Presented by Ms Rashmi Saxena HOS R S

Presented by Ms Rashmi Saxena (HOS R. S. K. V. Chander Nagar)

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place. Philip Armour To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult. Friedrich Nietzsche

“If you have a good head teacher, then you need not do anything. But if you do not have a good head teacher, there is nothing that you can do to turn a school around. ”

MOTIVATION Motivation is an internal process that directs and maintains behavior. Motivation is an internal process that can cause someone to move towards a certain goal.

• A person who is motivated by money may desire to work more hours for higher pay, or accept a job as a salesperson in which the pay is based on the number of products sold • A person who is motivated by the desire for self-expression may decide to become a writer may spend many hours writing stories. • A person who is motivated by the need to find meaning in life may prefer to have a job that is higher in meaning and lower in pay than a job that is higher in pay and lower in meaning.

Skills training Ability Goal setting Increased performance Performance Effort Motivation

MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

Lead the staff and shape an environment in which teachers can do their work best Practise effective instructional leadership Involve teachers in decision making Inspire motivation in teachers through his own behaviour at school

Motivate yourself first and then others Get and maintain positive attitude Use effective techniques to achieve goals Focus on soft skills such as interpersonal communication

PERFORM stands for P - Potential - foster a positive attitude towards developing potential in your people E - Expertise - abilities, experience and attitudes needed to perform a job R - Results - for individuals, for their teams, and for their organisations F - Focus - on worthwhile, challenging, personal goals that relate to wider objectives O - Opportunities - to achieve, advance and grow R - Resources - needed in order to support people and to help them perform M - Motivation - making work interesting and challenging

Listening is about understanding how the other person feels - beyond merely the words that they say.

Focus on performance improvement Help people to enrich their work and you will truly motivate. Encourage and help people to grow and develop, and performance improvement is inevitable.

Develop a self managing team Your responsibility as leader is to develop your team so that it can take on more and more of your own responsibility. A mature team should be virtually self-managing, leaving you free to concentrate on all the job-enhancing strategic aspects that yourself need in order to keep motivated and developing.

Praise is an end in itself Focus on how to praise, acknowledge and give positive feedback Praise in public, correct in private

Recognize intrinsic factors which motivate people Leaders must recognize that people are different only in so far as the different particular 'intrinsic' factors which motivate each person, but in so far as we are all motivated by 'intrinsic' factors, we are all the same

Be an effective communicator Always talk to your staff openly and honestly. Host occasional informal gettogethers in effort to discuss situations and upcoming events. Always be sure that the entire staff is included when holding this type of meeting. Never leave the responsibility of communication to someone else.

Be involved Principals can be a part of the classroom by occasionally coming in to spend quality time with the children. By doing this, the principal is not only making herself available to the students but is also seeing what the teacher sees on a daily basis. This is a good exercise to do if there is a particular, recurring problem in the classroom.

Hold contests Throughout the school year, hold fun-filled contests to encourage the teachers to work for a prize, such as "Best Classroom Decor. " Just like the students, when teachers are motivated to win a prize, they will tend to work harder and more efficiently.

Recognition is priceless Some of the ways you can show recognition are: Idea board Initiative Board Star Spotlight Certificates Gift cards Say thank-you

TACTICS TO MAXIMIZE MOTIVATION goals Detailed instructions Communication Let people be creative Deadlines Trust and Respect Make it fun Team Spirit Create challenges Make it stimulating Constructive criticism Demand improvement Concentrate on outcomes Recognize achievement