Motivational Plan

As teachers, one of our most important jobs in a childs education is to

fuel their intrinsic motivation. There are times where it seems impossible,
where students just dont seem to have any trace of intrinsic motivation, but
there are always ways to dig it out of them. The first step in finding that
intrinsic motivation is getting to know the student personally. Getting to your
students has many benefits, but I think this is the most important one. When
we find out what motivates our students, there is nothing in our way to stop
us from teaching them to our fullest potential. Knowing our students is as
important as knowing the content we teach, because no student is the same.
The way I will achieve this goal is by implementing tools and strategies that
will help get to the bottom of what makes my students tick.
The first strategy I will use is finding out my students personal
interests and hobbies. This can be done during morning meetings or breaks
and by finding out the personal interests and hobbies of my students; I can
find ways to structure my lessons so that the students will enjoy them. The
next tool I will use is SMART goals. At the beginning of the year, I will have
students complete two SMART goals; an academic goal and a personal goal.
They will be monitoring their goals over the course of the year and will
hopefully stay invested in them. This will tell me what motivates them and it
will exercise their intrinsic motivation. Another strategy I will use is praise
and support. After finding out what motivates my students, I will monitor
their progress and give them genuine support and encouragement. This will
make the students feel important and theyll want to keep working towards
their goals because they know they have support. One last strategy I will use
to motivate my students is by not giving them prizes. By giving students
prizes for doing well on a test or behaving well all day, students will begin to
develop extrinsic motivation. They will only want to do well in school so that
they will get a piece of candy or a toy. You should reward students with small
praises or a good grade so that they will understand that achieving
something should come from within and not because you want a prize.
Motivating students can be a tough gig sometimes, but if you get to
know them and understand what makes them tick, you will find a way to
increase their intrinsic motivation. I think teachers should always encourage
students and support them towards a goal. We should also share some
personal experiences with goals and what made us keep working towards

that goal. Students will learn how to intrinsically motivate themselves as long
as they have the support from their theachers.