Sustaining Engagement: Follow-on Activity

Task 1 ( 10-15  Minutes)

Sal Consoli talks about strategies that teachers can use to maintain engagement in their classrooms and mentions three principles. You may already be using these but try the self-assessment scale to see how confident you feel about applying the strategies

Principle 1: provide cognitive challenges

a. I feel confident providing students opportunities to assess their needs or progress

b. I feel confident sharing my own experiences

c. I feel confident getting students to work in different groups

Principle 2: Maximize enjoyment, minimize boredom

a. I feel confident adapting the course book

b. I feel confident getting students to give me one-line feedback

c. I feel confident noticing my students’ body language

Principle 3: Stagger accomplishments

a. I feel confident developing SMART goals to plan my lessons.

b. I feel confident ask my students to develop SMART goals for their own learning.

c. I feel confident rewarding students’ acheivements