Make your MIA Calls- This is the perfect opportunity to get a student re-motivated by inviting him/her to a special event you have coming up. For example, if Billy has been missing class it is because he is not excited about coming in. It’s usually that simple. So what do I do? I find something that he will be excited about and use that as motivation to get him back in. So I make a phone call to mom and say “Hi Mrs. Smith. This is Master Storm at East West. We have our Halloween Bash coming up and I wanted to invite Billy personally. Can I speak with him please?” Once I get Billy on the phone I get very animated and talk to him on his level about Halloween and what he will be dressing up as and so forth. Then invite him to the Halloween Bash. Once I do that and he accepts, then and only then do I ask him to come in to class this week so I can give him some extra help to get him caught up on the material he has missed. I also mention what we will be doing in class that will appeal to him. You may also want to ask him to be your helper or demonstrator. If he has good kicks for example I might say “Billy, we are going to be doing lots of kicking this week in class and I really could use your help to demonstrate cuz your kicks rock!”

Small daily victories add up to big monthly results!

Bill Storm