Cultivate a Growth Mindset

Providing actionable, positive, and timely feedback is a good first step toward promoting growth. Evaluations that include feedback should be seen as opportunities for educators to grow. Evaluation systems that don't include effective feedback are sometimes seen as ways to weed out instructors and will unlikely improve instruction. Feedback is not only tied to professional goals and desired student outcomes but connected to professional development as a way to reach those goals and outcomes.

Too often administration drops the ball after feedback has been given. Developing resources and tools that help educators implement what was received during feedback is necessary for continued growth. It's necessary to provide an array of professional learning opportunities that meet the needs of each individual. Providing effective feedback is part of a cyclic process that promotes and develops high-quality instruction.

Reflection
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How can a growth mindset help trainers and instructors be more receptive to feedback, good or bad?

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Why has research found peer feedback to be one of the most powerful tools in instructor / trainer development?