Teachers serve students in the hope of a brighter future, which goes beyond themselves. Being a teacher is more than a job for most of us. We are creating a better future by caring for and educating the next generation.

As teachers, sometimes we are our own worst enemy when it comes to the expectations we place on ourselves. We care about what we do, we strive to meet the needs of our students and the job has no end.

“It is teachers who have created positive teacher-student relationships that are more likely to have the above average effects on student achievement.” John Hattie

Most school-based Growth Mindset interventions don’t work! I’ve been warning that the tide will turn on Growth Mindsets for many years. And it’s not because Mindsets aren’t important. They are. It’s because most of our interventions have taken the wrong approach, leaving schools disillusioned and dissatisfied with Growth Mindsets.