TEACHER MINDSET: AN INVESTIGATION ON THE INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS’ TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON GROWTH MINDSET

Identifying transformational leadership as a predictor of a growth mindset can be useful in developing teachers’ growth mindset. This nonexperimental quantitative study examined the relationship between teachers’ growth mindset and transformational leadership, and how the dimensions of teacher transformational leadership styles predict teachers’ growth mindset. The current study examined 63 participants in a school district in Florida. Using Dweck’s growth mindset survey (2006) and a researcher-created instrument to assess teachers’ perceptions of growth mindset and transformational leadership, the study resulted in a statistically significant finding of the association and prediction of transformational leadership on growth mindset. Demographics, such as teachers’ gender, years of teaching experience, and level of education, were not statistically significant using an ANCOVA analysis. The study outcomes contribute to the body of research regarding teachers’ transformational leadership and growth mindset. The outcomes have practical implications for school districts and universities to develop teachers’ leadership styles.