Motivation

When it comes to school most children are not to ecstatic that they have to go, and then are a few who love learning. I loved learning when I was growing up but to be quite honest most of my teachers were not real motivators. They lacked passion, heart, and drive for career. Why would anyone want to be in a career they are not passion about?

 First and foremost make sure you love teaching because you will not be a great motivator if you do not love it. Second, you must love young people and want to build relationships with them. When a teacher builds a relationship with a student and gains their trust the student is more likely motivated to participate and achieve in that teacher's class. Think of yourself as a coach. What do coach's do? They motivate their team, and they design a plan to help their team score or even win!

Instruction can be a key role in how a teacher motivates their students. The teacher who gets up in front of class in that boring, monotone voice, and just starts lecturing with no engagement from her class, will likely be the one who has students that are not motivated to flow. Then we have the teacher who starts Spanish class wearing a sombrero singing La Bama and is very excited about class. The students may think your a dork but you know you have got their attention. This teacher keeps the gain rolling by a little bit a of lecture, discussion, and then role playing. If you don't use the language in everyday life how can the student learn it?

How teacher's apply learning to everyday life? This a question that must be constantly asked and reviewed. There are so many resources teacher's can use, and today technology is a big one. More and more classrooms have I-pads and are using interactive learning. The majority of standardize testing is all done on computers. Technology can also have its draw backs. It can be very distracting for some students, and it can be used for Cyber-bullying. The way the teacher motivates her classroom will determine the success of how technology is used.

Teachers have so much to take from to motivate their students. I want to be remembered for that teacher that taught me to love school and our education is a privilege. I want students to know I have rules but within those rule learning can be fun and engaging. My motivation to be a great teacher is that someday I want my students to come back to my class and say you influenced me by........ and that will be more rewarding than anything.