Ten (10) Ways of Motivating Teachers in Their Career
Students of today bring a lot more than just pencils and textbooks to school; many harbor behavioral or family issues, learning disabilities, and more. Teacher motivation is vital to the growing and evolving field of education, yet it is not investigated enough. Sinclair (Sinclair, 2008) defined teachers motivation in terms of attraction, retention and concentration as something that determines 'what attracts individuals to teaching” Need for rapid growth of higher education, issues in compensation, developments in information technology and dearth for teaching and technical skills brought teacher motivation to the center stage.It takes patience, passion, resilience, and a lot of commitment being a good teacher. Here are a ten (10) ways to motivate them and inspire their best. Encourage Teacher-Student Relationship Here, teachers are to be encouraged to go close to student, know more about them and create good teacher-student relationship. This will give students t...