Increasing Student Motivation & Accountability Presented by Sarah Berkey- Kindergarten
Denae Thomas- Grade 6 Nicole Lemons- Building Director Key Idea: Engaging Instruction decreases
the need for Classroom Management. Classroom Management allows Engaging Instruction to take place. Rules, Routines, & Review
Establish Rules & Consequences. Teach Routines & Procedures for various tasks(classroom, hallway, cafeteria, bathroom). Explain why these rules & routines are important. Review the Rules & Routines Daily, and after everylong weekend or holiday break! Have visual cues around room to help reinforce. Use students as models for what is expected. Be firm in reinforcing rules & routines.Practice,practice, practice. Keep expectations high. Strategies for Motivating Students to do their Best:
Build relationships. Build confidence. Keep expectations for studentwork high. Expect 100 % participation.Every student has somethingto offer. Set goals for improvement-personal, group & class. Assign responsibilities.Everyone contributessomething. Praise often and be specific. Rewards A second, more tangible, levelof motivation can also behelpful. School Wide Token Economy= Spend $ earned on SchoolStore, Water Ice, Pizza, SoftPretzels, Ice Cream, DressDown, Movies, HomeworkPass Classroom Token Economy =Spend tickets or stickers onpriveleges, visiting ateacher/ buddy, small prizes,eat lunch with a friend,special job, extra computeror recess time, etc. Be consistent! Once you offer a reward, youneed to be consistent.If thereward it is not attainable, ithas no power. Strategies for Keeping Students Engaged:
SLANT-Sit up, Listen, Ask & answer questions, Nodyour head, Track the speaker. Cue for choral response. Create competition. Set a timer. Cold Call-Pull names out of a cup. Maintain pacing and enthusiasm. Constant movement & proximity. Monitor ratio of teacher talk to student talk. Continued Call a students name before giving instructions.
Prompting while giving instructions to hold attention. Using students as models= what expected behaviorlooks like or sounds like. Constant attention to student behavior to provideintervention. Address disruption early. Correcting calmly with a positive tone to de-escalate. Pick your battles- Is the behavior distracting to theclass, or distracting to you? Offering acceptable choices for compliance. Sarah Berkey Student Engagement
Identify strategies used to: Reinforce Rules andExpectations Maintain StudentEngagement Engage Students inCenters Strategies for Holding Students Accountable:
There must be a No Opt Out policy. Grade every assignment in some way.If it doesnt count,why do it? Collect independent work to check for completeness andcorrectness. Keep standards high. Teach students to review their own work or grade peersappropriately, to enforce expectations. Have time set aside for students to make-up missedwork. They are never off the hook. If students do not follow a procedure 100%, do it again. To lower your standards, tells them you dont really careabout them doing it correctly. Continued Establish Rules, Expectations, and a Common Goal.
Create groups or teams to earn points. Have a system for tracking points. Identify a tempting reward. Assign jobs- Everyone contributes. Bring attention to students for strongeffort, even if they havent met the goalyet. Anything worth doing, is worth checking!!!!!
Collect student work to check for completenessand correctness. (Flip and Find) Quickly check work as a class, by reviewing a fewitems. Teach students how to exchange and correctpeer work. Put unfinished or incorrect work in studentfolders for correcting While You Wait . Random checks on certain days motivatestudents to be prepared for anything. Denae Thomas- Accountability
Identify strategies used to: Engage Students Motivate Students Check Student Work (injust a few minutes!) Strategies for the Hard to Reach Student:
Build a Relationship-What is their story? Goal Charts Behavior Charts Buddy System Team Approach Verbal or Visual Cue Communication with Parent In Summary Make it clear that everything you do is to keep everyone
safe, organized, and to help them reach their fullpotential as a person and as a student. Your expectations are high, you believe they can meetthem, and you will do everything you can to help themsucceed. When students believe their teacher truly cares aboutthem, they will work harder to make them proud and to be proud of themselves. How do you motivate students to do their best work?