Motivating the Unmotivated Student
Keeping Students Interested and Engaged
This video course with it's short 5-7 minute lessons will provide teachers with ideas of how to motivate students who are less than enthusiastic about being in school. Each lesson provides one technique. Teachers are encouraged to view the video and then write down how that technique can be applied to their students. They are asked to try the technique the next day. By consistently implementing these techniques the teacher will see a difference in the attitude and willingness of the students. There are five elements in this course: Excite, Challenge, Involve, Connect and Surprise. We will start with the first element which is Excite. Have fun!
Your Instructor
Larry Bell is a 30+ year veteran in education.
Fifteen of those years were spent as a classroom teacher where he was nominated for the National Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award.
Larry, who taught at Gar-field High School, a school with over 3,000 students speaking 36 different languages, was recognized for his innovative classroom strategies that allowed his so called “Tough Kids” as well as his “Gifted and Talented” to excel!
For seven years, Larry Bell served as the Supervisor of Multicultural Education for Prince William County where he provided interactive workshops for teachers and students in 67 schools with 3000+ teachers and 50,000 students.
Larry Bell has been the keynote speaker at many conferences across the country such as the National ASCD Conference, the National Association of Multicultural Education Conference, numerous state NEA affiliates and hundreds of local and regional conferences.
Larry has spent the last 15+ years working with schools and districts across the nation providing them with proven strategies to increase student achievement. His methods have brought tremendous results to those schools that have consistently used them.
Larry is a Citadel graduate and is passionate and deeply committed to helping schools reach all of their students and helping all students reach their greatest potential.