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Students stop trying
When students do not connect, they disengage. Engagement strategies build both motivation and participation.
Program two
Student engagement training for teachers, on your campus
One day of research-based strategies for getting students' attention back from their 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
Four signs a campus needs engagement training
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Phones get the attention
Storytelling, randomization, and attention-grabbers give the lesson a fair chance.
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Nothing sticks
Connecting content to students' lives raises retention.
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Anxiety at test time
Dynamic tension strategies help students handle pressure 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
How the engagement system works
The training moves through five pillars, modeling each one and giving teachers time to practice.
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
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
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
Students who know how they learn keep learning. Teachers help them build that self-knowledge through reflection and low-stakes practice under pressure.
Pillar Five
Sharing best practices
Teachers work alone too often. The matrix method gives them a simple way to record their most engaging lessons, share them with colleagues, and find where the team has gaps.
Agenda
A typical engagement training day
On your campus, full-day or half-day, set around your calendar.
From 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, teachers connect engagement to motivation and learning, learn the pillars of engagement-first instruction, and practice positive feelings, movement and brain-friendly strategies, randomization, and storytelling.
The lunch hour is 12:00 to 1:00 PM. From 1:00 to 3:30 PM, the focus is lessons that feel meaningful and relevant, personal connections, a fresh approach to visual images, self-efficacy, and responding on demand under pressure.
Bring engagement training to your campus
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