subject: Student Motivation: Inspiration to Promote Instruction [print this page] Student Motivation: Inspiration to Promote Instruction
Student motivation is achieved by doing more than sharing information. It requires inspiration. Students must want to succeed, and have the confidence to pursue this success. Engaged students are motivated and their work ethic, attitude and test scores go through the roof. Engagement is the result of teaching to the heart as well as to the brain.
Here are a few ways to promotestudent motivation:
Connect with students. Educators must be able to build rapport with teens and establish mutual interest. Only then will students give their full attention.
Empathize. There's more going on in students' minds than the subject matter. Students appreciate when adults acknowledge this.
Make it relevant. Student will work harder when they see how the lesson will enhance their life. How many times have you heard them ask "When am I ever going to use this?" Answer this question.
Be enthusiastic. Students feed off of your excitement an your boredom.
Express confidence in them. Drown out their self-doubt with sincere words of encouragement.
Another great ideas is to provideteachers professional development programs to motivatethem. Teaching is a tough job. With budget cuts, campus politics, demands for high test scores, not to mention classroom behavior problems, it's amazing there isn't more burnout among teachers. Professional development programs that focus on teacher motivation can do a lot for student motivation.
AMotivational Speaker Can Help
A motivational speaker can be of great benefit to your campus community. As a fresh, knowledgeable and entertaining face, a motivational speaker can connect to your teens, hold their attention and enable them to find their hidden potential. The best speakers do more than pump up the audiences with clichs and hype. They share powerful, practical tools that help everyone perform at a higher level.
While it's common to bring in speakers to do an assembly, there are many ways they can additional value to deepen their impact, such as:
Staff Development
Leadership Workshops
Classroom Visits
Parent Programs
One on one availability to speak with students
Exposing your teens to a motivational speaker, and more specifically, a youth speaker, will energize your school environment, motivate your students and deliver the healthy messages you want to send.
