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Disconnected students
Engagement builds motivation and participation, so students who had checked out come back.
Program two
Bring the unmotivated back into the lesson
Teachers spend one day on research-based engagement strategies built for students who grew up with screens.
+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
What engagement fixes
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Short attention
Randomization, storytelling, and attention-grabbers keep students in the lesson.
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Forgotten lessons
Content tied to students' lives stays with them longer.
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Test anxiety
Students who practice under pressure through dynamic tension strategies become more resilient.
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
Climate comes before content. When the room feels safe and the teacher feels real, learning becomes possible, and this pillar shows teachers how to get there.
Pillar Two
Promoting attention and interest
When any student might be called on, every student pays attention. Teachers learn randomization techniques along with questioning and storytelling.
Pillar Three
Promoting connectedness and relevance
Why do students forget a unit by the next week? Usually because it never connected. Synectics and visual approaches help teachers fix that.
Pillar Four
Promoting self-efficacy
Can students learn to handle pressure? Yes, with practice. Teachers use dynamic tension strategies so students build confidence instead of anxiety.
Pillar Five
Sharing best practices
The matrix method turns individual good ideas into team resources. Teachers record their best lessons and see where the team needs more.
Agenda
The engagement agenda
Most schools choose a full day. A half-day is available, and dates follow your calendar.
Teachers start at 8:30 AM by connecting engagement strategies to motivation and learning, then move through the pillars, positive feelings, movement, randomization, and storytelling before 12:00 PM.
Lunch is from 12:00 to 1:00 PM. Between 1:00 and 3:30 PM, teachers learn to make lessons meaningful and relevant, guide personal connections, use visual images in new ways, build self-efficacy, and prepare students to respond under pressure.
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