Student Engagement in our Classrooms

Mentorship: March 11, 2010

Agenda – March 11, 2010

Time to catch up!Exploring student engagementPlanning for student engagement

6 Phases of TeachingPHASE 1You are listening to jazz -- Your first day at work is great. Your fellow teachers are wonderful, your classroom is cute, you love your students, and your principal is the best!

6 Phases of TeachingPHASE 2You are listening to pop music -- After a while you are so busy that you are not sure if you're coming or going anymore.

6 Phases of TeachingPHASE 3You are listening to heavy metal -- This is what you feel like after ONE month.

6 Phases of TeachingPHASE 4You are listening to hip hop -- You become bloated due to stress, you're gaining weight due to lack of exercise because you are so tired and have so much school work to do when you get home, you feel sluggish. Your fellow teachers are too cheerful for your liking and the walls of your classroom are closing in. You have started thinking 'WHATEVER' about your principal.

6 Phases of TeachingPHASE 5You are listening to GANGSTA RAP -- After more time passes, your eyes start to twitch, you forget what a 'good hair day' feels like as you just fall out of bed and load up on caffeine.

6 Phases of TeachingPHASE 6You are listening to the voices in your head -- You have locked your classroom door to keep people out, You wonder WHY you are even here in the first place and WHY did I become a teacher! 

Critical Friends Discussion

Student Engagement

Experiencing Engagement??

Experiencing EngagementSchlechty’s 5 Levels of

Engagement

1.Engagement“I’m in the zone”

2. Strategic Compliance

This better be worth my time! If it is, I’ll commit, if not, I’ll quit.

3. Ritual Compliance

What do I have to do to get this over with and get out?

4. RetreatismI’d rather

be_______________. What’s the point of

this?

5. RebellionYou can’t make me…

Rate Yourself

1. You’ve just been introduced to the cup stacking activity. Your first impression was…Rate your level of engagement.

2. Think back to when you were in high school. You are entering math class. Think about your teacher and your experience within that class. Rate your level of engagement.

3. Think about your experience of earning you Education degree. Rate your level of engagement overall through that process.

Self-Assessment

Scenario 1◦How did you rate yourself◦Move to the rating that best describes you◦2 min. discussion◦Spokesperson – share 1 reason

Scenario 2Scenario 3

So, what does student engagement look like?

A Tale of Two Lessons (10 min)

Groups of 4 - 2 pairsDivide into pairs A & BPair A reads Teacher A scenarioPair B reads Teacher B scenarioAnalyze the lesson: List characteristics of:

◦The teacher’s talk/questions◦The student’s talk/responses

Debrief with Partners (15 min)

Meet with the other pairCompare the two lists – what did you find?Which teacher was more effective? Why?

Poster paper – brainstorm a list of questioning strategies that promote student engagement (Post on the wall)

Large Group Debrief

Questioning Strategies

Reflection & Transition

What is one idea that you will take from this discussion and use in your classroom?

The Big Picture

Technology

Assessment

Pedagogy

Curriculum

21st Century Skills

Inspiring Ed.

School Act/TQS

Setting the

Direction

Essential Question

What is student engagement?

Assumption & Misconception

"This generation of student is expert in using new media to

entertain themselves but knows very little about how to use it as a

tool for learning."

Michael Wesch

Table Discussion: Placemat

In reference to 21st Century Classrooms:

~ What is an engaged learner?

~ What types of tasks engage learners? What is it about the tasks that are engaging?

~ What types of assessment practices engage learners? What is it about these practices that engages learners?

Question/Comment/Addition

15 minutes

Student Engagement

Seinfeld as a History Teacher

Looking for Learning in 21st Century Classrooms

There are many lenses which to view learning in 21st Century Classrooms - Technology is merely one.

Today's best schools are measured by their ability to provide students with:

Differentiated Instruction

Dynamic Learning Environments

Unique opportunities to create, collaborate and communicate

 --at ALL grade levels, and in ALL subjects--

21st Century SkillsHow Do We Get There?

What does it mean for a school to focus on 21st century skills?

Is it starting a classroom blog and making your students do a PowerPoint presentation . . . or is it something more?  

Questions to ask yourself....

How is technology being used in my classes?

  New way to do old things?

 Doing something that otherwise wouldn't have been possible?

 Making tasks efficient to help develop    conceptual understanding?

Blooms Goes Digital

Planning with Technology

TPACK

Instructional Planning

TPACK Game

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