1. FFT Component 3c Engaging Students in Learning If one component can claim to be the most important, it is student engagement. All the rest of the Framework is in the service of student engagement. Sawyer Educational Consulting, LLC 2008

2. You can’t fake farming or teaching. John Soderman, Douglas County, Nevada, Superintendent

3. Nothing happening… “It is possible to have a smoothly functioning, lively classroom where all the students appear happily occupied with worthwhile tasks and yet no mental acts conducive to learning are taking place.” Graham Nuthall, 2005 Sawyer Educational Consulting, LLC 2008

4. Engaging Activities and Assignments Emphasize problem-based learning Permit student choice and initiative Encourage depth rather than breadth Require student thinking (apply, analyze, evaluate, create) Offer multiple levels of challenge Designed to be relevant and authentic Sawyer Educational Consulting, LLC 2008

5. Attributes of Engagement vs. busy or compliant Teacher purposefully elicits all students to solve a problem, develop a solution, create a tangible product Involves students actively, not passively, “minds-on,” not just “hands-on” (complex mental tasks) Invites students to dialogue without choice to opt out (NOT one at a time) Students work collaboratively Engagement is simultaneous and continuous throughout lesson Sawyer Educational Consulting, LLC 2008

6. Student Engagement is three-fold: behavioral, emotional, and cognitive “Engagement includes on-task behavior, but it further highlights the central role of student’s emotion, cognition and voice…When engagement is characterized by the full range of on-task behavior, positive emotions, invested cognition, and personal voice, it functions as the engine for learning and development.” Reeve, J., 2006 Sawyer Educational Consulting, LLC 2008

7. Recognizing Teacher’s Role in Student Engagement Teacher is actively engaged in facilitating and providing assistance, feedback, clarification Teacher monitors actively during student seatwork All students, all the time Teacher consistently insists Sawyer Educational Consulting, LLC 2008