Understanding Student Engagement Materials needed for today: Handout, Webinar #1

Introductions Please tell us …. 1.Who you are. 2.What brought you here today. 3.Whether or not you’ve participated in a webinar before. A = microphone B = chat box C = pass

Deb McFarlane-Smith Facilitator Wanda Dechant Moderator, NRLC Leslie Snyder Moderator, NRLC Jann Edney Moderator, ERLC

engagement

Canadian Education Association The Learning Bar Galileo Educational Network

Student engagement is……..

Student Engagement Social – participation in the life of the school Institutional – participation in the requirements of school success Intellectual – participation in learning WDYDIST, First National Report May, 2009

Student Engagement Sense of belonging Participation Attendance Intellectual Engagement A = more than 80% B = 66% - 80% C = 50% - 65% D = less than 40%

Are Canadian youth engaged in school? WDYDIST, First National Report, May 2009

What does intellectual engagement look like?

“Flow” Csikszentmihalyi (1996)

Engagement is about self-determined commitment to the learning.

What does disengagement look like? a strategy for improving educational achievement

Engagement is both a powerful factor that contributes to achievement and a valuable outcome in itself.

Classroom Practices that Make a Difference Attention to relationships in the classroom Attention to work that is relevant, meaningful and authentic for students Thoughtful, intentional designs for learning Use of assessment to improve learning and guide teaching

Classroom Practices that Make a Difference Attention to relationships in the classroom Attention to work that is relevant, meaningful and authentic for students Thoughtful, intentional designs for learning Use of assessment to improve learning and guide teaching

Relationships play a significant role in student engagement.

What is engaging about this website?

Relevant…

World Wide Web

Cell Phones & Video Cameras

Interactive Games

Social Networking

Online Learning Modules

SMART Boards

Connected to world outside classroom…

Authentic…

Classroom Practices that Make a Difference Attention to relationships in the classroom Attention to work that is relevant, meaningful and authentic for students Thoughtful, intentional designs for learning Use of assessment to improve learning and guide teaching

Classroom Practices that Make a Difference Attention to relationships in the classroom Attention to work that is relevant, meaningful and authentic for students Thoughtful, intentional designs for learning Use of assessment to improve learning and guide teaching

Alignment… learning outcomes instruction assessment

Aligned with learning outcomes…

“provide evidence that air takes up space and exerts pressure, and identify examples of these properties in everyday applications” Specific Learner Expectation Grade Six Science

Deep/critical thinking…

Disciplinary inquiry… If you have trouble viewing the video, check If the video comes up without trouble, check When you finish viewing the video, check

Substantive conversation…

Engaging Learning Tasks

There is a close relationship between students’ experience of engagement and student learning.

Engagement is about a self- determined commitment to the learning.

Teaching practices have a powerful effect upon student engagement.

Thank You