3-Credits • UMass Global • A Growth Mindset for You and Me: Strategies for Teachers and Students to Increase Abilities and Achievement

Registration Fee ($165) + UMass Global Fee ($210) = Total Fee ($375)

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Course Description:

Education specialist Chanelle Walker, M.Ed., is here to show you how to turn challenges into opportunities with the transformative power of a growth mindset. This highly practical FTBT Partner course equips educators with research-backed strategies to foster resilience, increase achievement, and help students and teachers alike develop the belief that abilities can grow through effort and learning.

What You’ll Learn:

  • The Science of Growth Mindset: Understand how a growth mindset can close achievement gaps and empower students to overcome academic challenges.
  • Practical Strategies for the Classroom: Learn evidence-based techniques to cultivate a growth mindset in your students and yourself.
  • Embracing Challenges Together: Discover how to reframe the frustrations of teaching students below grade level into opportunities for growth and collaboration.
  • Building Resilience and Achievement: Equip yourself with tools to inspire perseverance, improve problem-solving, and celebrate progress.

Why Educators Love This Course:

  • Actionable Insights: Gain practical strategies you can use immediately to support your students and your teaching goals.
  • Research-Backed Results: Learn from studies showing how a growth mindset drives higher achievement and greater equity.
  • Empowering for Teachers and Students: Develop a classroom culture that thrives on effort, creativity, and continuous learning.

Transform Your Classroom Today:
By fostering a growth mindset, you’ll help students believe in their potential and give them the tools to achieve it. This course will inspire you to embrace today’s educational challenges as opportunities to grow and succeed — together.

Enroll Now!
Join us and unlock the power of a growth mindset for yourself and your students. Let's turn setbacks into triumphs, one step at a time.


Self-Paced, Quiz-Based, and Completely Online:

Forget portfolios or lengthy written assignments — this is stress-free PD designed with YOU in mind. With no start dates and no due dates, you can begin and finish the course whenever it is convenient for you. Plus, you do not need to be working with students to complete it. Entirely self-paced and self-guided, there are no scheduled meetings, so you are free to work on the content whenever and wherever it is most convenient for you.

3 Graduate-Level PD Credits for DOE Educators across the U.S.!

Upon completion of this course, participants will receive 3 graduate-level PD credits from the University of Massachusetts Global, which can be used for professional advancement such as salary increment steps and licensing requirements.

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3-PD Credits: Just like our other courses in partnership with UMass Global and CSU Pueblo, this course also results in 3-PD credits towards HIDOE salary step movement/reclassification.

✶ Hawai'i State DOE participants: If you are a Hawai'i State DOE participant, please be sure to receive signed principal approval for any university coursework that will be applied towards reclassification by using the 200-005 Form (click here). Also, every year in January, HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union typically begins providing PD support stipends to reimburse Hawai'i State DOE educators for their professional development fees accrued throughout the year. For more information about this fantastic opportunity, click the following link: The HawaiiUSA Professional Support Stipend.

Information about PD-Credits for Hawaii State DOE participants:

Hawai'i State DOE educators can use these graduate-level PD credits in place of Learnsoft-issued PD credits (formerly PDE3-issued credits) for salary step movement in the HIDOE Teacher Reclassification system. Please note that this graduate-level PD course is not available through the HIDOE Learnsoft system. Since these are graduate-level PD credits, coursework will only be reviewed by UMass Global instructors and does not require submission to Learnsoft for further review. Upon completion, 3-PD credits will be issued directly by UMass Global. For more details on using university or college credits for salary reclassification, please refer to the Hawai'i State DOE "Guidelines for Reclassification" memo: click here.

If you are a Hawai'i State DOE educator, please download and print the 200-005 Form for university credits, and have it signed by your school's Principal. To apply your 3 graduate level PD-credits to salary step movement, you can simply submit your 200-005 form to the DOE's Reclassification Unit along with your UMass transcript once you complete the course. We have completed the course information for you on this form and it can be downloaded and printed at the following link: click here.

This course is open to participants nationwide!

To register for this course, please complete the following two steps:

Step One: Complete the $165 registration fee by using the banner link at the top of this page [or click here] and you'll gain instant access to your new online classroom.

Step Two: If you would like to earn 3 graduate level PD credits from UMass Global upon course completion, please complete the $210 PD credit fee payment at UMass Global's online portal by clicking here and purchasing course EDDU 9902. After you add the course to your cart, click "checkout" and proceed to confirmation, you'll be prompted to create an account with UMass Global. You are welcome to wait until you've finished the course to complete this payment.

For Teachers By Teachers is excited to offer this PD course in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Global and FTBT Partner, Chanelle Walker.

Chanelle, the creator of this course, is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Education from Walden University, specializing in Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. She holds a Master of Education as a Reading Specialist from Notre Dame and is a faculty member at Ashland University's College of Education.

Chanelle also designs professional development for the Euclid Council of the Ohio Literacy Association, and has over a decade of experience in public school teaching. As the founder and CEO of Professional Inspiration — an organization focused on teacher wellness — she delivered an acclaimed TEDx talk on burnout prevention, "The Elephant in the Classroom," which you can watch here

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For Teachers By Teachers
For Teachers By Teachers

We are a highly dedicated team of full-time educators with professional licenses covering grades PK-12 in diverse areas, including Special Education, Childhood Education, Art Education, and Reading Specialists. Our course authors and instructors collectively boast over two decades of experience in the education field, actively contributing to the growth and development of school communities in New York, Vermont, Ohio, and Hawai'i. Don't hesitate to reach out with any inquiries; we're here to assist you!

If you have any questions or need support, please reach out to us at [email protected].