[mametzger]

in reply to: Learning Communities and Engagement #9920

Thanks for sharing, this is definitely a program to look into. Working with mostly seniors I would agree that bad educational habits by this age are incredibly difficult to break and getting students on track with why some of these classes are important is a difficult sell by this age

[mametzger]

in reply to: Learning Communities and Engagement #9919

How might you create new opportunities so that each student begins to actively drive their own learning?
I have started to use shared google docs for students to type out responses to questions on, this removes the need for students to raise hands and they can see how others are responding. This lets them know if they are on the right track, since I can see who is typing what I can ask deeper questions of individual students and I also know who isn’t on the right track with topics

What connections do you see between John Hattie’s advocacy for teacher learning communities and Amy Berry’s Engagement Continuum?
The ability to share what is working in your room and how you are having success with students, especially the groups hardest to reach, is often better than any meeting teachers have to sit through. Most schools build in time for these meetings on a weekly/monthly basis, schools would certainly get more out of PLC’s than most meetings. This would be especially true if you had teachers working on specific struggling students, trying to find what has and has not worked with them. How others have engaged them in materials, it also gives teachers an opportunity to better understand what kids are experiencing outside of school. Students often share with some teachers but not all of them, the more avenues teachers have to make these connections the better we will be serving our students.

What is the connection between collective teacher expertise and empowering active student engagement?
When students start to have success in class they are more likely to engage themselves, many students are passive learners because they don’t want to get things wrong in front of their peers. Knowing how other teachers engage students is just like building a tool box of successful strategies for your building.

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