Engaging All Students

Linda Wise Chief Academic Officer

Students who are engaged in their work are energized by four goals - success, curiosity, originality, and satisfying relationships. How do we cultivate these drives in the classroom? -Richard Strong, 1995

High Performing School Districts… …don’t leave anything about teaching and learning to chance -Kati Haycock

Sydney Cousin Superintendent

Linda Wise Chief Academic Officer

Warning Signs for Dropouts in HCPSS Scoring Basic in Math Students Who Receive FARMS Attendance less than 90% Scoring Basic in Reading Sixth Graders Source: HCPSS Exit Interviews Retention Specifically 9th Grade

Maryland Report Card Data HCPSS Dropouts by student groups included: 92 White students 95 Female students 62 FARMS students 144 Male students 90 African American students 32 Special Education students 37 Hispanic students 18 LEP students 20 Asian Pacific Islander

Systemic Expectations Knowing our students Ensure our students receive exemplary instruction that prepares them for college and careers Knowing what interventions and supports are in place to ensure their success Having a process for continuously monitoring their progress Developing a relationship with students and their families

Today’s outcomes Gain a deeper understanding of strategies that engage students through quality first instruction Analyze multiple ways to assess student engagement through purposeful and informal observation Develop a common language, understanding, and practice in regard to student engagement in HCPSS

Let’s Get Engaged!

Leslie Grahn Resource Teacher World Languages

Getting Engaged (metaphorical thinking) How is engaging students like getting engaged?

Let’s make a four-door foldable K What I know W What I’d like to know L What I learned H How I can use it Think-Write-Share

Let’s make a four-door foldable K What I know W What I’d like to know L What I learned H How I can use it Think-Write-Share

Student Motivation & Engagement (Schlechty)

Shiney Ann John Assistant Principal Oakland Mills Middle School

1. Engagement 2. Strategic Compliance 3. Ritual Compliance 4. Retreatism 5. Rebellion Student Motivation & Engagement (Schlechty) Let’s do a categorizing activity.

Engagement The student sees the activity as personally meaningful. The student’s level of interest is sufficiently high that he persists in the face of difficulty. The student finds the task sufficiently challenging that she believes she will accomplish something of worth by doing it. The student’s emphasis is on optimum performance and on “getting it right.”

Strategic Compliance The official reason for the work is not the reason the student does the work- she substitutes her own goals for the goals of the work. The substituted goals are instrumental- grades, class rank, college acceptance, parental approval. The focus is on what it takes to get the desired personal outcome rather than on the nature of the task itself- satisfactions are extrinsic. If the task doesn’t promise to meet the extrinsic goal, the student will abandon it.

Ritual Compliance The work has no meaning to the student and is not connected to what does have meaning. There are no substitute goals for the student. The student seeks to avoid confrontation or approbation. The emphasis is on minimums and exit requirements- what do I have to do to get this over and get out?

Retreatism The student is disengaged from current classroom activities and goals. The student is thinking about other things or is emotionally withdrawn from the action. The student rejects both the official goals and the official means of achieving the goals. The student feels unable to do what is being asked or is uncertain about what is being asked. The student sees little that is relevant to life in the academic work.

Rebellion The student is disengaged from current classroom activities and goals. The student is actively engaged in another agenda. The student creates her own means and her own goals. The student’s rebellion is usually seen in acting out- and often in encouraging others to rebel.

Let’s Unpack Your Thinking

Sharon Kramer Instructional Facilitator Business and Computer Management Systems

Placemat Activity

Engage Me or Enrage Me!

Article Jigsaw

Time for a break! When you return from break, please sit in clusters.

Article Jigsaw (in clusters)

Placemat Activity

Observing Student Engagement: A real world application

Michelle Leader Assistant Principal Phelps Luck Elementary School

Leslie Grahn Resource Teacher World Languages

Let’s revisit our foldable K What I know W What I’d like to know L What I learned H How I can use it

Ideas for next stepsK What I know W What I’d like to know L What I learned H How I can use it Plan PD for teachers on student engagement Develop an informal observation tool focusing on student engagement Submit a discussion post to the L1L2 wiki Deepen your knowledge on the topic of student engagement Add a resource to the Student Engagement page on the L1L2 wiki

Leadership 1 & 2 wiki:

Student Engagement Resources

Instructional Strategies Database

Linda Wise Chief Academic Officer

For December’s meeting: Be prepared to share the results of next steps you took around student engagement.

Thank you to November’s lead team Allen Cosentino (MWMS) Leslie Grahn (CO) Shiney Ann John (OMMS) Sharon Kramer (CO) Michelle Leader (PLES)

Engaging All Students