Title: 5 Ways Teachers Inspire and Motivate Students
Headings: 5 Ways Teachers Inspire and Motivate Students
5 Ways Teachers Inspire and Motivate Students
1. If You’re Excited, They’re Excited
2. Competition with Others vs. Competition with Themselves
3. Reward Them
4. Let Them Take Ownership
5. Student Sourced Lesson Plans

Content: 5 Ways Teachers Inspire and Motivate Students
Influencers, Innovators and Inspiration
5 Ways Teachers Inspire and Motivate Students
May 11, 2015
In light of recently honoring our most inspiring educators with our Envisionary Awards, we couldn’t help but wonder: “ How do teachers do what they do?” You spend long hours altering lesson plans and figuring out new and exciting ways to keep those bright young minds interested in learning. Like any good student, we needed answers (and here at Envision we are constantly learning). We did our research and found five ways teachers inspire and motivate their students daily. 1. If You’re Excited, They’re Excited
Enthusiasm is contagious. Use your knowledge and love of the subject to come up with examples your students can relate to and understand. Introduce the subject slowly through an interesting activity or group project. If you are giddy about finding new ways to implement a pulley system in a Rube Goldberg machine, chances are, they will be too.