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Motivating Your Staff
May 17, 2011
It helps to notice if there is any of [our work] that we dread to do, and if there is, then study that thing and find some way to do it differently.
-Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1867-1957, diarist and journalist
-Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1867-1957, diarist and journalist
"Individual with early education background; loving; caring; out-going; silly; enjoys playing in mud, wet sand, and shaving cream; loves crawling around on hands and knees, meowing like a cat, or slithering like a snake; has a calm speaking voice; has eyes in the back of her head; changes wet pants or diapers with a smile; can do plumbing (broken, clogged toilets, etc.); reads endless stories with zest; can do manual labor (shoveling snow, hammering bookcases, fixing broken tables, bikes, and so on); creative; imaginative; fun; is able to hug a child who has a slimy runny nose and clean up vomit; artist; scientist; interior decorator; psychologist; mathematician; puts in long hours; enjoys parent contact on a regular basis, informally and formally; spends many an evening working on school projects, well into the wee hours of the morning; can do ten things at one time (calm a crying child, talk calmly to an upset parent, take a phone call); never tires of giving a hand, even when not asked; responsible for lives of young children all day; takes criticism with a smile; accountable for every word and action; does volunteer work; always busy; receives little benefits and annual salary, well let's say that's little too. Your biggest reward — a young child smiles at you."
This volume of Exchange Essentials includes the following selected Exchange articles, in pdf format, focusing on ideas and strategies for motivating staff members:
- Self-Motivation: Motivation at Its Best by Roger Neugebauer
- Why Do They Stay? Teachers Make a Career in the Classroom by Susan Catapano
- Working with Generation Y by Alan Ekblad and Timothy Hathaway
- Motivating Entry-level Employees by Silvana Clark
- 9 + 1 = Fun! by Dennis Vicars
- The Director's Role in Creating Community by Michael Koetje and Peter Blair
- Motivating Staff by Sue Baldwin
- Celebrating Teachers and Their Work by Margie Carter
- Helping Teachers Love Their Work by Lynn T. Hill
- You Say Staff Deserve Respect? Energize Your Words with Action! by Karen Stephens
- Twenty Small Acts of Kindness
- 28 Fun Ideas to Motivate Your Staff — Taking a Fresh Look at Routines and Interactions by Sandy Roberts
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Comments (3)
Displaying All 3 CommentsShishu Vikash Kendra
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Hello
Child friend , It is very essential to drain the staff for the children .
Shishu Vikash Kendra
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Hello
Child friend , It is very essential to drain the staff for the children .
PCHC
Pasadena, MD, United States
Excellent job description! Very realistic and honest! Faced with that reality, I guess only those who can handle the job will apply. Those who can't won't apply! I'll definitely try it out - modified!
thanks much,
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