Being a Motivator
Inspiring your students everyday, and keep them wondering what tomorrow will bring is essential. Changing up your daily teaching routine will keep them wanting more. Add in activities and energizers to inspire your students when they are feeling tired or not motivated. This is your spotlight so shine like diamond.
Amer,
You make a number of very good points about how an instructor needs to prepare to approach the classroom. We need to bring passion for our field and enthusiasm for teaching about it. Your lesson on trigonometry sounds interesting as you were giving the student practical applications of the content and this increases the value of the course to them and shows them both application and relevancy.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
I am not a motivational speaker at least I don’t do it as a mean to make a leaving. However I have to assume this role every time I walk in my classroom. A major part of my job is to inspire my students and motivate them and coach them to achieve daily goals. After furnishing the right tools to accomplish daily task at hand. I don’t have the same level of enthusiasm every day but I make it a point to achieve daily objective in term of project and assignments. This approach makes them acquire a sense of accomplishment. I fashion daily achievable challenges in accordance with their skill set as well as to my daily lesson plane. These ongoing challenges helps them to be engaged thorough the course and helps in build up their confidence to trouble shout and to solve problems. Today 9/9/2014 the lesson was on how to apply trigonometry to solve for a drill tip calculations. This is a relevant and a practical way to show my students firsthand the practical applications of trigonometry in our filed. I began by giving the students several examples. I also had them participate in giving me most of the answers as I was solving the problems on the board step by step. My students were able to see how to apply trigonometry to blueprint reading. After giving the students the formulas and presented to them how to apply it correctly. I also assess and see if every student was able to apply the formulas to find the answer to the project they are working on. Special attention is given to the common mistakes and how these mistakes can be avoided.
Nathan,
This is what good teaching should be about. You are inspiring and challenging your students to stay engaged for the duration of the course and throughout each and every session.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
