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Students give up
Students who do not connect disengage. Engagement strategies build motivation and bring reluctant students back into the lesson.
Program two
Engagement strategies teachers use the next class period
The training runs for a full day on site. Every strategy is practical and backed by research.
+22%
Higher math achievement for engaged students
Gallup, 2019
2.5×
More likely to earn excellent grades
Gallup, 2018
74% → 33%
Engagement decline, 5th grade to high school
Gallup, 2018
+20%
Achievement gain from this category of strategies
Marzano, 2003
Why this training
The classroom is competing with every screen in students' lives
If your teachers are losing that contest, this training is for them.
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Screens win attention
Randomization, storytelling, and proven attention-grabbers make participation the normal thing to do.
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Lessons fade by next week
Teachers learn to connect the curriculum to students' own lives, and retention goes up.
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Test pressure
Dynamic tension strategies let students practice performing under real conditions and build resilience.
Research
"Focusing on students' social-emotional development had the largest contribution to the effectiveness of classroom management strategies."
Korpershoek et al. (2016). Review of Educational Research, Vol. 86, No. 3.
The five pillars
The five pillars
Teachers see each one modeled and practice it before they leave.
1. Positive Feelings
2. Attention & Interest
3. Connectedness
4. Self-Efficacy
5. Sharing Best Practices
Pillar One
Promoting positive feelings
Teachers learn to read and shape the emotional climate of the classroom, the lever most teachers overlook, using movement and student feedback.
Pillar Two
Promoting attention and interest
Attention is the scarce resource in a screen-filled world. Teachers leave with attention-grabbers, randomization methods, and storytelling they can use the next day.
Pillar Three
Promoting connectedness and relevance
Retention goes up when lessons feel relevant. Teachers practice guiding personal connections and using brainstorming to bring out every voice in the room.
Pillar Four
Promoting self-efficacy
Teachers learn safe, fun ways for students to show what they know, and how to prepare them to respond on demand and under pressure.
Pillar Five
Sharing best practices
This pillar builds a school culture of professional sharing. Teachers record engaging lessons in a shareable format and use them to find gaps.
Agenda
What the engagement day looks like
Delivered in person at your school, as a full day or a half-day, whenever it fits.
The morning block (8:30 AM to 12:00 PM) covers why engagement drives motivation, the pillars of engagement-first instruction, a positive classroom climate, movement, and attention through randomization and storytelling.
After lunch from 12:00 to 1:00 PM, the afternoon runs until 3:30 PM. Teachers design relevant lessons, guide personal connections, try new uses of visual images, and help students build confidence and perform under pressure.
One day for every teacher
Ask Joanna Sanner for a quote and choose a date.