The Growth Mindset Coach: A Teacher's Month-by-Month Handbook for Empowering Students to Achieve
by Annie Brock, Heather Hundley
Why You'll Love This
Most teaching books tell you what to do — this one hands you a ready-made plan for every month of the school year.
- Great if you want: practical, classroom-ready tools without heavy theoretical overhead
- The experience: structured and workmanlike — more toolkit than deep read
- The writing: Brock and Hundley write like teachers talking to teachers — direct and low-jargon
- Skip if: you want research depth — the science is light and accessible, not rigorous
About This Book
What if the biggest obstacle standing between your students and their potential isn't ability—it's belief? Annie Brock and Heather Hundley built their teaching careers around that question, and this handbook answers it with both urgency and practicality. Rooted in the research on growth mindset, the book makes the case that when students stop seeing their intelligence as fixed, something shifts—grades improve, engagement deepens, and kids who once gave up start pushing through. For teachers who've watched a student quietly decide they're "just not a math person," this book feels less like professional development and more like a second chance.
What sets it apart is the month-by-month structure, which transforms an abstract psychological concept into a concrete, classroom-ready curriculum across an entire school year. Rather than leaving teachers to figure out implementation on their own, Brock and Hundley provide lessons, discussion prompts, and reflective tools that build on each other progressively. The writing is direct and collegial—teacher to teacher—without ever talking down to its audience. It's the kind of handbook that actually stays on the desk rather than collecting dust on a shelf.