Student Engagement

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Teacher actively engages students through a variety of learning How do you actively engage students who are visual learners?
strategies: How do you actively engage students who are auditory learners?
 Visual How do you actively engage students who are kinesthetic learners?
 Auditory What strategies can you use in your classroom that touches all of the
 Kinesthetic learning strategies?
Students interact and participate in the learning process What strategies can you use to help children retain information
 Summarizing strategies through summarizations?
 Wait time What ways can you give your students more opportunities to respond?
 Student-centered learning is occurring How can you insure that all students’ voices are heard?
 Incorporates higher order thinking What might be some ways to increase student engagement in your
classroom?
Teachers make adjustments in instruction and structures to engage What strategies do you use when you realize your students are having
students difficulty with a concept?
 Strategies for redirection How can you informally assess your students during instruction?
 Informal assessments and adjusting as needed
Hands-on activities What concrete materials have you been using to enhance instruction in
 Appropriate materials this subject?
 Integrating manipulatives How have you been differentiating your instruction for learners of all
 Differentiation levels?
 Real-world
Lively pace, intensity and enthusiasm How can you actively engage students by activating prior knowledge?
 Lesson is relevant and intriguing What strategies can you use to make your lesson more exciting for
 Lesson moves at appropriate pace for student learning students?
 Activate prior knowledge
 Vivid, expressive language
Opportunities for student discourse How can you facilitate discussion in your classroom?
 Collaborative structure during guided practice What can you do when classroom discussions are not related to lesson
 Accountable talk topic?
 Students “engaged in accountable-talk”
Managing Student Behavior What routines have you taught students to make transitions smooth
 Smooth transitions and quick?
 No “down team”
Teacher Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________________ Observer: __________________________
 Student Engagement
Checklist
______Teacher actively engages students through a variety of learning Notes:
strategies:
 Visual
 Auditory
 Kinesthetic
______Students interact and participate in the learning process Notes:
 Summarizing strategies
 Wait time
 Student-centered learning is occurring
 Incorporates higher order thinking
_____Teachers make adjustments in instruction and structures to Notes:
engage students
 Strategies for redirection
 Informal assessments and adjusting as needed
_____Hands-on activities Notes:
 Appropriate materials
 Integrating manipulatives
 Differentiation
 Real-world
_____Lively pace, intensity and enthusiasm Notes:
 Lesson is relevant and intriguing
 Lesson moves at appropriate pace for student learning
 Activate prior knowledge
 Vivid, expressive language
_____Opportunities for student discourse Notes:
 Collaborative structure during guided practice
 Accountable talk
 Students “engaged in accountable-talk”
_____Managing Student Behavior Notes:
 Smooth transitions
 No “down team”

Teacher Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________________ Observer: __________________________