Engagement Thinking Highlights {Professional Learning}

Today was our first district professional learning day and our essential question the year is; How might increasing engagement impact student learning, behavior, and well being? 

A resource we used to help us think about developmentally appropriate needs for  engagement at each grade level was the Yardstick book from the Responsive Classroom organization. I got to work with colleagues to develop a rough draft for engagement for 8 and 9 year olds.

Some thinking I gathered and want to spend time with...

    Engagement by vs engagement with

    The disengaged gaze gives you permission to punt aka change course.

    

Some questions I have after thinking about engagement...

    How can we show engagement when students are not present and actively                    engaged?

    Is engagement about the process of learning?

    How is engagement observed and captured?

    Is engagement the story of learning?

Articles shared to support engagement with...

    Voice and Choice Article

    How Implementing Voice & Choice can Improve Student Engagement

    20 Student Engagement Strategies for a Captivating Classroom

    Strengthening Student Engagement: What do Students Want

A resource we used to help us think about developmentally appropriate needs for  engagement at each grade level was the Yardstick book from the Responsive Classroom organization. I got to work with colleagues to develop a rough draft for engagement for 8 and 9 year olds and I'm looking forward to exploring this topic more this year.