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GROWTH MINDSET FOR EDUCATORS

The motivation for this topic is credited to a coaching platform that I signed up for recently and I am grateful to my coach Ms. Mary Orji for all I am learning in the cause of our 10-week inner-circle programme for educators.

Growth Mindset revolves around believing that things can become better and that there’s the possibility that something can progress for the better opposed to the fixed mindset where the belief system is that things would most likely not change for the better.

A fixed-minded educator believes that there’s no way an educator can make great impact, be popular and still make money off teaching by investing in themselves enough that they themselves begin to become value creators, fixed minded educator places the power of professional development in the hands of the employer while an educator with a growth mindset believes that we can change our lives and advance our careers even within the education space, he believes in putting in the work to produce results.

Agnes Onyekwere and Funsho Babalola in Emmanuel Anglican Pry. School 1

A tutor with a growth mindset will not call a child “Olodo” (unintelligent in Yoruba language) just because his former teacher told you he is no good, a teacher with a growth mindset will see that as an opportunity to change the status quo for good.

A teacher with a growth mindset will NOT see pupils who are going through rough patches in their lives and just look the other way because “besides sef, how much are they paying me-I can’t kill myself”

One thing that should stand out here is the fact that they are both a product of one’s MINDSET. Some people are born more growth-oriented than others but the good-news is that it can be learned and the first step you need to take is to start looking at every challenge as an opportunity for growth.

 

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  1. Anonymous3 May 2023 at 16:53

    Wow. Thank you for the credit. We are going to change the world one educator at a time. Be impacted to impact

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