EngagementEvery Student, Every Question, Every

Time

Why Student Engagement?

Promotes Lifelong Learning Keystone to Good Classroom

Management Provides excellent formative

assessment data Fosters the development of individuals

who are purposeful thinkers and independent learners

In A How-To Plan for Widening the Gap, Kim Marshall writes, “Training teachers to call on students who raise their hands…would enhance the self-confidence of already proficient students and minimize class participation and engagement among those who enter with lower proficiency.”

Student disengagement is too costly!!

As discussed in Himmele and Himmele, Total Participation Techniques, in the United States, even the most encouraging reports still indicate that at least a quarter of our students drop out. Certainly individual reasons vary, but the number one reason – cited by the dropouts themselves – is boredom. Engagement is the opposite of boredom. When high school students talked about how they want to be taught, they described “hands-on with opportunities for debate and discussion.”

“Student engagement has long been recognized as

the core of effective schooling.”

Dr. Robert Marzano, 2011

“Student engagement happens as a result of a teacher’s careful planning and execution of specific strategies.”

Dr. Robert Marzano, 2011

My Goal:•Implement Engagement Strategies to reach Every Student, Every Question, Every Time

How will I attain this goal?

Participate in a PLC to integrate Mimio technology into my classroom to increase engagement

Read research articles on engagement and implement strategies

Read and implement strategies presented in weekly bulletins

Create SLANT poster and integrate the acronym into everyday learning

Engage students in choral responses Use "Think, Pair, Share", "Think, Write,

Cover, Show" (with whiteboards), "Turn and Talk"

Assign students a variety of partners (monthly talk partner, table partners - side-by-side and across)

Implement a "No Hands" policy Use random calling and dip sticks

Formative Assessment•Observation Feedback for duration and length of engagement•Highlight daily lesson plans for areas where students are engaged

How will I know when my goal is successfully completed?

There will be an established routine of engagement

Students will be engaged without raising their hands

Students will be held accountable through all of these strategies

Increasing student engagement will lead to increased student achievement

?Questions to Think About?

Is there a quantitative data approach that I can add to my research?

How can I measure my success? Is there a way for students to track

and/or self-assess their own engagement?