Making him or her feel known and appreciated will go a long way in gaining his or her trust and providing solutions. Show your students that everything is possible when they invest enough work and are committed to achieving big goals. Many of them are genuinely concerned that their friendships will be at stake if they take the time to study more. When students spend more time socializing and less time studying, there will certainly be consequences that could affect their future.
Most students have a hard time sacrificing their social lives for the sake of studying. Successful students know how to organize their time and keep their eye on the final goals as the ultimate motivators. She is mastering her skills in Russian, German and Mandarin and looking for productivity and motivational techniques.
Feel free to reach Linda by Twitter and check out her articles. Take them to colleges ; help them make connections to explore their job options. Show them that you are there to support them. LL: How do you think students older grades in particular should motivate themselves throughout the school year?
RB: I believe if students are organized, have a dedicated school space, create and keep a schedule, and develop short-term and long-term goals for the school year, they will see success. To start, students should remove all distraction from their work space area to keep their minds from wandering during the day.
Students should also have a set time that they are doing school work without distractions from others in their household. If students stay on track with their school work, they will see success in their grades, which will encourage them to keep going. The key is a strong start so students do not fall behind. Students should be researching different careers that feed their passions. They should be visiting those jobs they are interested in.
Students can do a day shadow, or even an internship, to get the experience on what the job entitles. Getting a chance to see your passion in action can fuel the fire we all have within ourselves. Students should be doing college visits if they are interested in attending a college.
These resources, however, only scratch the surface of what is available on the Internet or in published books and articles. We encourage you to use search engines to find more resources that will increase your understanding and build your capacity to apply these ideas in your work as school counselors. Brett Jones, provides a substantive approach to looking at motivation in students and how to improve their motivational structures.
It describes five instructional components that are needed to motivate students: a eMpowerment, b Usefulness, c Success, d Interest and e Caring.
This website is filled with useful information, video presentations and resources to help you figure out how to approach motivational issues with your students. As websites go, this one is excellent and highly recommended because of its clarity in presenting complex ideas and showing how they impact student learning. Many key terms are also defined. The site contains many practical suggestions of how to address the problem of Students seeing little value in their course or its content.
Brett D. Printed by CreateSpace. This book provides practical research-based strategies for motivating students with examples. Although written for professors, it is very useful information for school counselors. ASCD, Brain research is an increasingly important field that informs our understanding the impact of the brain on student learning and development. This is a new book that can help introduce you to how our brain impacts student motivation. He is an award winning school counselor. Bruce was named the counselor of the year for the state of Utah and was also honored at the White House, receiving national recognition for his counseling interventions.
Bruce now helps youth succeed by presenting passionate WhyTry keynotes and trainings across the country. As an advocate of the program from its earliest days, Bruce has also been a key contributor in developing many of the WhyTry learning activities, which are proven to help youth develop the social and emotional skills necessary to reach their goals. Jason is a licensed school psychologist and has published research on resilience and student performance.
Jason is a passionate advocate for disadvantaged students and currently consults and trains educators across the nation as the director of training and research for the WhyTry organization.
Jason is a thought leader on resilience education and has spoken at hundreds of conferences around the country.
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