“Coach Like a ROCKSTAR” Region 13 Instructional Coaching Network. Austin. 8 Feb. 2016. Workshop.
Types of Factors that impact motivation:
- Work context factors – class size, etc. – usually can’t change these
- Work content factors – autonomy, responsibility, etc – these can be changed – focus on these for greater impact
Anti-Motivation Factors:
- Exhaustion
- Depersonalization
- Low personal accomplishments
Motivation:
- Dynamic
- Needs to be sustained
ROCKSTAR Strategies for Promoting Motivation:
- Radiate positivity
- Took a Positivity Ratio test
- Greater than or equal to 3:1 positive to negative emotion ratio is optimal for health and well being
- Open to learning
- We are all a mixture of fixed and growth mindsets
- Be aware of fixed and growth mindset triggers
- Model openness to learning
- Create collaboration
- Key in on strengths and successes
- Show empathy
- Perspective taking, not judging
- Recognizing common emotions and values
- A vulnerable choice
- Ignore the cheap silver lining comfort – Do NOT say – Well at least …
- Listen, don’t immediately try to make things better
- Reassure
- Take in the moment
- Ask questions
- Remember to show gratitude
Related Tools:
- Mentimeter – combination of Poll Everywhere and Word Cloud tool -automatically converts text data into various data summary types
- Teach, Breathe, Learn by Meena Srinivasan
- Positivity Ratio test
High motivation learners are more likely to be successful than unmotivated learners. Motivation is not a given; it must be sustained. Knowing many strategies for keeping teachers and students motivated can help make learning more fun and successful.
Preparation Steps
- Reflect on what you already do to motivate yourself and your students. Use ROCKSTAR criteria to identify what things you do often and do hardly at all.
- Take the Positivity Ratio test and reflect on your results.
- Research and develop strategies that harness your strengths. See Agency articles for ideas.
- Research and develop strategies that overcome your gaps. See Agency articles for ideas.
Early Implementation Steps
- Implement lessons that promote student motivation. See Agency articles for ideas.
- Have students take the Positivity Ratio test in your classroom and answer reflection questions that explain what factors could be responsible for their scores. Use a think pair share discussion to extract strategies that keep teachers and students motivated.
Advanced Implementation Steps
- Let students use the ROCKSTAR criteria to evaluate themselves, their peers, yourself, and the classroom environment. Have them use that reflection to brainstorm strategies that can improve how well students, teachers, and classroom factors support high motivation.
