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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
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
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
What the training covers
The five pillars form a complete engagement system, and teachers practice each one.
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
Brainstorming, synectics, and fresh visual approaches help students attach new ideas to what they already care about. That attachment is what makes learning last.
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
What would happen if every teacher's best lesson was available to the whole team? The matrix method makes that practical.
Agenda
How the engagement day runs
A typical full day is below. The format is flexible, and the training happens at your school.
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM covers engagement and motivation, the pillars of engagement-first instruction, positive feelings, movement and brain-friendly strategies, and attention and interest through randomization and storytelling.
1:00 to 3:30 PM, after a one-hour lunch, covers meaningful and relevant lesson design, personal connections, visual images, confidence and self-efficacy, and responding on demand.
Want this for your staff?
Let Kelly Pew know your staff size and preferred dates.