Coming in with our second episode of 2024, and we're so excited to continue our series with our CERTIFIED Ambassadors. In our last episode, we covered student engagement. But what do you do if you're struggling to help students get started and stay motivated to succeed? Christina Davis, CERTIFIED Ambassador and educator, has some great ideas for you.

Ms. Christina Davis is a teacher in Colorado Springs, CO. She received both her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of South Carolina – Columbia. She started out by spending her first nine years in the classroom as an English teacher in South Carolina and then moved to Colorado Springs where she has spent the last seven years. Even though her heart is in teaching Shakespeare to teenagers; she stumbled upon a computer lab in 2019 and has now transitioned completely to the world of business and computer science certification courses.

Christina has implemented a very successful Microsoft certification program. Since she started teaching Microsoft in the middle of the pandemic, she has had more than 400 students earn their Microsoft certifications. In addition, she runs a certification lab program for students to earn their Entrepreneurship and Small Business certifications and Communication Skills for Business-Professional Communication certifications for college credit. More than 100 students have been able to complete those credentials in the last few years!

Last year, Christina was named Certification Coordinator for her entire Charter School Network. She is fervently excited about creating new opportunities for her students to excel as their work towards earning their associate degrees while still in high school!

In this episode, we talk with Christina about how to increase student motivation in and outside the classroom. She also talks about helping students motivate each other, so you're not the only one driving progress in the classroom. Covering everything from college credit to discovering your students' love languages, this episode is sure to give you some new ideas.

Learn more about ACE credit for your students here: https://certiport.pearsonvue.com/Educator-resources/College-Credit.

To help discover your students' love languages and increase motivation in your classroom, you can visit https://5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/love-language.

Get other ideas for your classroom on our blog: https://certiport.pearsonvue.com/blog.

Connect with your fellow educators, like Christina, in our CERTIFIED Educator Community here: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8958289/.

Don't miss your chance to register for our annual CERTIFIED Educator's Conference at https://certified.certiport.com/.