NRCCTE Belinda Cole, Ed.D. Facilitator

Objectives  Explain the keys to motivating students.  Choose strategies to motivate students to do well.

 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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 Family information  School information  Career interests and work history  Interests, hopes, dreams, aspirations  Learning preferences

 The natural capacity to direct energy in pursuit of a goal  Depends on two things ◦Is this achievable? ◦Is it important to me?

 Personalize the Learning Environment  Set High Expectations  Actively Engage Students in Learning

“I will not give up on you!” “I believe you can do it.” “This is important.” Important Messages for Motivation 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.

 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

 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  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?What do teachers do?  How do employers encourage and motivate employees to do their best work?  How can CTE teachers adapt these ideas for the classroom?

 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 EffortEffort Rubric  Success is often about hard work and exerting effective effort  Working hard on the task  Push to continue working even when faced with difficulties  View difficulties as opportunities to strengthen understanding

 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 self- assessment 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.

RulesProcedures  General expectations for behavior ◦Respecting others ◦Respecting property ◦Following safety guidelines ◦Having materials  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

 State rules positively. Use “Do…” rather than “Don’t…”  Short, clear statements.  No more than five rules.  Communicate rules to parents and students.  Refer to them frequently.

 With a partner: ◦Define “respect” and “disrespect.” ◦Discuss how student and teacher definitions might differ.  Respect Carousel Activity: ◦Move to assigned chart and record as many answers/ideas within allotted time ◦Move to another chart upon signal and repeat.

 Summary ◦Get to know students ◦Be clear with expectations ◦Incorporate high expectations with rewards and recognitions ◦Apply the concept of effort

 Have a great school year!