Motivating Students: Practical Strategies to Inspire Engagement and Positive Behavior

Disengaged students. Low energy. Chaotic and distracted classrooms. If this feels familiar, you're not alone—and you're not powerless.

"Motivating Students" is a dynamic, hands-on seminar designed for secondary educators who want to shift the narrative. Backed by the latest in educational psychology and packed with practical tools, this training helps you reignite student motivation, drive positive behavior, and create learning spaces where every student feels seen, supported, and inspired to participate.
Simone Khenkin
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SEMINAR COST

Training Cost: €195* 
80% HRDA Funded: €156
Actual Cost HRDA Applicants: €39

Non-HRDA applicant:  €195 per person

Discounts for multiple participants from the same company:

 ✔ 2nd participant: 5% discount

 ✔ 3rd participant: 15% discount

Note: HRDA-approved seminars are exempted from VAT for eligible organisations applying for the HRDA subsidy. A 19% VAT will apply to seminars and participants who do not qualify for the HRDA subsidy.

SEMINAR INFORMATION

22 October 2025

25 October 2025

To complete the seminar, attendance at both sessions is required

Why This Seminar Matters

Today’s students are navigating post-pandemic disruption, emotional challenges, and disconnection—and educators are left to respond without enough support. Teachers across Cyprus consistently name student motivation as one of their top classroom challenges. This seminar meets that need head-on by helping you:
  • Understand the real reasons behind student disengagement
  • Apply structure, empathy, and strategies that actually work
  • Build a resilient, respectful, and motivated classroom culture
  • Restore your own sense of purpose and confidence

Who Should Join?

  • Secondary school teachers (all subjects)
  • Mentors, heads of departments, and school leaders
  • Educators facing student disengagement or seeking new approaches to classroom culture

What will you gain?

Through a blend of real-life strategies and proven theories, you will:
  • Recognize emotional, developmental, and social factors that shape motivation
  • Spot early signs of disengagement—and know how to respond effectively
  • Build student autonomy, purpose, and connection through smart classroom systems
  • Strengthen teacher-student relationships to boost long-term engagement
  • Apply inclusive, culturally aware practices that inspire every learner

Training Content

Methodology

This isn’t your typical lecture—it’s active, relevant, and made for today’s classrooms.

  • Interactive multimedia sessions
  • Real classroom scenarios & role play
  • Collaborative group work & energizers
  • Case studies, reflection, and peer exchange


You’ll walk away with a complete training handbook, full of templates, tools, and techniques ready to implement right away.

SIMONE KHENKIN

Simone is a trained and licensed K–12 theatre educator with a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies from the University of Kent and an MA in Theatre Education and Theatre and Community from Emerson College, Boston. After working as a travelling teaching artist in Boston, where she engaged over 1,000 students, she pursued further studies in Sociology of Education and Educational Policy at Teachers College, Columbia University. With a deep commitment to improving educational spaces, Simone supports teachers in building inclusive, trusting, and student-centered classrooms. She brings extensive expertise in teacher and adult training, instructional and curriculum design, educational policy, research and data analysis, socio-emotional learning, and culturally responsive pedagogy.

Ready to Reignite the Spark in Your Classroom?

Join a growing community of educators ready to lead with purpose, empathy, and proven strategies.

Call us at 22080982  or email us at training@thelearningedge.eu

Secure your spot today

The programme is offered by CARDET, as a Certified Vocational Training Centre (KEK).
The program has been approved by the HRDA. Enterprises/Organizations participating with their employees, who satisfy HRDA's criterial, are entitled to subsidy.