This independent study course is designed to give teachers the skills needed to motivate those students who seem to lack interest in classroom content.
This course is based off of Rob Plevin’s book, “Motivate the Unmotivated: A Step by Step System You Can Use to Raise Motivation in Your Classroom Tomorrow,” and offers a complete step-by-step system together with hundreds of practical strategies to:
- Stimulate student interest from the moment your lesson begins,
- Create a positive, collaborative classroom climate
- Minimize classroom management issues related to boredom and low engagement
- Provide interactive lesson formats which even your most switched-off students won’t be able to resist
- Reach ALL your students through multiple learning channels
- Increase participation with little-known ‘involvers’ which work every time!
As teachers complete the course lessons they will be able to reflect on their current strategies and begin to implement new, possibly more effective strategies to keep students engaged in the classroom.
In this course you will:
- Develop engaging lessons that will draw students into the content being taught.
- Learn techniques to help reduce classroom disruption through various classroom management skills
- Create and develop your own teaching strategies that will increase student participation
- Acquire skills beneficial not only for your students, but for yourself as an educator as well.
- Develop techniques to create a desire to learn from all students
- Describe the effects of implementing particular techniques in the classroom and the impact it has on students
- Assess current strategies and compare new strategies to see the difference
- Develop new teaching methods to help transform negative attitudes into positive attitudes.
BAGT –
Nice class, gave me some ideas to make motivation for equitable for all. Brooke B., OH.
BAGT –
I really enjoyed taking this class. I learned a lot of information that I can use in my classroom. I liked that this class was all online and self-paced. It was user-friendly, and I will be taking more classes from Be A Great Teacher in the future. Allison E., NE.
BAGT –
Easy to follow and I loved that I could go at my own pace. The assignments were like a book club where they helped me process what I was reading. More than a journal, more like a friend you were processing information with! Megan L., IA
BAGT –
I believe this class made me review my own ways of motivating my current students. I did take away new strategies to implement in my room. Cory L., NE.
BAGT –
I really enjoyed this class! Kelsey O., NE.
BAGT –
I found this course to be very informational. I learned some new ideas to implement into my classroom, and how to adjust the things I was already using. Holly S., NE
BAGT –
I appreciated the practical strategies and clear examples provided throughout the course. The content was relevant and applicable to my teaching and leadership role. This course was more focused on real-world application and motivation strategies compared to others that were more theoretical. The course equipped me with new tools to better motivate students and staff, improving communication and fostering a positive learning environment in my leadership role. Nicole Z., NE.
BAGT –
Another amazing class! This book study provides so many suggestions for helping students (and the teacher) find ways out of the inevitable slump that can occur with teaching. Powerful ideas that make me want to start them tomorrow! Makehna B., NE.
BAGT –
Motivating the Unmotivated was a great class and really had me think about what I currently do in my classroom. I have many new tools and strategies in the teacher toolbox that I can’t wait to bring to the table as next year begins. Austin B., NE.
BAGT –
I felt the curriculum was to the point, relevant, and the scenarios used were spot on. I learned a lot of strategies that will help me to get through my last two years of teaching. Sherry B., OH.