grow are abundant. Students who are engaged and self-motivated, correctly understand opportunity. Great leaders are careful with their lesson planning and are diligent about giving feedback to students. This allows students to take advantage of those growth opportunities. However, there will be students who enter your classroom not understanding what opportunity is and how they are to respond to it. It is your job as the leader in the classroom to help them gain this understanding. This revelation could be the answer for that one student who you have exhausted all your tools on. On the Vision Chasers YouTube Channel, I posted a video talking to students about how to spot opportunity and respond appropriately. Please check it out and explore how you can convey this message to your students.

If you would like to go deeper into the psychology of The Growth Mindset, check out Carol Dweck’s book, “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.” For a summary of her research, check out this link.