1. Motivating the Unmotivated Student

2. Some students have been unresponsive for so long, they have forgotten what it is like to be engaged. Never give up on them!

3. Achievement is… – 25% IQ – 25% Opportunities and Experiences – 50% Self-Efficacy and Self- Esteem (Competence and Confidence) (Perkins and Resnick)

4. AHA! IQ is not stationary. You are not born with all the brain cells you’ll ever have. The brain is continually making new neurons and changing connections between existing neurons. Teach students to have a “growth mindset”!

5. Teachley's Amazing Talking Brain

6. Key to Engagement Pay attention to people problems, not to discipline problems! The “WHY” is more important than the “WHAT”.

7. FRUSTRATION ANGER APATHY

8. STRESS!!! A reaction to a perceived loss of control over an adverse situation. Give kids appropriately increasing amounts of control over their lives at school.

9. AHA! Stress can reduce connections by 50% and impairs short term memory. Teachers can cut down on stress for students by: making personal connections providing a “safe” environment reactivating prior learning giving immediate feedback with error correction.

10. Feedback is one of the greatest sources of intrinsic motivation.

11. Punishment rarely changes behavior! Punishment confirms the student’s view that they cannot succeed. The carrot works better than the stick!

12. Educators have been trained to look for negatives. When you see a negative behavior you have a choice. You can either help the student handle the stress or pile more on. -Vicki Phillips, Empowering Discipline

13. Win-Win Conversations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwSZ3XY UZME

14. Quick Write! Where are you now? What will be easy to implement in my classroom? What will be challenging to implement in my classroom?

15. 10 Characteristics of an Engaged, Motivated Classroom (Dr. Marcia Tate) Choose which 3 of these are the most important. Do these for 21 days to make them a habit!

16. AHA! N 2 aME or MEN 2 Need: Purpose Novelty: New or different Meaning: Connected to real life Emotion: Passion, enthusiasm

17. AHA! Primacy-Recency Effect: Students tend to remember best that which comes first in a learning segment, and remember second best that which comes last. SO… Open well (Purpose, hook) Close well (Summarize, review) Open and close each chunk of information

18. Brain-Compatible Lesson Plan

19. Last Man Standing

20. For more information: Marcia Tate Eric Jensen Ruby Payne Amie Dean Amy Laughter amlaughter@hcpsnc.org

21. Pinterest Boards: https://www.pinterest.com/alaughter/beginni ng-teachers/ https://www.pinterest.com/alaughter/beginni ng-teachers/ https://www.pinterest.com/alaughter/classro om-management/ https://www.pinterest.com/alaughter/classro om-management/