Cultivating Grit in Our Students: Promoting Perseverance in the Classroom and Beyond

This workshop is designed to help educators reverse the decline of passion and perseverance among students by treating grit as a teachable performance value. Participants will explore the latest research on grit, achievement, motivation, and resilience and learn how these traits influence long-term academic and life success. The session provides educators with actionable strategies for nurturing grit through goal-setting, growth mindset development, and constructive feedback. Educators will collaborate, share best practices, and leave with a toolkit ready for immediate implementation to elevate instructional practices and student outcomes.

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• Declining levels of perseverance and sustained effort in students.
  
  
• Lack of student motivation and resilience when facing academic or personal challenges.
  
  
• Limited instructional strategies to foster internal drive and long-term goal setting in learners.
  

1. Defining and Teaching Grit as a Performance Skill
   Educators will gain a foundational understanding of grit as a measurable, teachable characteristic, and learn how to integrate the concept into their instructional philosophy and classroom routines.
   
   
2. Applying Research-Based Strategies to Build Perseverance
   Participants will explore practical methods to cultivate passion, motivation, and resilience using strategies rooted in current research on student achievement. These include encouraging academic risk-taking and fostering a safe environment for effortful learning.
   
   
3. Implementing Growth Mindset Practices and Goal Setting
   Teachers will learn how to help students set and pursue challenging goals, use feedback as a motivational tool, and apply a growth mindset framework to strengthen perseverance across academic and behavioral tasks