ROBYN STANFORD & JOEY KAUFHOLD EC&I 808 NOVEMBER 18th, 2017 ENGAGEMENT ROBYN STANFORD & JOEY KAUFHOLD EC&I 808 NOVEMBER 18th, 2017 Restate last presentation

What is Student Engagement? “Refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that students show when they are learning or being taught which extends to the level of motivation they have to learn and progress in their education.” http://edglossary.org/student-engagement Robyn - restated from last presentation

Types of Engagement http://edglossary.org/student-engagement/ Intellectual engagement: To increase student engagement in a course or subject, teachers may create lessons, assignments, or projects that appeal to student interests or that stimulate their curiosity. Emotional engagement: Educators may use a wide variety of strategies to promote positive emotions in students that will facilitate the learning process, minimize negative behaviors, or keep students from dropping out. Behavioral engagement: Teachers may establish classroom routines, use consistent cues, or assign students roles that foster behaviors more conducive to learning. Physical engagement: Teachers may use physical activities or routines to stimulate learning or interest. Social engagement: Teachers may use a variety of strategies to stimulate engagement through social interactions. Cultural engagement: Schools may take active steps to make students from diverse cultural backgrounds—particularly recently arrived immigrant or refugee students and their families—feel welcomed, accepted, safe, and valued. Joey

IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM: Students are not engaged while learning. Most are engaged in hands on classes such as Practical and Applied Arts (PAA) and Physical Education (PE). However, engagement is lacking in other traditional classes (ELA, Math, History, Science, etc.) When students lack engagement, learning does not occur. This leads to problems in the classroom such as behaviour issues which interrupts others learning creating a negative learning environment. Robyn

GOAL: To have all students engaged and achieving successfully in all classes, leading to improved graduation rates. To incorporate an inquiry based approach to planning, teaching and learning. To have the students feel empowered, giving all students the opportunity to become equal, well educated students. To be aware of oppressive practices in our teaching methods which can hinder engagement. Joey Why inquiry based approach works for engagement

OBSTACLES/BARRIERS: Budgets Administration/liability Community involvement Not enough trained staff Staff not susceptible to change Robyn

STEPS TO ACHIEVE ENGAGEMENT: Incorporate the following into our lessons: - Brookes Publishing (2012): Connect what you’re teaching to real life. Use students interests and fascinations. Give students choices. Present information in multiple formats. Teach students self monitoring skills. (Self Reflection - ex: reflection & insights sheet) Joey Robyn Self Monitoring - Reflection & Insight Sheets, can also include providing students with strategies for staying on task.

STEPS TO ACHIEVE ENGAGEMENT: Engaged Teachers = Engaged Students “The necessary precursor to high levels of student achievement is deep engagement in learning, and the teachers own engagement is the key to achieving that. Curriculum counts and technology can help, but it is teachers who inspire students, and enthusiastically engaged teachers do that best.” The Canadian Education Association - Bruce Beairsto (2012) Joey

Teacher Engagement Meaningful Professional Development Teachers are blogging. Sharing, analyzing and drawing connections to their classroom practices. Teachers Collaborating (Pineapple Chart) Continued Education The Canadian Education Association - Lori Cullen (2012) Robyn A Pineapple Chart is a system that allows teachers to invite one another into their classrooms for informal observation. I think Elise had this in her group presentation in July??? Discuss PLC Collaboration time. BH Teacher Inquiry Project - PGP

STEPS TO ACHIEVE ENGAGEMENT: Ask the Students: “Experiences have led us to conclude that students, when asked, are an excellent source of information and motivation. More than any other group in education, students are the ones who can quickly and accurately pinpoint the times and places that they are more or less engaged in their education—the mathematics classrooms where the teacher inspired them to connect mathematical formulas to life or the painfully boring science classroom where the teacher demonstrated lab materials but refused to let the students touch them.” The Journal of Educational Change - Yonezawa, Jones, Joselowsky (2009) Joey

Conclusion Our Plan Wrapped Up: Step 1: 5 Things to increase intellectual engagement Step 2: Engaged Teachers = Engaged Students Step 3: Asking Students: giving them input into their education and learning needs.

REFERENCES: Cullen, L. (2012, March 15). Increasing Teacher Engagement: What's Good for Students, Is Good for Teachers. Retrieved November 8, 2017, from https://www.edcan.ca/articles/increasing-teacher-engagement-whats-good-for-students-is-good-for- teachers Dunleavy, J., & Milton, P. (2010, August 5). Student Engagement for Effective Teaching and Deep Learning. Retrieved October 20, 2017, from https://www.edcan.ca/articles/student-engagement-for-effective-teaching-and-deep-learning Yonezawa, S., Jones, M., & Joselowksy, F. (2009). Youth Engagement in High Schools. Journal for Educational Change. Retrieved October 28, 2017, from www.uregina.ca:8443/article/10.1007/s10833-009-9106-1 5 tips for getting all your students engaged in learning. (2012, February). Retrieved November 13, 2017, from http://archive.brookespublishing.com/articles/ed-article-0212.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxPVyieptwA