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Motivation

                                           7 Key-Steps to Motivate and Inspire Your Team - Invista


  • Give frequent, constructive praise:  The following article has some good examples.

  • Have a student of the week in your class with appropriate special privileges (i.e. No HW for a week, preferred seating, etc.) 
  • Class jobs give students ownership of the classroom. Here are some examples: Teacher assistant, Attendance taker, Messenger, Phone operator, Gardener, Book or folder passer/collector, Graded paper returner, Homework collector, Tech assistant, Chair stacker, etc.
  • Try to have positive home contacts (Try for at least two different parent contacts per week):
  • Panorama provides a guide on making the calls (sign-in required).
    • Click here for a resource with conversation starters.
    • If a call is for a negative reason, always give a strength or something positive.
    • When making a negative call (for behavior or academics), make a positive call to a different student.
  • Send a positive note/postcard to students to recognize progress:
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