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Finding the Right Spark: Strategies for Motivating the Resistant Learner at the Middle & High School Level
  
Workshop Description
As middle and high schools institute RTI, poor student motivation is a central concern. This workshop presents four major approaches to increase motivation and school participation among struggling learners in middle and high school-school classrooms.
 
The training demonstrates how to (1) target ‘levers of influence’ in the instructional environment that can increase student work engagement; (2) identify evidence-based ideas to motivate students toward active accurate academic engagement; (3) empower students to become self-advocates with input into their own RTI plans; and (4) provide feasible strategies for teachers to forge stronger relationships with marginal students.
 
Workshop Outcomes
As a result of attending this workshop, participants will be able to:
 
  • motivate the struggling student through changes in the instructional environment, social interaction, learning activities, and reinforcement for learning.
  • select intervention strategies that increase the probability that an unmotivated student will engage in academic activities.
  • develop the necessary school supports to encourage students to become self-advocates with a voice in shaping their RTI support.
  • give teachers practical ideas to establish positive connections with all of their students.