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How Good a Motivator am I? A Self-Reflection Checklist

Page 1 Questions

1. I believe my students are trustworthy and communicate this to them. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

2. I believe a teacher should care about students and express this caring. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

3. I believe my students are competent and can become more competent with proper
assistance. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

4. I attend to student interests and provide some level of choice. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

5. I help students to do things and to know how to do things and to talk about how
to do things. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

6. I avoid labeling students. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

7. I send explicit invitations to succeed, both to my students as a group, and
individually. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

8. I listen to what my students really say; I noodle around trying to get to know them. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

9. I make good use of student experts in my class - getting kids to teach each other
and share their expertise. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

10. I use heterogeneous groups and interest groups to build interdependence and to highlight and use different students' strengths. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

11. avoid overemphasis on competition, rewards and winning -- though I may foster a fun, gamelike atmosphere where every one can win and succeed. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

12. I help students to evaluate themselves; to build, articulate and apply their own critical standards. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

13. I communicate high expectations to all my students *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

14. I focus on future success vs. past failure. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

15. I name what students can do, focusing on their abilities and achievement; I celebrate student expertise. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

16. I negotiate, help set, and communicate clear goals as I highlight focus and and higher purpose to the work that we do. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

17. I provide continuous feedback to students about how they are doing, and create learning situations that provide immediate feedback. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

18. I frontload unit work by starting with what students already know, activating background and building interest and a sense of purpose. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

19. I foster connections to students' current life concerns. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

20. I encourage the reading of a variety of different kinds of texts. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

21. I encourage fun, humor and laughter in the classroom, including the reading of humorous texts. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

22. I use artifacts and concrete objects in my teaching, and ask students to design artifacts and concrete objects that make knowledge visible and reasoning accountable. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

23. I welcome and encourage multiple responses to class questions and projects. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

24. I model the behaviors that I value for students (e.g. I read; I am pleasant). *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

25. I am passionate about reading and about ideas and I model and communicate this passion. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

26. I teach my students for who they are and who they might be RIGHT NOW in the present moment (not for who I think they should be and be able to do sometime in the far off future). *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

27. In my classroom, we read texts that can be related to real world situations and activity. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never

28. The activities in my classroom allow students to identify and use their expertise. *This question is required.

Usually	Sometimes	Never