Student Engagement: A Focused Look

Critical Friends Focused Visit

French Creek Elementary School April 13, 2011

background

data

Kindergarten

Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 60

5

10

15

20

25

Students with Attention / Focus Concerns

IEP Chapter 15 for ADD or ADHD

IST Process Sensory Processing/ Focus & Attention

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40Identified Needs

33

65

Number of Girls and Boys with Attention / Focus Concerns

Girls

Boys

student engagement

research

constructingknowledge

brain research

Meaning+

Emotion+

Interest=

Learning

focus

multi-modal

meaning

impact

Key Questions1. How does a teacher ensure that all students are actively and

mentally engaged in a lesson?2. How can teachers engage students to purposefully interact with

the content, use multiple learning skills and higher order thinking to construct meaning and knowledge?

3. How can teachers give students time to process and derive meaning from the information taught in a active way.

4. How can teachers engage student interest, meaning and emotion to positively impact learning?

5. How does the design and environment of the classroom impact active learning?

6. How do teachers hold every student accountable for learning?

thoughts & questions?