Chapter 8Classwide Motivation Systems

A Proactive and Positive Approach A Proactive and Positive Approach to Classroom Managementto Classroom Management

Chapter 8Classwide Motivation Systems

• Class behaves for the most part but the honey- moon period is over

• Most students are responsible, but a few students have a problem with one specific behavior

• Behavior of many of your students is challenging

Step 1: Preparation—Identify problems, goals & level of structure

Structure and Support! Management & Discipline Planning

QuestionnaireLow Structure

Medium StructureHigh Structure

What did you learn about the level of structure your class needs? This is critical to creating a match between your students’ needs and anappropriate classwide motivation system

If your total is:If your total is: Your Risk Factors Are:Your Risk Factors Are:

0 to 300 to 30

Low, Low, which means your which means your students can probably be students can probably be successful with a classroom successful with a classroom management plan that involves management plan that involves Low, Medium or High Low, Medium or High StructureStructure

31 to 6031 to 60

Medium, Medium, which means that for which means that for your students to be successful, your students to be successful, your classroom management your classroom management plan should involve plan should involve Medium or High StructureMedium or High Structure

61-12061-120

High,High, which means that for which means that for your students to be successful, your students to be successful, your classroom management your classroom management plan should involve plan should involve High High StructureStructure

Step 2: Decide on a Classwide Motivational System

• Decide to use a non-reward or a reward-based system

• Choose, design and implement Meet Mr. Harn

Reward or Non-Reward

• Fan –n- Pick (Kagan, 2009)

Nonreward-Based System

• Nonreward-based=intrinsic

– Goal Setting (Reproducible 8.9, p. 349)

– Goal Contract (Reproducible 8.10, p. 351)

Tips for Choosing & Implementing a Reward-Based System

• Make sure the system is for and to students.

• Make sure the rewards the students will be working for are .

• Set the system up in ways that make student likely.

interestingappropriate

highly motivating

success

Tips for Choosing & Implementing a Reward-Based System

• Avoid systems with time limits.

• Carefully the entire system before you begin implementation.

• Make sure your for student behavior are clear and that you have adequate for monitoring student behavior.

arbitrary

organize

expectations

procedures

Tips for Choosing & Implementing a Reward-Based System

• Teach the students the entire system works.

• Make sure that you that the system will help improve student behavior.

how

believe

Motivation Systems by Level of Classroom Structure

Appropriate Appropriate Systems for Systems for

Classes Needing Classes Needing Low StructureLow Structure

Appropriate Appropriate Systems for Systems for

Classes Needing Classes Needing Medium Medium

StructureStructure

Appropriate Appropriate Systems for Systems for

Classes Needing Classes Needing High StructureHigh Structure

Goal Setting Goal Setting Procedures:Procedures:

•Teacher sets Teacher sets goals for goals for individual individual studentsstudents•Teacher guides Teacher guides students in the students in the process of setting process of setting their own goalstheir own goals•Teacher guides Teacher guides students in students in setting class wide setting class wide goalsgoals

•100 squares100 squares•Group Response Group Response CostCost•Lottery TicketsLottery Tickets•Mystery Mystery Behavior of the Behavior of the DayDay•Public Posting Public Posting Classwide/IndividClasswide/Individualual•Self-Evaluation Self-Evaluation of on/off task of on/off task behaviorbehavior•Target & Target & Reward a specific Reward a specific behaviorbehavior

•Behavioral Behavioral GradingGrading•Economic Economic SimulationSimulation•Reinforcement Reinforcement Based on Based on Reducing Reducing MisbehaviorMisbehavior

Menu of Class-wide Systems

Table Groups • Each person reviews one folder and shares

with group.–Would this motivation system work in my

class – why or why not?–How would I adapt this to meet the needs

in my class?

Step 3: Maintaining and Fading a Reward Based System

• Keep you energy and about the system high.

• Keep your focus on the students’ behavior rather than the they earn.

• Continue using other strategies at a high level.

enthusiasm

rewards

motivational

Maintaining and Fading a Reward Based System

• When a system has been successful for a period of time, start making it more

.

• Once a system is fairly “lean,” modify it to be based on rewards.

challenging

intermittent

Maintaining and Fading a Reward Based System

• Once a class is working successfully for intermittent rewards, consider adding (or switching to) one of the systems described in the menu.

• When appropriate, have a class discussion about the use of the reward-based system.

goal setting

abandoning

We have never failed unless we have ceased to try.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Closing

• Post organizer

• Homework:– Self Assessment– Reflections on Modules 5 & 8

• Day 4