Total Credits: .3 Workshop CEU(s)
Have you been scratching your head about how to rekindle students’ excitement about learning and increase their engagement with your course? This workshop not only expands participants' understanding of intrinsic motivation, but also invites them to leverage this knowledge to best support their students. Participants leave with a repertoire of quick, high-impact strategies they can immediately implement in their college classrooms to activate autonomy, cultivate confidence, and boost belonging.
By the end of this workshop, participants know or be able to:
Plans for Audience Participation and Interaction:
An opening icebreaker in which attendees share what motivates them; a poll in which participants select which of the three key drivers of intrinsic motivation resonates most for them; breakout rooms in which attendees identify classroom strategies that they would like to start-stop-continue in order to increase student motivation.
All workshop participants can obtain, at no additional cost:
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Dr. Sarah Porter (she/her) is an adjunct professor of Student Development at Austin Community College, a licensed psychologist, and the founder of a workplace training and consulting practice in which she translates the latest behavioral science research into actionable strategies that increase individual and organizational well-being. She is an experienced in-person and virtual speaker (550 speaking events and counting!) who is just as comfortable facilitating a work session for five or giving a keynote to an audience of 2,500. With her track record of success as a college professor, director of university wellness programming, management consultant for a Big Four professional services firm, and therapist, Dr. Porter brings a unique perspective to her work: She understands how soft skills development is critical to thriving personally and professionally. She is an extrovert with a dash of nerd who enjoys bringing the head and the heart together in every talk she gives.
