Developmental education has existed as a thread of American higher education since the founding of Harvard College in 1636, when tutors provided supplemental Latin programming for underprepared students. In recent years, developmental education is most prominent at community colleges: ninety-eight percent of the colleges offer some form of developmental programs. These oft misunderstood programs within oft misunderstood institutions have been increasingly targeted for research with much of the research centering on the student experience. While there is growing research about educators teaching developmental courses and leading developmental programming, few focus on developmental educators at community colleges. This study used an adapted version of the Autonomous Motivations for Teaching Scale developed by Roth, Assor, Kanat-Maymon, and Kaplan to examine how developmental educators differentiate among the types of motivation as posited by Ryan and Deci's self-determination theory (SDT), and to identify and examine if a correlation exists between faculty autonomous motivation and developmental student success. The results of the study suggest that developmental faculty differentiate among the different types of motivation, and generally perceive the motivations as falling along a continuum of motivation. Further, correlational results indicate that developmental faculty autonomous-oriented motivation does not have a significant relationship with developmental student success. Although this study did not find a statistically significant relationship between developmental education faculty motivation and developmental student success rates, this study contributes to the body of literature about developmental education faculty and faculty motivation. Because developmental education provides a bridge between secondary and postsecondary education, recommendations for practice and future research stem from both educational levels. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]