Active Student Engagement Madison School District

1. Active Student EngagementMadison School District Governing Board Meeting November 6, 2012

2. Learning – Retention

3. Three Critical Interventions • A system of individual clear learning goals connected to student feedback and evaluation at the classroom, school, and district levels • Ensuring effective teaching in every classroom • Building background knowledge for all students

4. High Yield Instructional Strategies • Identifying Similarities and Differences • Summarizing and Note Taking • Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition • Homework and Practice • Nonlinguistic Representation • Cooperative Learning • Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback • Generating and Testing Hypotheses • Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers

5. Engagement Critical Attributes • Ongoing: most of the time throughout the lesson • Simultaneous: from all the students at the same time • Structured: equalizes participation in student to student interactions

7. Engagementplus Motivation equals Increased Time on Task

8. Engagement Definition • The ability of the teacher to elicit engagement from all students throughout the lesson. • Ask all students • Ask often • Manipulate student motivation

10. Motivation Strategies • Accountability (time or turn) • Success (everyone able to do it) • Interest (interacting with peers) • Feeling Tone (teambuilding)

11. Engagementplus Motivation plus Alignment equals Increased Student Achievement

14. Cooperative Learning Outcomes • Academic Achievement • Ethnic/Race Relations • Self-Esteem • Empathy • Social Skills • Social Relations • Class Climate • Responsibility • Diversity skills • Higher Level Thinking Skills • Individual Accountability • Equal Participation • Increased Participation • Social Orientation • Learning Orientation • Self-Knowledge and Self-Realization • Workplace Skills