Discovering Your Students' Passions

Are you a passionate teacher?

• Yes

• No

• Sometimes

What is something you are passionate about?

How well do you feel you know ALL of your students?

• Very Well

• Well

• Some more than others

• Not well at all

Do you feel it is important to know each and everyone of your students?

• Yes

• No

• Depends

Do you feel it is important to know your students' passions?

• Yes

• No

What is the greatest challenge when it comes to getting to know your students passions/interests.

• Not having the time

• Having to complete curriculum

• Not having the physical and mental energy

• The resources to go about it the right way

Creation of excitement that influences learning is done by ...?

• Gym teachers

• regular teachers

• people who do not teach anything

• Passionate Instructors

Providing choices for students will allow them to feel _______ when they are working on a lesson/project.

• comfortable

• Stressed

• Confused

• Predictable

Giving students a voice in the classroom, and their learning outcomes, leads to

• A greater sense of ownership and accountability in their learning

• Students working on individual lessons

• Students not meeting all needed state standards

• Confusion about what the assignment really is.

Motivation that comes from outside influence or circumstance.

• Intrinsic motivation

• Extrinsic motivation