Welcome to Persist Kids, a science backed leadership program that teaches grit and growth mindset all within the context of a Social Emotional Learning program. Persist Kids is the only grit based leadership program with a focus on diversity and inclusion, growth mindset and resilience. Most programs focus on one aspect, a child’s emotional and social growth. Persist Kids takes it one step further with foundational leadership principles that teach students to have grit: the persistence and resilience to work towards achieving long term goals; and growth mindset: the belief that effort and practice improve skills and academic performance. In the Persist Kids program, students set goals, overcome obstacles, and triumph through adversity to reach their goals, all while developing resilience and a growth mindset. Their individual actions can and do make a difference in reaching their goals.
At Persist Kids, we understand that students need more than just a focus on social and emotional learning to develop these skills. Our program provides students with a foundation in leadership principles, teaching them the value of persistence, resilience, diversity, and inclusion. Students are encouraged to set goals, overcome obstacles, and develop a growth mindset that allows them to believe in their ability to improve and achieve. Our program helps students to see that their individual actions matter, and they are empowered to work towards achieving long-term goals with confidence.
By choosing Persist Kids, you are giving your students the tools and skills they need to succeed in school and beyond. Our program’s focus on grit and growth mindset will help your students become more confident, resilient, and able to face challenges head-on. With Persist Kids, you can be sure that your students are receiving a comprehensive and effective program that will help them succeed in all areas of life.
What is “Grit” and Why It’s Important
Grit is a term studied by Angela Duckworth, Ph.D., a former teacher who is now at the University of Pennsylvania studying human behavior. Grit is the ability to work towards a goal over the long haul, day in and day out, after several weeks, months or even years. Dr. Duckworth and her colleagues have shown in multiple research studies that those who have “grit” are more likely to graduate high school, and are more successful across many different populations, including students. That’s exciting, because we now know it’s not “IQ” or talent that predicts academic success, it’s how hard a student is willing to work and how likely they are to not give up. The Persist Kids program has been designed to cultivate those skills in students based on established principles of child behavior change. In the end, students who have participated in Persist Kids programs are more dedicated to achieving their goals, have higher levels of grit, are less likely to give up, and are more likely to believe in themselves.
