Growth mindset is one of my favorite things that has come out in recent years, along with the science of reading. I have a firm belief that if we use best teaching practices and support our students' development of grit and fortitude, they will become very resilient readers.
As teachers, we traditionally talk about it in the beginning of the school year or in January for New Year's Resolutions. We create goals, we post them, and maybe at the end of the year, we'll evaluate our progression towards achieving them. That's a good start . . . but our students need more.
In order to really develop a growth mindset, it needs to be ingrained in all our directions, instruction, conversations, and activities. And it can be done without heaping more work our over-burdened selves.