Learn how to help students overcome limiting beliefs, embrace challenges, learn from mistakes, and build the confidence and persistence to improve through effort, practice, and effective learning strategies.
Many students believe their intelligence and abilities are fixed—that they’re either naturally good at something or they’re not. These limiting beliefs can affect their confidence, motivation, and willingness to take risks, especially when learning becomes challenging.
A growth mindset helps students understand that abilities can develop through effort, practice, effective strategies, and feedback. Rather than seeing mistakes as failures, students learn to embrace challenges, persist through difficulties, and recognize progress as part of learning.
This professional development helps educators instill a growth mindset in the classroom through brain-based learning, neuroplasticity, the power of yet, productive struggle, and growth-oriented feedback. Participants explore strategies to replace fixed-mindset thinking, build resilience, and integrate growth-mindset lessons into daily instruction, with activities and resources for elementary, middle, and high school students.
Explore how students' beliefs about intelligence and ability influence learning, motivation, and confidence, and how to shift from fixed to growth-oriented thinking.
Understand neuroplasticity and how the brain grows and changes through effort, practice, and effective learning strategies.
Help students replace limiting beliefs with empowering language, embrace challenges, and build confidence in their ability to improve.
Teach students to reframe failure as part of learning, persevere through setbacks, and recognize progress over perfection.
Apply growth-oriented praise and constructive feedback that strengthen intrinsic motivation, persistence, and student confidence.
Use ready-to-use mini-lessons, classroom discussions, visuals, and activities to reinforce a growth mindset every day.
The Teach Happy approach combines the high-quality professional development training schools expect from us with positive psychology to support educator well-being, personal growth, and joy.
We call it the Strobel Ed Magic: Meaningful professional learning that gives educators space to connect, reflect, laugh, learn, and leave feeling better than when they walked in.
This wasn’t just professional development. It was personal development.
Lifetime access to a ready-to-use collection of classroom resources, templates, and tools that help teachers apply the training with confidence.
A step-by-step workbook with key takeaways and reflection activities that support ongoing implementation.
All participants will receive a certificate documenting their completed PD hours.
A growth mindset changes how students approach learning. Instead of seeing challenges and mistakes as signs of failure, students learn that their abilities can develop through effort, practice, effective strategies, and perseverance.
Help students develop a growth mindset through intentional language, meaningful feedback, and classroom experiences that encourage growth.
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SCHOOLS SERVED
STATES AVAILABLE
This professional development is designed for educators, school leaders, and team who are committed to creating positive, supportive, and thriving learning environments.
We understand that every school has unique needs. That’s why we offer a variety of proessional development options to best suit your team.
INTERACTIVE TRAINING AT YOUR SCHOOL
Bring a Strobel Education trainer to your school for engaging, hands-on professional development customized to your goals, staff needs, and challenges.
Best for:
Schoolwide training, dedicated PD days, and teams learning together.
TURN LEARNING INTO PRACTICE
Our trainers model strategies, observe instruction, and provide personalized coaching and feedback, often during class or prep periods without needing substitutes.
Best for:
Follow-up support, stronger implementation, and classroom application.
INTERACTIVE LEARNING FROM ANYWHERE
Connect live with a Strobel Education trainer for interactive learning, discussion, and planning, offered as individual sessions or an ongoing series.
Best for:
Flexible scheduling, shorter sessions, and continued professional learning.
Understand how students’ core beliefs about intelligence—whether it’s fixed or flexible—affect their motivation, learning behaviors, and willingness to take on challenges. Learn how to spot fixed mindset thinking and introduce reframing strategies to encourage growth-oriented thinking.
Teach students how the brain is wired to grow through effort and practice. Use simple, science-backed visuals and interactive activities to help students understand neuroplasticity, making it easier for them to believe that learning is always possible.
Explore how to build student resilience and self-discipline by reinforcing the value of effort and persistence. Learn how to help students reframe “I can’t do this” into “I can’t do this yet” using affirmations, visual cues, and reflective prompts.
Create systems that value progress over perfection. Explore grading and feedback practices that allow for revision, retakes, and growth tracking—reinforcing that mistakes are part of learning, not a final judgment.
Learn how praise can either reinforce fixed mindsets or inspire growth. Practice shifting from ability-based feedback (“You’re so smart”) to effort-based praise (“You worked hard and tried a new strategy”), helping students connect success with actions they control.
Develop strategies to normalize failure and help students see setbacks as learning tools. Practice delivering constructive feedback that builds confidence, supports reflection, and encourages a willingness to revise and try again.
Introduce growth mindset concepts to younger learners using stories, visuals, and simple brain science. Teach lessons on perseverance, effort, and positive self-talk through engaging, age-appropriate activities that build habits for lifelong learning.
Support older students with targeted activities such as journaling, goal setting, and guided reflection. Help students understand self-talk, manage setbacks, and take ownership of their academic growth in a way that feels relevant and empowering.
Gain access to ready-to-use materials like printable anchor charts, family letters, and lesson templates. Then, create a practical, personalized plan to integrate growth mindset practices into your classroom routines or school culture from day one.
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