Workshop Lana Sushko (SOVa Teacher Training) 50 Shades of Motivation. TEACHERS' CONFERENCE by GRADE 2019 https://conference.grade.ua/ https://grade.ua/uk/

1. 50 shades of motivation
Lana Sushko (SOVa)
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Nuggets of Wisdom
1. People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget about how
you made them feel.
2. Motivation depends a lot on the relationship: first connect, then correct.
3. Every student is a sharpener for your professionalism.
4. When we experience empathic concern or feel compassion toward others, we become the first to benefit.
5. You can’t change the child, change your attitude.
6. Draw a better picture of a child. They will grow up to it.
7. 9/10 of education is encouragement.
8. A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.
9. Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
10. You can take a horse to the water but you can’t make it drink.
Some Things to Do Before You Enter the Class
11. Do the inventory of your feelings and needs. Analyze your needs: are they met? If not, change something
about it (read more here https://www.cnvc.org/training/resource/needs-inventory)
12. Create a list of 50 things that make you happy and do at least 1 thing every day. Ran out of 50 things? Talk
to a colleague/friend – add more. (Remember a joke about a happy Jewish mother? -
https://igorinna.livejournal.com/1446957.html )
13. Share your problems with someone who isn’t going to judge you. Talk to a colleague who you think may
help.
14. Join a teachers’ community (e.g. facebook.com/SOVaTeacherTraining/) and share your problems or ask a
question.
15. Attend a course/ a webinar for parents/educators on working with teens (e.g.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfVvmjcZa98)
16. Attend ELT events in Ukraine and abroad, find likeminded colleagues, share ideas, start an international
project.
17. Do not be afraid to show your vulnerability – we are human after all.
18. Try to avoid labelling difficult students.
19. Remember you are the professional, they are just children who are struggling with the challenges of a
modern world.
20. Before you enter a class, think – in 5-10 years all of these students are going to be adults. How do you want
them to remember your lessons with you?

2. Techniques that might help you cope with your feelings if you’re already angry or annoyed
21. Imagine that you are the sea or the ocean. You aren’t a cup of water which can be spoilt by a spit. You are
an endless body of water that can’t be bothered. You are bigger than any little drop of water or a spit.
22. Inhale deeply, make 2 short exhales and a longer one. Repeat. Try to relax your upper body. If you can look
into the mirror and smile.
23. Use a S.T.O.P. technique https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-mental-trick-you-can-use-to-get-through-
any-stressful-situation
24. While sitting, stretch your legs, cross your ankles, stretch your arms in front of you, cross your hands, make
a knot in front of your chest. It will help you calm down and control your feelings better.
25. Drink water.
Things to Do to Prepare a Lesson
26. Use their favourite songs (e.g. to develop listening skills)
27. Share this link with the fast finishers https://lyricstraining.com Tell them they can use their gadgets with
headphones and practice their listening skills.
28. Use video clips in your lessons https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/
29. Plan the lesson so that it provides for the learners with intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.
30. Start an international project so that your student can see that English is an instrument not the ultimate
goal
31. Read more about teaching teenagers and vary your lessons with the help of online materials
http://www.onestopenglish.com/teenagers/ https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/
32. Use projects to show that English is a means of getting to know about the world
(http://www.globalteenager.org/ https://www.slideshare.net/Schoolsonline/skype-in-the-classroom-
webinar-presentation-slide-share-copy
33. Build rapport – start a lesson with an ice-breaker / a team-building activity / a warm-up activity
34. Remember you are in class because you teach the students not the book.
35. Teach modern language - use idioms, film extracts, language of texting etc
Books, articles to read/Videos to watch
36. Robert Bayard, Jean Bayard, How to Deal With Your Acting-Up Teenager: Practical Help for Desperate
Parents
37. Andrew Fuller, Tricky Teens: How to Create a Great Relationship with Your Teen
38. Yulia Gippenreiter, Talk to Your Child: How to? (Юлия Гиппенрейтер, Общаться с Ребёнком: Как?)
39. Marshall Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
40. Shalva Amonashvili, The School of Life (Школа Жизни)
41. Francoise Dolto (Француаза Дольто, На стороне Подростка)
42. Eda LeShan, When Your Child Drives You Crazy
43. Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish, How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
44. TEDx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blWcbY5qA58
45. TEDx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2eRnhBvI_I
46. TED https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation
47. Victor Frankle’s talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgVA6nXCj1U
48. http://www.herbertpuchta.com/wp-content/files_mf/1337013408TeensGuardian.pdf
49. http://www.herbertpuchta.com/wp-content/files_mf/1382965922rewardhandout28oct.pdf
50. http://www.herbertpuchta.com/wp-content/files_mf/1337800403Motivating_Teens.pdf
ENJOY YOUR LESSONS!