Our volunteers need to experience our genuine affirmation for the work they do for God's kingdom. First of all, there is little similarity between the people with whom we work and that cute little pink bunny on television. He may keep going and going and going, but people do not. Human beings are God's complex creation designed with a need to have their emotional batteries charged regularly. Organizational researchers tell us that affirmation motivates people more than do financial incentives.
People thrive on praise.
It does more to keep people who work for you and with you fulfilled than fortune or fame could ever do. Each of us is different and we require different doses and kinds of affirmation. Your new teachers will need the most encouragement during the early stages of their teaching. Everything is new to them, and they need you to encourage them along the way. Third, some teachers will have periods of being up and periods of being down.