Belinda Cole, Ed.D.
Facilitator
NRCCTE
Objectives
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Explain the keys to motivating
students.
Choose strategies to motivate
students to do well.
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Intentionally take time get to know
students well
Make time to interact one-on-one
Make personal connections with
students every day
Create community and help them
bond—a “social network” in your class
Teach, model and assess communication
and collaboration as 21st century skills
Provide opportunities to work with
others—cooperative assignments
Provide personalized extra help and
support
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http://www.edutopia.org
/classroommanagement-video
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Family information
School information
Career interests and
work history
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Interests, hopes,
dreams, aspirations
Learning preferences
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The natural capacity to direct energy in pursuit of
a goal
Depends on two things
◦ Is this achievable?
◦ Is it important to me?
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Personalize the
Learning Environment
Set High Expectations
Actively Engage
Students in Learning
Important Messages for
Motivation
“This is
important.”
“I will not
give up on
you!”
“I believe you
can do it.”
Source: “Masters of Motivation” by Jonathon Saphier. Chapter 5 in On Common Ground:
The Power of Professional Learning Communities, Edited by Richard DuFour, Robert
Eaker, and Rebecca DuFour.
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Provide clear learning goals
Create situations where students
think critically
Strive for quality results—
mastery, redoing work
Give prompt, frequent, targeted
feedback
Help them reflect on their work
and know the how to assess
strengths and areas for
improvement
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Connect learning to the
real world—Answer the
question, “Why do I need
to know this?” or “What’s
in it for me?”
Provide choices in learning
activities and projects
based on real-world
problems
Provide opportunities to
invent, create, predict
Vary learning strategies
Use technology
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Focus on ways to research
using abundance of
information
◦ Information literacy
◦ Search skills
◦ Finding truth
◦ Authenticity
Promote hypothesis
making, analyzing, and
problem-solving
What do employers do?
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How do employers
encourage and
motivate employees
to do their best work?
What do teachers do?
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How can CTE teachers
adapt these ideas for
the classroom?
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Write personal recognition notes to individual
students.
Create “class” money or lottery tickets for
individual achievements and award a prize once a
week or allow students to purchase rewards.
Use progress charts to celebrate completed
milestones for projects or units of study.
Use the 100% club for the whole class to reward
everyone doing something together.
Use giant appreciation notes for the whole class.
Importance of Effort
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Success is often about
hard work and
exerting effective
effort
Effort Rubric
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Working hard on the
task
Push to continue
working even when
faced with difficulties
View difficulties as
opportunities to
strengthen
understanding
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Teach the concept of effort; provide examples
and non-examples.
Explain to your students the relationship between
effort and achievement. Effective effort results in
better learning.
Use of the effort rubric for student selfassessment during projects or units of study.
Assess the students using the effort rubric and
provide frequent feedback on how you see them
exerting effective effort.
Rules
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General expectations
for behavior
◦ Respecting others
◦ Respecting property
◦ Following safety
guidelines
◦ Having materials
Procedures
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Ways of completing
tasks in the same way
each time
◦ Beginning and ending
class
◦ Transitions between
activities
◦ Use of materials and
equipment
◦ Ways to work in a group
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State rules positively. Use “Do…” rather than
“Don’t…”
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Short, clear statements.
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No more than five rules.
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Communicate rules to parents and students.
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Refer to them frequently.
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With a partner:
◦ Define “respect” and “disrespect.”
◦ Discuss how student and teacher definitions
might differ.
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Respect Carousel Activity:
◦ Move to assigned chart and record as many
answers/ideas within allotted time
◦ Move to another chart upon signal and repeat.
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Summary
◦ Get to know students
◦ Be clear with expectations
◦ Incorporate high expectations with rewards and
recognitions
◦ Apply the concept of effort
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Have a great school year!