Six Keys for Unlocking
Intrinsic Motivation
•Safety
•Need to feel and be safe from fear,
physical harm, embarrassment, or
loss of dignity.
Strategies for Success
• Love and Belonging
• Respect, acceptance and being cared
about are vital
• If you don’t care, can result in learners
withdrawing and behaving
inappropriately
• It is critical you:
• Prevent all put down and sarcasm
• They do not feel excluded
• Incorporate collaborative, mutually
supportive and respecting behaviors
Strategies for Success
• Success
• Necessary for sustained
motivation
• Recognition for past and on-going
accomplishments
• First and Foremost, they need to
feel your respect and recognition
Strategies for Success
• Freedom and Independence
• Determine what is important to
learn
• Have plenty of options
• Effective instruction and
techniques lead to your students
doing whatever you ask of them
Strategies for Success
• Fun and Enjoyment
• Make your instruction fun,
entertaining and enjoyable
• If they are bored, afraid or
frustrated, they will lose interest
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• Valued Purpose
• They must consider their efforts
and sacrifices worthwhile
• What is their intense interest
• Solve a problem they believe they
have
• Build and maintain a strong
relationship so they will work at
learning – even if they don’t see a
value in it
Starting Successful
Lessons……Preparation
• Dress for Respect and Success - Show
respect and earn their respect at the same time by
dressing one or two steps above your students
• Arrive Early to Ensure Success –
Complete all set-up before students arrive
• Orient the Room –
Check lighting, noise and visual pollution
• Verify Spacing With a Quick Walk
About
Strategies for Success
• Display Major Concepts on the
Wall
• Place posters on wall that convey
major concepts
• Correct height
• Logically arranged for conceptual
interpretation
• Neatly and evenly displayed
Strategies for Success
• Projection Equipment –
Avoid your worst nightmare
• Adjust the Lighting –
Keep it bright
• Microphones, etc. –
All systems clear and adjusted to
appropriate sound level
As Your Students Arrive
• Have music playing as your students
arrive that is upbeat and that will
have a positive effect on their moods
• Greet students as they arrive……at
the door when they enter and/or
walk the room
• Personal attention for potential
resistors
In the Beginning
• Visualize Success
• See in your mind’s eye what you
want to happen as you teach
• As you are engaged in instruction,
remember the vision and make
adjustments
Strategies for Success
• Connect in 90 Seconds
• Through a socially appropriate
joke or relevant story
• Positive first impression
Strategies for Success
• Is Everything Right?
• Acknowledge anything that is not
right or ready
• Thank them for their patience and
understanding
Strategies for Success
• Agenda Upfront
• Some students need to know for
their learning process
• They need to see value in their
time spent with you
This and That………
• Do not stand behind a podium
• Tell your students what you want
them to do, NOT what you don’t want
Be on time, NOT don’t be late
• Move around
• Make eye contact
Strategies for Success
• Pauses and volume shifts for
emphasis will create interest
and reduce boredom
• Value-added activities
• Collect a set of stories or
activities that can be used
whenever your students are not
back and ready to begin learning
Strategies for Success
• Never use offensive language
• Never make gender, racial, religion, age, or
ethnic slurs
• Never be sarcastic
• No inappropriate jokes or stories
• Never not address your students needs
Strategies for Success
• Never appear like a wimp!
• Never fail to apologize when
appropriate
• Different strokes for different
folks
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• NEVER TOUCH A
STUDENT
• NEVER LEAVE A CLASS
UN-ATTENDED
Strategies for Success
SPEAK
CLEARLY
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DISCIPLINE
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HOW TO INTERVIEW
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