Reflect on your best and worst teachers you ever had Whether or not students love or dread the class is determined mostly by the teacher The teachers mood sets the weather in the classroom each day ID: 251724
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The secret of Motivation and InspirationSlide2
- Reflect on your best and worst teachers you ever had
- Whether or not students love or dread the class is determined mostly by the teacher
- The teacher’s mood sets the weather in the classroom each day - To motivate and inspire students, the teacher must be motivated and inspired first - Effective teachers are enthusiastic and highly motivated—this is what students most respond to - Approach is everything! You choose your attitude every day and students take cues from you “in the classrooms of the very best teachers, the excitement is contagious”
Part 1 How to Make Your Excitement Their ExcitementSlide3
- In the minds of the students with the most effective teachers, they are each that teacher’s favorite
- When students feel like they’re special, they are more likely to behave, do work, and enjoy learning
- If some students do not feel a sense of worthiness in the classroom, then it becomes a breeding ground for resentment - Anonymous Public praise—helps to teach the students what’s important to her and what she expects from them - Anonymous Public Fussing– doesn’t work, treats all students as though they are behaving inappropriately, even the ones who are behaving - “ All students want and deserve to feel just as valued as every other student in the classroom.”
Part 2 How to Make Every Student Feel Like Your Favorite StudentSlide4
- One of the best ways to motivate and inspire students is to show personal interest in them
- some children feel valued and important by their families everyday, others don’t—an effective teacher can make all students feel valued regardless of home situations
- most effective teachers actually know something about each student’s hobbies, personal interests, and dreams - use what you know about the student’s background to understand the student - “One of the best ways to motivate and inspire students is to show personal interest in them.”Part 3 How to Show Personal Interest In Every Student Slide5
Part 4 Summary – how to maximize the power of praise
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Part 4 cont.
Lets look at a real life example.. Such as a diet. Although diets are difficult to maintain, they are one of the best motivators. You are more likely to stick with your diet if someone were to say to you “You look great!” VS Its about time..”
You should praise children throughout their work, not just after. This motivates them to do well throughout the entire activity Slide7
Part 5 Summary- How to use rewards Appropriately
Rewarding children students with not only tangible things like stickers or candy, etc… but also intangible things such a praise or recognition for great work
Rewarding students motivates them to do well, it shows them your paying attention to their work that they are proud of Slide8
A poem...
“It’s not just the reward that will help me to try hard, it’s your approach to it all that will help me stand or fall, so praise my efforts, please; accentuate the good, and I just might succeed ‘cause you believed I could!”Slide9
Part 6 Summary
-An unmotivated student is one who doesn’t feel successful
- Students who don’t feel successful need teachers who are willing to help the students become successfulMotivating students is the teachers jobSlide10
Chapter 6 summary cont.
Express a belief in the students
Teach the student at his or her levelAs soon as the student experiences success praise the studentAs a teacher look around the room to see if there is any blank stares. If so immediately do something differentAsk different kinds of questionsSlide11
Part 7 Summary
the best teachers are the ones who always seem happy
Students need as many positive role models as they can getRegarding your motivation and inspiration remember the following: - your actions and moods will set the daily tone for classSlide12
Chapter 7 Summary cont
Act excited and motivated every day. Fake it if you must
Find the good in every childMake every student feel like your favourite studentSuccess helps determine the impact of praiseFind ways to help keep yourself motivated and inspiredDo whatever it takes to motivate and inspire your studentsYour influence is long lasting, so make it positiveMake sure every student feels specialMake every student successful Slide13
Secret Seven chapter summary
Your actions and your moods will set the daily tone of the class
Act excited and motivated every day. Fake it if you must!Find the good in every child Make every student feel like your favorite studentSUCCESS helps determine the impact of praise Find ways to help keep yourself motivated and inspiredDo whatever it take to motivate and inspire your students Your influence is lasting, so make it positive! make every student feel special. They all are!Make every student successful. They all can be!Slide14
How can you make each student feel equally important and valued?