Growth Mindset
Lead by James Anderson, Expert in Growth Mindset, Learning Agility, Habits of Mind & Acquisition of Excellence Creator of The Mindset Continuum©.
How to lead and sustain a culture of growth in your school
How do we create a school culture that supports the development of a Growth Mindset in our students, teachers and wider community?
James Anderson is a speaker, author, and educator who for more than 20 years has been working in education to make schools more thought-filled places.
What will you learn?
Identify limiting beliefs.
To provide schools with the deep understanding and the knowledge necessary to identify and challenge limiting beliefs in themselves, their colleagues and students.
Create growth culture.
Identify how these beliefs are unintentionally supported and perpetuated through current school structures and practices to create a more growth-oriented school environment.
Tools and resources.
Equip leaders with resources to deliver professional learning and achieve meaningful change in these beliefs and practices across the school.
What’s included?
Participation in this program provides your school with a 3-year unrestricted site license to use James Anderson's Growth Mindset online and print teacher training material with all staff at your school to assist in the delivery of your Growth Mindset Implementation Plan and Professional Learning.
Mentored Whole-School Professional Learning Package
Every school registered for this course will receive a 3-year unrestricted site license for James Anderson's Mentored Whole-School Professional Learning Package, which includes mentoring by James Anderson to:
Develop a whole-school approach to professional learning
Get all staff on the same page with the Growth Mindset
Challenge teachers' Mindsets
Implement an ongoing professional learning plan for all staff
Facilitate the Growth Mindset course to all staff in your school
Ensure future staff are properly inducted into the program.
This license is usually sold for 3000 AUD per school. James Anderson is offering it to registrants for this online course for as low as $1800 USD, inclusive of 3 participant registrations for the train-the-trainer program, if you register before October 16. The content used in this program will be available for registrants to distribute to all staff at their school at the end of the program.
As seen on:
'Schools will dump it': expert raises doubts over 'growth mindset' phenomenon
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Online Program Format
November 13, 2020 - February 6, 2021
This is a "train-the-trainer" course, appropriate for Early Years, Primary and Secondary Schools.
School can register 2-10 participants, who are leaders in the school, including Grade Level Leaders, Heads of Department/Faculty, Coordinators, Deputies and Principals
2 participants from each school will be trained as trainers that will work with James in Live Cohort sessions to process the content and learn how to facilitate it with other leaders in their school.
If a school registers additional participants, they will participate in the Live Webinars, where participants can reflect on the facilitation experience, tailor content for their school context and be instructed on how to facilitate the content with the wider community.
Participants will be given an extensive range of purpose-built learning activities and resources to facilitate their own onsite professional learning.
Participants will connect with other schools to share ideas, resources and experiences.
What People Are Saying…
Dean Finlay
Principal Ocean Road Primary School & WAPPA Board Member
“The impact for staff and students at Ocean Road Primary School has been profound with Growth Mindsets permeating through classrooms across the school.
James has the ability to captivate his audiences and deliver challenging content based on the work of Carol Dweck.”
Karen Merrick
Director of Strategy and Planning Arndell Anglican College
“James' energetic presentation style engaged and challenged staff about the concepts of Growth Mindset and how we use language to build resilience in ourselves and our students. The development of Carol Dweck's "Not Yet" to "What's Next" has had instant impact on our thinking about Growth Mindset.
I thoroughly recommend James Anderson for whole school professional development and look forward to working further with James on our journey of building a Growth Mindset culture across our College community.”
Kellie Jenkinson
Principal of St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Rockhampton
“A sincere thank you for today. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive from all of my staff. I commend you for delivering such an engaging and polished Zoom to a remote crowd….. I take my hat off to you. Presenting in this way is not an easy task and you did a wonderful job.”
Marie Auvachen Principal, North Danalup Primary School
“I found the content and delivery to be so professional, thought provoking and inspiring.
I really appreciated the opportunity to be involved. This has definitely impacted on the way I will lead my school into the future.”
Jo Mohan
Manager of Risk Education and Training at Risk Partners
“James Anderson delivered a half day growth mindset session with our team during our conference in November. James was very professional to deal with during the planning phase. We had amazing feedback from the session, ran with our team, it was one of our favorite sessions of the conference.
James is a great storyteller and he took us all on a journey of growth mindset. He raised some interesting and thought provoking points, there was time for self-reflection as well as activities that helped to bring some of the concepts to life. Mindset is such an amazing and interesting thing and James really helped us to recognize some of the potentials and pitfalls of our own mindsets. Thank you James for an energetic session.”
Anthony Greene
Principal of St Peter’s Catholic Primary School, Rockhampton
“Thank you for presenting an engaging day under difficult circumstances. My staff found the topic very interesting and commented that they enjoyed your presentation. The variety of techniques you used during the Zoom presentation was impressive and helped keep the day flowing.”
Program Structure
The program will be delivered in four, two-week cycles consisting of:
1. Online Learning Modules
At the beginning of each cycle a comprehensive Online Learning Module will be made available to each school. These will contain an extensive range of learning material including reading assignments and video content. While you’ll have access to all resources, during each cycle you’ll be expected to become expert in just one aspect of this material.
All these resources will be available for you to use with all staff at your school as part of your site license.
2. Live Cohort Meetings
Coinciding with the release of the Online Learning Modules, schools will select 1-2 people from their group to work with James Anderson to review module content. These Live Cohort Meetings will be scheduled on Thursdays at 16:00 to 17:30 Hong Kong time. This session will outline the learning to be undertaken, how to manage it within your group, and the expectations regarding sharing that material back to the wider school Leadership Team. The expectation is that each school will focus on one section of the Online Learning Modules, preparing a summary to present back to the full cohort in a jigsaw type style.
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Thursday, January 28, 2021
3. Virtual Office Hours - Coaching Calls
Each school team is invited to schedule one coaching call per cycle (4 in total) with James Anderson. This coaching call will be used to respond to questions, provide further learning, tailor the content to each school’s specific context and provide support to ensure each school is prepared for the Live Webinars. Coaching calls will be up to 1 hour each.
4. Live Webinars
These webinars will bring all schools together to present their learning each cycle. Each school will be responsible for sharing specific aspects of the Online Learning Module back to the whole group, providing opportunities for further learning and deeper insights. These Live webinars will be scheduled on Saturdays at 09:00 to 13:00 Hong Kong time.
Saturday, November 28, 2020
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Saturday, January 23, 2021
Saturday, February 6, 2021
Pricing
10% Early Bird Discount plus one additional free place - for Registrations before October 16, 2020.
After completing your registration for the Early Bird discount we will email you to confirm your free place/gather details for that extra staff member.
ACAMIS Members
$2000 USD inclusive of James Anderson's Mentored Whole-School Professional Learning Package and 2 participant registrations in the Train-the-Trainer course.
For an extra $400 USD schools can register 3 additional staff (5 total staff for $2400 USD).
Additional staff (6-10) will only be charged $100 USD each.
Non-member Schools
$2400 USD inclusive of James Anderson's Mentored Whole-School Professional Learning Package and 2 participant registrations in the Train-the-Trainer course.
For an extra $400 USD schools can register 3 additional staff (5 total staff for $2800 USD).
Additional staff (6-10) will only be charged $100 USD each.