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Attention
Teachers compete with every screen. Randomization and storytelling bring participation back.
Program two
What could you accomplish if every student found a way into the lesson?
A full day of practical, research-based engagement strategies for classrooms that compete with every screen in students' lives.
+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
Five pillars in one day
Each pillar is taught, modeled, and practiced, and teachers use them in the next class period.
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
When any student might be called on, every student pays attention. Teachers learn randomization techniques along with questioning and storytelling.
Pillar Three
Promoting connectedness and relevance
Retention goes up when lessons feel relevant. Teachers practice guiding personal connections and using brainstorming to bring out every voice in the room.
Pillar Four
Promoting self-efficacy
Resilient learners handle tests better than anxious ones. This pillar uses dynamic tension strategies to build that resilience, along with reflective practice for students and teachers.
Pillar Five
Sharing best practices
This pillar builds a school culture of professional sharing. Teachers record engaging lessons in a shareable format and use them to find gaps.
Agenda
How the engagement day runs
A typical full day is below. The format is flexible, and the training happens at your school.
From 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, teachers connect engagement to motivation and learning, learn the pillars of engagement-first instruction, and practice positive feelings, movement and brain-friendly strategies, randomization, and storytelling.
The lunch hour is 12:00 to 1:00 PM. From 1:00 to 3:30 PM, the focus is lessons that feel meaningful and relevant, personal connections, a fresh approach to visual images, self-efficacy, and responding on demand under pressure.
Want this for your staff?
Let Jeri Jorgenson-Zwibel know your staff size and preferred dates.