Motivating Challenging students

Motivate Challenging, Uninterested and Hard to Reach Learners:

Practical Strategies That Work

This seminar will look at why students are unmotivated to learn and what can be done to create a zest for learning. Unmotivated students cause the most problems in the classroom for the teacher and other students. Participants will learn effective methods to change attitudes, evaluate, and stimulate students through effective learning activities.

Who Should Attend:

• Teachers K-12
• Administrators/Principals
• Special Education Teachers & Directors
• Para-professionals
• School Psychologists
• Social Workers & Couselors

Program Agenda

8:30am-9:15am
Start your Class with a Bang.

• Four exciting openings that will make students beg for more.

9:15am-10:00am
Can we get our Least Motivated Students to Eagerly Come to Class.

• Students have favorite teachers. Learn how to become one of them.
• Two major reasons some students feel hopeless.

10:00am-10:15am Break

10:15am-10:40am
Inspire All Students.

• Everyone's important. Here is how to show them.
• Find out what's blocking your students' desire to learn and what you can do about it.
• Use differentiated instruction to motivate.

10:40am-11:00am
The Best Consequence of All.

• Learn how and when to apply it.

11:00am-12:00pm
Make Your Lessons More Dynamic and Engaging.

• Assess your discipline strategies and determine whether they are creating a desire to learn.
• Nine ways to make your lessons exciting and energizing experiences for all.
• Discover the two essential ingredients for successful task motivation.
• Understand the connection between your teaching approach and student motivation.
• Get great insider tips for making mundane tasks more appealing.
• Learn how to make difficult tasks challenging, not threatening.
• Discover the power of magic questions.
• Find out how to motivate by using discovery learning.

12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch (on your own)

1:00pm-2:00pm
"Why do I Have to do This?"

• Learn the best answer to this annoying question.
• Why "Because I said so", just does not work.
• Awaken enthusiasm in your students and yourself.

2:00pm-2:15pm Break

2:15pm-3:00pm Can Evaluation Really Motivate Children and Engage Them in the Learning Process? You bet it can. We will show you how.

• Test pressure got you down? Get out from under it and TEACH.
• Understood why some classroom policies crush student motivation.
• Discover essential differences between effort and achievement.
• Make grades helpful and meaninful for unmotivated students.
• Find out why you should build on the positive.

3:00pm-3:15pm Q and A with Dr. Curwin if you want to stay!