Definitions
This type of leadership motivates people to surpass their expected behaviour.
What is transformational leadership?
Teacher Jones is excited about the new school term. Her students have been struggling with writing essays and she can’t wait to improve their performance. However, two months in, nothing has changed and she is frustrated. According to the goal-setting theory, what first principle did she not utilize?
What is specificity?
Because students are taught how to construct goals that align with their teacher’s learning outcome, they, as a result, take _______ of their learning.
What is ownership?
This kind of goal is most effective in motivation.
What is a SMART goal?
Macy is dejected with her goal to learn 25 vocabulary words a week. It is the end of the third week and she has only learnt 5. However, when she enters her classroom and Ms. Lake adds five marks to Macy’s chart, her desire to accomplish her goal is renewed. To date, she knows 55 new words and the proof is at the back of the class for her to see. Identify the method used by Ms. Lake.
What are visual aids?
Although school managers have devised strategies to motivate teachers, they still struggle with these two great human resource challenges.
Attracting and retaining teachers
A combination of policies, practices and processes in exchange for skills, competencies and contributions.
What is a reward system?
Even though Mr. Benson is pleased with his pension package from Excellence High, his experience as a Math teacher still leaves him with these 3 negatives states at the end of the year.
What are de-motivation, burn-out and stress?
Riding to and from work everyday with your friend so that you can save money is this type of motivation.
What is extrinsic motivation?
A reward system for teachers based on the performance of their students.
What is merit pay?
Principal Baylor makes it his business to educate new teachers about their pension plan and health insurance. He encourages them to join the various school committees that group teachers with like interest, such as the social planning committee and the graduation committee, where teachers are recognized for their leadership, efforts and creativity. Principal Baylor’s approach is inspired by this early motivation theory.
What is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?
These theorists were instrumental in promoting the goal-setting theory that stress the importance of specificity, challenge and feedback.
Who are Edwin Locke and Gary Latham?
This behaviour allows one to personally track one’s own progress towards a goal, a powerful intrinsic motivator.
What is self-feedback?
Keisha, standing in line at the bank, is a little nervous. Her heart flutters every step that she takes. This month had been different. She had worked overtime to improve her students’ performances and she succeeded by a whopping 20%. She walks up to the teller and asked him to write the amount deposited by her employer into her account. She shyly glanced at the envelope. Her salary had increased. Keisha has just demonstrated an important theory.
What is the Expectancy Theory?
In this type of school, decision making, the level of input and consistently gathering feedback from teachers is critical.
What is an effective school?