Motivational Tips

Motivation

  • Goal Setting for classrooms and students(ownership), goal cards
  • Escalating rewards for classrooms and individuals

    • Dress down days for specific growth
    • Attendance/Behavioral rewards (4 star students – on time, behavior(2 stars), completed whole test)
    • Recognition afterward for goals reached
    • Mystery Trip
    • Immediate Rewards
  • In school celebrations – pep rallies, spirit weeks, students encourage each other-younger to older-, assemblies (recognizing the top and most improved students)
  • Home visits to low scoring students
  • Bring in all stake holders – parent sessions
  • Teacher motivation
  • Share the good news – work with PR
  • Students graph their own progress
  • Competition among classrooms and schools
  • Motivational speakers and t-shirts
  • Video or lesson with test taking skills
  • Posters includes incentives – highest score, most improved
  • Discuss the purpose and the importance of the test with students
  • Countdown to the test
  • Rewarding teachers as well