Student+Engagement


 * What is student engagement?**
 * **Students who are engaged are interacting with each other, the teacher, and the material (taking notes, asking questions, making comments, etc).**
 * When students are engaged, they are learning.** **Which begs the questions:**
 * What does student engagement look like?**
 * **S.L.A.N.T.**
 * **Active discussion or Socratic Seminar**
 * **All students in the "hot seat"**
 * **Students asking relevant/related questions**
 * **Taking Notes**
 * **Think Pair Share**
 * **White Board Responses**
 * **Producing Product**
 * What is the purpose of engaging students?**
 * **Keep students on task**
 * **Students motivated/inspired to learn**
 * **Make students feel that they want to be there**
 * **Students learn and retain the material**
 * **Students teach each other**
 * **Students are successful**
 * Where is ECV in terms of student engagement?**
 * **Professional Development/Prep Period Meetings**
 * Different strengths and styles define teachers and in those differences, there is engagement that reaches students differently.**
 * Are there best engagement strategies? Some include:**
 * **Think Pair Share**
 * **Competitions**
 * **Timer/Beat the Clock**
 * **Using student samples**
 * **Randomly calling on students (index cards, rolling dice, 8 hands, etc)**
 * **Active discussion**
 * **Active discussion**