Student+Engagement+Small+Group+Problem-Solving

//In this portion of the retreat, school and district leaders will have an opportunity to engage in small-group job-alike discussions to solve problems of practice involving student engagement.//


 * == Resources ==

With your job-alike group (elementary / middle-high / EC / curriculum), discuss how you can work with teachers to support student engagement while maintaining a focus on critical thinking and problem solving. Feel free to explore the resources below or facilitate your own conversation around the idea of student engagement.

**You may wish to consider:**
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 * Standard IVe
 * Your School Improvement Plan
 * Professional Development Needs
 * The Many Resources Below

Guiding Questions:

 * ** As a leader, what support do you need with curriculum, instruction, professional development, and assessment as you emphasize the importance of student engagement? **
 * ** How are we moving students to the place where they are responsible for their own learning? **
 * ** How does the culture of your school reflect the philosophy of student engagement? **
 * ** How are we communicating "permission to fail" to teachers? **
 * ** What classroom walkthrough processes are in place to identify strengths and areas for improvement in terms of student engagement? **

We will take time to share outcomes at 1:45.



 * Creating a 21st Century Classroom**: Critical Thinking and Creativity: This full-day training includes a variety of activities, ideas, and resources that can be used in isolation or as a full training to support teachers with providing opportunities for critical thinking and creativity in their classrooms.


 * Critical Thinking 2 Activity**: (This activity is one of many found in the presentation above.) **//Creating, Analyzing, and Revising Critical Thinking Questions//** - About halfway down this page, there is a great activity that you could complete with any content area and and grade level to examine the quality of questions teachers pose to their students. Teachers write questions based on a particular concept, idea, topic, or text then use Bloom's Revised Taxonomy to analyze their questions and revise them to ensure they are asking students to think critically and construct meaning.


 * Creating a 21st Century Classroom Part 2**: Communication and Collaboration: This full-day training includes a variety of activities, ideas, and resources that can be used in isolation or as a full training to support teachers with providing students opportunities for collaboration and communication.


 * Using Infographics in the Classroom**: This 50-minute presentation explores free tools to create compelling visual representations of data and research as well as provides examples of how to teach with infographics and use infographics to assess student performance.


 * Tech Tools Aligned with the 4Cs**// : //This 90-minute presentations introduces a variety of free tools to support inquiry-based instruction, conceptual understanding, cross-curricular connections, and collaboration for novice, intermediate, and advanced learners.


 * Student Engagement**: This one-hour excerpt from a full-day training on **Developing a 21st Century Lesson** provides a variety of strategies and tools for engaging students.


 * Formative Assessment Strategies**: This portion of a 3-hour training provides over 70 formative assessment strategies that can be implemented into instruction seamlessly. Click on one of the six topics to go directly to the page to view the strategies:


 * ** Pre-Assessment/Activating Strategies **
 * **Communication Strategies**
 * **Comprehension Strategies**
 * **Organizational - Note-Taking Strategies**
 * **Quick Check Formative Assessment Strategies**
 * **Reviewing, Summarizing, and Assessment Strategies**

Reflection
Click on the link below to the Titan Pad for your job-alike area. Reflect on your next steps for working with teachers to support student engagement while maintaining a focus on critical thinking and problem solving.

Elementary Middle/High EC Curriculum