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Student Engagement in our Classrooms. Mentorship: March 11, 2010. Time to catch up! Exploring student engagement Planning for student engagement. Agenda – March 11, 2010. PHASE 1
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Student Engagement in our Classrooms Mentorship: March 11, 2010
Time to catch up! • Exploring student engagement • Planning for student engagement Agenda – March 11, 2010
PHASE 1 You 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 Teaching
PHASE 2 You 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 Teaching
PHASE 3 You are listening to heavy metal -- This is what you feel like after ONE month. 6 Phases of Teaching
PHASE 4 You 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 Teaching
PHASE 5 You 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 Teaching
PHASE 6 You 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! 6 Phases of Teaching
Schlechty’s 5 Levels of Engagement 1.Engagement “I’m in the zone” Experiencing Engagement
This better be worth my time! If it is, I’ll commit, if not, I’ll quit. 2. Strategic Compliance
What do I have to do to get this over with and get out? 3. Ritual Compliance
I’d rather be_______________. • What’s the point of this? 4. Retreatism
You can’t make me… 5. Rebellion
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. Rate Yourself
3. Think about your experience of earning you Education degree. Rate your level of engagement overall through that process.
Scenario 1 • How did you rate yourself • Move to the rating that best describes you • 2 min. discussion • Spokesperson– share 1 reason • Scenario 2 • Scenario 3 Self-Assessment
Groups of 4 - 2 pairs • Divide into pairs A & B • Pair A reads Teacher A scenario • Pair B reads Teacher B scenario • Analyze the lesson: List characteristics of: • The teacher’s talk/questions • The student’s talk/responses A Tale of Two Lessons (10 min)
Meet with the other pair • Compare 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) Debrief with Partners (15 min)
Large Group Debrief Questioning Strategies
What is one idea that you will take from this discussion and use in your classroom? Reflection & Transition
School Act/TQS Inspiring Ed. Curriculum Pedagogy Technology Assessment Setting the Direction 21stCenturySkills The Big Picture
What is student engagement? Essential Question
"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 Assumption & Misconception
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? Table Discussion: Placemat
Seinfeld as a History Teacher Student Engagement
There are many lenses which to view learning in 21st Century Classrooms - Technology is merely one. Looking for Learning in 21st Century Classrooms
Differentiated InstructionDynamic Learning EnvironmentsUnique opportunities to create, collaborate and communicate --at ALL grade levels, and in ALL subjects-- Today's best schools are measured by their ability to provide students with:
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? 21st Century SkillsHow Do We Get There?
How is technology being used in my classes? • New way to do old things? • Doing something that otherwise wouldn't havebeen possible? • Making tasks efficient to help develop conceptual understanding? Questions to ask yourself....