What’s your Motivation

Teachers,

Here is your weekly dose of “5-Point Friday. 

What’s your Motivation—

How do we get our students motivated to learn? Each class has a student or two or more that seem like they don’t feel what we are doing will matter to them. They feel unmotivated by education or anything in front of them. This is a tough situation.  I found an article that talks a little bit about how to motivate people in general. It is not what we might think would motivate someone. Sometimes we think that finding someone successful and trying to do what they do will get us to where we want to be, but a couple leading psychologists did research on motivation and tried something a little different. Instead of having the unmotivated listen to advice or someone that knew the concept, they had the person teach the concept to someone else and give advice to them. They found that giving advice or teaching increased the person's confidence and gave them a little more motivation in their lives. I wonder how this would work with students? If an unmotivated student can, in some way, help another student learn a concept it might give them a little more confidence to keep learning and teaching. Interesting thought about motivation. 

Quote I’m pondering —

“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.”
— Jack Kornfield

What’s Happening This Week —

Mon., Oct. 8 - Ballet West Assembly

Wed., Oct 10 - Vision Screening

Thurs.-Fri.- Oct. 11-12 - Fall Break

Oct. 18 - Dance Festival

Oct 25-26 - Jennifer Throndson Training

Favorite Article This Week —

How to Teach Self-Regulation

We are finishing up our Wellness Center and hope to have it ready to go right after Fall Break. 

A Big Thank You —

Thank you Heather B.for all you have done this week. Working two jobs (yours and Stephanies) to keep the Power 50 and Sped going at the same time. You have done an amazing job keeping the groups up as we search for a replacement sped aide. You are so positive with students, so helpful with teachers, and so flexible in your job to make sure everything is in place. And then to be planning for a wedding, what an amazing person you are. Thank you for all you do for students. Thank you for all you do for our school. Thank you for all you do. Thank you.

I appreciate all of you and your hard work.