Ready for Anything SUPPORTING NEW TEACHERS for SUCCESS by Lynn Howard An introduction to …..

Seminar 5: The Engaging Classroom GOAL To provide tips, ideas, suggestions and logistical support for engaging students in learning.

Seminar 5: The Engaging Classroom OVERVIEW This seminar focuses on easy-to-implement, time-friendly strategies that engage and actively involve students in learning. During this seminar, the facilitator models the strategies and schedules time so that each teacher has an opportunity to practice some of the strategies during the remainder of the year.

Agenda Welcome Back and Success Stories Concerns and Questions Refer to INTASC Standard 4INTASC Standard 4 Activities Reflection Self-Assessment

Teacher-Directed Student Activities Using multiple instructional methods allows students to explore and learn content through a more engaging and interactive environment. Linguistic Kinesthetic Visual

Linguistic Activities Prior Knowledge Brainstorming Prior Knowledge Endurance Writing Content Vocabulary Categories Jeopardy-style Questioning Go! Webbing

Kinesthetic Activities Move to Music Simon Says Eyeball Communication Body Language Answer Stations

Visual Activities Multimedia Tic-Tac-Toe Complete the Picture

Self-Assessment Sample Questions from 12-Question Assessment: Have I reflected on the need for a variety of strategies in my lessons? How did I survey my students to discover their learning preferences? Have I explained the strategy to my students?

What is “Engagement”? Excellence New Strategies Goal-oriented Active Learning Grounded in Research Encouraging Motivating Everyone Together National Standards Twenty-first Century Classroom

Reflection Question: If these people were students in your classroom, how would you address their learning needs? Abraham Lincoln Charles Darwin Thomas Edison William Shakespeare Mother Teresa Elvis Presley

The Engaging Classroom

INTASC Standard 4 Multiple Instructional Strategies The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage student development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills. return to previous slide