With the academic year winding down across the nation and standardized testing going full force, sometimes it can be hard to remind our students to do their best day after day after day. The weather is warm, the end of school is just around the corner, and sometimes it’s hard to keep everyone’s motivation high. Looking for some new strategies to maintain your students’ motivation in the coming weeks? Need some fresh ideas to jumpstart a new program in the fall to help sustain motivation throughout the coming academic year?
At Riverbend School in Pacific, Missouri, The Character Connection Class Contract resets each academic quarter and allows students to set new individual academic, attendance, and behavior goals for each grading period and engage in self-reflection. Learn how to implement this kind of quarterly goal-setting to help increase your students’ motivation.
The practice Savvy Senioritas at Springhead Elementary in Plant City, Florida works with young girls to emphasize the importance of achieving, believing and celebrating who we are now and who we are to become. The practice empowers young Hispanic females to make positive life choices now and in the future.
The Boys of Character practice at Ross Elementary School in St. Louis, Missouri is a student leadership opportunity designed to develop character, involve students in goal setting, and increase student self-motivation.
The Imagine MASTer Academy in Fort Wayne, Indiana uses Academic Coaching to help improve student motivation and to allow students to experience success via increased measures of accountability through Academic Coaching periods. Learn more about how to create a similar program in your school.
Central Junior High School in Belleville, Illinois created the Homework Heroes practice which allows Honor roll students to help struggling students on Fridays after school complete homework, clean lockers, and improve study habits. This shared, productive time helps inspire motivation and organization in the struggling students. Learn more about Homework Heroes.
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