Presented during the PDW for eTwinning Ambassadors. Rhodos 2016

1. How to motivate
teachers
Rita Zurrapa
English Teacher, NSS Portugal

2. Future

3. Aims of the Workshop
How to motivate teachers?
• To share experiences
• To discuss
• To collaborate
• To share good practices examples
• To share useful resources
• To make us think!

4. NOTE!
• You are free to disagree!
• You are free to agree!
• You are free to add!
• You are free to share!
• You are free to speak up!
• You are free to collaborate!
DuringtheWorkshop
You are free to be an eTwinner!!

5. Question Time
Are/Were you a teacher?

6. Question Time
Have you done any eTwinning
Project?

7. Question Time
Do you yourself do sessions
for teachers?

8. Question Time
What do enjoy most about
teachers sessions?

9. Question Time
What do you enjoy less about
teachers sessions?

10. Question Time
What do you focus on in a session?

11. Question Time
What complaints do you have
from teachers?

12. "How to Motivate Teachers?"

16. Rita Pierson
Ted Talk
https://www.ted.com/talks/rita_pierson_every_kid_needs_
a_champion?language=en

18. Change
teachers

19. Teachers get frustrated because
they can not teach...

20. Write 5 things that you think motivate teachers the most.

21. • Stand in two circles.
• Show and tell.
• Cross one out.
• Change partners. Move to your right!

22. In your own words
What motivates teachers?
• That minute when your students “get it,” and you know you’ve witnessed learning
take place.
• Those times when your students email you outside resources they think you would
like.
• The gift of lifelong learning that comes with being a teacher who teaches about
teaching!
• My students and my own research that keep me up-to-date on the newest research
as well as the latest strategies and methods.
• The opportunity to learn from and meet so many new people from so many walks of
life.
https://www.catapultlearning.com/motivating-teachers/

25. What do students want?
In their own words
"Know our names. When teachers know who I am, I act
better.”
"Try not to be boring. Teach us stuff we need to know. Make
class interesting."
All down the line similar responses emerge: Know us. Care
about us. Engage us. It is clear kids want to like school. They
want to be motivated.
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2013/11/response_there_is_no_such_thing_as_an_unmotivated_student.html

27. What is 21st Century Education?
https://youtu.be/Ax5cNlutAys

29. If we teach today’s
students as we taught
yesterday’s, we rob
them of tomorrow.
Jon Dewey (1859 – 1952)

30. Schools have excellent teachers, but working badly. It
doesn’t make sense to have 21st
Century students
learning from 20th
century teachers, using 19th
century
techniques.
José Pacheco

31. Sir Ken Robinson – Animation TED Talk
RSA ANIMATE: Changing Education Paradigms
https://youtu.be/zDZFcDGpL4U

33. Teachers fears

34. THE 21ST
CENTURY demands!
Times are changing rapidly!
Teachers fears
Testing!

37. Too late…

40. It’s not all about…

42. 14th
Century

44. eTwinning Sessions

45. What to tell them?
• Praise them
• Recognize their work
• Show empathy
• Don’t arrange extra work
• Integrate Curriculum
• Do what you usually do. Do not invent. Adapt!
• What’s in it for them?
• HAVE FUN!

46. eTwinning Session
• Believe in what you are saying.
• Show passion.
• Do not focus on technology. Focus on methodology.
• Present eTwinning as a mean to help teachers.
• Make yourself available at all time.

47. eTwinning Session
• Good practices examples – Teachers (peer learning)
• Be real and positive
• Present examples of simple projects
• Emphasize the collaboration factor.
• Listen to them and offer real solutions.

48. Present eTwinning projects as…
Share
M
A
R
T
Agree on a Shared Plan with partners
Involve students.

49. Present eTwinning projects as…
Share
Motivate
A
R
T
Get students excited
-Topic of interest
-Authentic audience

50. Present eTwinning projects as…
Share
Motivate
Adapt
R
T
- Be flexible
- Have an open-mind
It’s the journey that counts, not the destination.

51. Present eTwinning projects as…
Share
Motivate
Adapt
Record
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- Document the work.
- Try to involve eTwinning work in the
regular Lesson-planning.

52. Present eTwinning projects as…
Share
Motivate
Adapt
Record
Take it easy
- Enjoy yourself!!
Enjoy the experience of communicating
and collaborating with teachers and pupils.

54. Act-in-Art

57. "How to Motivate Teachers?"

60. Resources used in Sessions
Sir Ken Robinson – Animation TED Talk
RSA ANIMATE: Changing Education Paradigms
https://youtu.be/zDZFcDGpL4U
21st Century Competences – Above and Beyond
https://youtu.be/7KMM387HNQk
What is 21st Century Education?
https://youtu.be/Ax5cNlutAys

61. Resources used in Sessions
Julian Treasure: How to speak so that people want to listen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIho2S0ZahI
Sir Ken Robinson – schools kill creativity
https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity
Ted Talks Education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dilnw_dP3xk