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Attention
Teachers compete with every screen. Randomization and storytelling bring participation back.
Program two
Help students care about the lesson
A full training day on your campus. The strategies are practical, research based, and made for the screen era.
+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
Is the lesson losing to the phone?
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Motivation
Students who do not feel connected give up. Engagement strategies reach the unmotivated.
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Retention
Relevant lessons are remembered. Teachers learn to build connection points to students' lives.
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Pressure
Dynamic tension practice prepares students to perform when it counts, with resilience instead of anxiety.
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
Every class has students with different backgrounds and abilities. A warm, safe climate is where engagement starts, and teachers practice building one.
Pillar Two
Promoting attention and interest
Teachers compete with hundreds of channels, every social platform, and every game. Randomization, questioning, and storytelling help the lesson win that competition and make participation normal.
Pillar Three
Promoting connectedness and relevance
Students ignore material that feels irrelevant. Teachers learn to build connection points between the curriculum and students' lives, using synectics, visual approaches, and brainstorming, so lessons are remembered.
Pillar Four
Promoting self-efficacy
The goal of education is for students to learn how they learn best. Dynamic tension strategies and practice under pressure help them perform in real conditions and become resilient learners.
Pillar Five
Sharing best practices
Stop reinventing the wheel. With the matrix method, a staff can see which lessons work, share them, and spot gaps in instructional coverage.
Agenda
What the engagement day looks like
Delivered in person at your school, as a full day or a half-day, whenever it fits.
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.
Bring engagement training to your campus
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