Student expectations

College for all children — No Excuses!

IDEA College Preparatory named top-performing high school in the Rio Grande Valley, #2 in Texas and #19 in the nation. (“Best

High Schools 2009,” US News & World Report)

Habits for Excellent Teaching

Student Motivation

August 6, 2010





Session Objective: • Teachers will establish a

foundation for behaviors that motivate students





Creates a powerful learning environment

• Takes responsibility for motivating students; develops positive relationships with students and treats them with respect

Seeks excellence as a practitioner and as an Excellent Teachers

• Demonstrates conviction that ALL students will go to college!

• Assumes an internal locus of control!





Key idea:

Motivating students to learn is our responsibility.





Motivating students comes from….

Who you are!What you do!

What you believe!

It’s complex & difficult to fake

Telling All students you believe in them is different then actually believing in All of them.





The 2 most import questions that need to be answered in order to

motivate students.

1.How will you motivate students to believe ‘I Can Accomplish End of Year Goals’?

2.How will you motivate students to feel ‘I Want To Accomplish End of Year Goals’?





“Belief About Intelligence & Children’s Capacity to Learn”

“Beliefs about Learning Itself”

1. Please take 5 minutes to read the page from The Skillful Teacher, by Sapphier, Haley-Speca, & Grower (2007)

2. Take 5 minutes to write down on a file card or paper what this looks like visually. Sentence starter: If I walked into the classroom of a teacher that has the mindset from the article I would see…





Skill set for student motivation:

1.Motivate through our expectations

2.Motivate through personal relationships

3.Motivate through our tutoring culture & climate





Motivate through our expectations

Active Positives Passive Negatives

“This work is not done well. I know you can do better.”

“That definition is close but what else are we missing in order to completely define this term?”

“Well you finished 2 out of 5 that’s good for now.”

“That definition is close enough.”





Motivate through our Personal Relationships


“What did you do this weekend? Really?! You went to Laredo? Who did you visit? Do you go often?”

Action - You follow up next week from this conversation

Action – Not asking a question in return when a student asks you about your weekend…

….no eye contact when talking or give a ‘spaced-out’ un-interested out response





Motivate through our Classroom Culture & Climate


“We don’t laugh at mistakes here, we celebrate risk taking. Thank you ______ for taking a risk! In order to get smart we must ask questions and take risks.”

Action – you do not redirect class after children laugh at a wrong answer and passively create an unsafe environment.





Creating & Committing to your ‘Student Motivation

Plan!’Things I currently do:1. Write down what do you do already in regards to

the following:

• Motivating through expectations• Motivating through personal relationships• Motivating through classroom culture & climate

Things I will commit to do:2. Write down what STRATEGIES will you

implement to improve this area in order to create a powerful learning environment & motivate students.

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