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Taming the Time-Wasters Student Engagement and Motivational Tools that Work Kay Bates Chambers “Educators are Lifesavers” SC Charter Conference 2016 Get Ready to Model, Move & Motivate!
Taming the Time-Wasters Student Engagement
and Motivational Tools that Work
Kay Bates Chambers
“Educators are Lifesavers”
SC Charter Conference 2016
Get Ready to Model, Move & Motivate!
Taming the Time-Wasters Student Engagement
and Motivational Tools that Work
Kay Bates Chambers “Educators are Lifesavers”
SC Charter Conference 2016
Get Ready to Model, Move & Motivate!
NOTICE: Please complete the “Entrance Ticket Activity” before the start of the workshop.
Entrance Ticket Please complete the following activities upon entering the room: 1. Write your job title on one of the yellow sticky
note sheets provided, then place your sticky note on the wall below the sign that best fits your job title.
2. Go to the map on the wall and stick one of the stars (provided) near the area that best shows where you live.
3. Use the index card provided to write the one main reason you selected this session to attend at this time. Hold on to this card. You will use it again during the workshop. v Please be honest… I can handle it! J
Introduction (Feedback) 1. Everyone please stand. 2. Please have a seat if…
a) …you are only here for a break in your normal schedule… or to go shopping… or because your administrator/supervisor told you to attend this conference.
b) …you are a district or school-level administrator. c) …you are a classified or support-staff member in
an educational setting. d) …you are a parent or community/business
member not employed by an educational entity. e) …you are a classroom teacher, teacher mentor,
or master/lead teacher. 3. Everyone please stand again. Please have a seat if…
Introduction (Feedback) 1. Everyone please stand. 2. Please have a seat if…
a) …you are only here for a break in your normal schedule… or to go shopping… or because your administrator/supervisor told you to attend this conference.
b) …you are a district or school-level administrator.
c) …you are a classified or support-staff member in an educational setting.
d) …you are a parent or community/business member not employed by an educational entity.
e) …you are a classroom teacher, teacher mentor, or master/lead teacher.
3. Everyone please stand again. Please have a seat if… a) …you have served more than 40 years as an educator.
b) …you have served more than 15 years as an educator.
c) …you have served more than 5 years as an educator.
THANKS! I’m just glad you’re here!
What We Already Know ´ Our classes are challenging
´ Disruptions are frequent
´ Motivation is low
´ Engagement is challenging
´ Our Students are Diverse ´ Learning Styles
´ Backgrounds
´ Level of Current Understanding
´ Our Outcomes Are Evaluated Regardless of Our Resources ´ Parent’s send us what they’ve got! They are
not keeping all the good ones at home!
But…
…we still go to school everyday to make a difference!
As professionals, we must strengthen our armor and build up our educator toolkits with superpower strategies that help us meet and defeat these challenges! We really are lifesavers!
What We Really Need
´ To see value in our work
´ To believe student success is our standard and responsibility
´ To obtain real tools that help and not just more “Jelly-of-the-Month Club” initiatives
´ We need proven strategies that work!
We need these because…
“…every child deserves a champion - an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists they become the best they can possibly be.”
Rita Pearson Ed.D. 1951-2013
We all have our champions! Our students do, too!
Beliefs 1. All students are
different
2. Engagement and motivational strategies need to reach across learning styles and intelligences
3. Teach content in the best way students learn
4. Engagement and motivation strategies can be used with all learners
5. Use them in often
6. We need to differentiate learning and instruction
7. Not all students learn the same way or at the same time (Teachers, too!)
8. Students have different modalities of learning
9. Depth of knowledge is as important as breadth of knowledge
10. Reasonable amounts of pressure is needed for peak performance
Components
1. Promoting Positive Feelings
2. Promoting Attention/Interest
3. Promoting Connectedness/Relevance
4. Promoting Self-Efficacy
5. Sharing Best Practices – Matrix Planning
Strategies that work!
Aaron Dahlgren
Eric Combs
Get & Give - Feedback
´ Gain something from students when they enter the room
´ Utilize what you gathered from the students to help you/students improve
´ Demonstrate/Announce relevance of the entrance ticket
Entrance Ticket (Feedback) Please complete the following activities upon entering the room:
1. Write your job title on one of the yellow sticky note sheets provided, then place your sticky note on the wall below the sign that most fits your job title.
2. Go to the map on the wall and stick one of the stars (provided) near the area that best shows where you live.
3. Use the index card provided to write the one main reason you selected this session to attend at this time. Hold on to this card. You will use it again during the workshop.
v Please be honest… I can handle it! J
Introduction (Feedback) 1. Everyone please stand. 2. Please have a seat if…
a) …you are only here for a break in your normal schedule… or to go shopping… or because your administrator/supervisor told you to attend this conference.
b) …you are a district or school-level administrator.
c) …you are a classified or support-staff member in an educational setting.
d) …you are a parent or community/business member not employed by an educational entity.
e) …you are a classroom teacher, teacher mentor, or master/lead teacher.
3. Everyone please stand again. Please have a seat if… a) …you have served more than 40 years as an educator
b) …you have served more than 15 years as an educator
c) …you have served more than 5 years as an educator
THANKS! I’m just glad you’re here!
Human Graphing
Human Graphing
What’s the Story with…?
What’s the Story with…?
What’s the Story with…?
What’s the Story with…?
What’s the Story with…?
Dynamic Tension: Randomization
Dynamic Tension: The Hot Seat
The THINKER
Target in the Middle
Storytelling ´ Kinesthetic
´ Visual
´ Auditory
´ Emotional
´ Aesthetic
´ Participative
´ Engaging
´ Pictures
´ Props
When the story fails to capture the hearts and understanding of the recipients, it wasn’t told correctly.
Storytelling
Must include: Ø Anchor Points Ø Guide Sheets Ø Props Ø Movement Ø Choral Responses Ø Roles for Everyone (Actors &
Audience)
Finding and Using the Best Tools for Your Toolkit
Ø Look for Solutions!
Ø Share Your Successes.
Ø Seek Help with Your Challenges
Ø Support One Another
Ø Avoid Toxic Atmospheres
“At the end of the day, teacher leadership is a mindset, not a role assigned by an administrator. Leaders possess a passion for teaching and learning that is infectious to those around them.”
ASCD, April 19, 2016
Strategies that Work! 1. Bring it! Building Rapport
with Students
2. Human Graphing – Vote with Your Feet
3. Concentric Circles
4. Target in the Middle
5. Get & Give – Feedback
6. Randomization – On Their Toes
7. The Socratic Method: Questioning
8. Storytelling
9. Synectic Journey – Anchor Points
10. What’s the Story with…?
11. Brainstorming
12. Nominal Group Technique
13. Dynamic Tension: The Hot Seat
14. Extempore
15. Best Tools for Your Toolkit
Strategies that Work! 1. Bring it! Building Rapport
with Students
2. Human Graphing – Vote with Your Feet
3. Concentric Circles
4. Target in the Middle
5. Get & Give – Feedback
6. Randomization – On Their Toes
7. The Socratic Method: Questioning
8. Storytelling
9. Synectic Journey – Anchor Points
10. What’s the Story with…?
11. Brainstorming
12. Nominal Group Technique
13. Dynamic Tension: The Hot Seat
14. Extempore
15. Best Tools for Your Toolkit
Session Wrap-Up
Putting Your Tools to Use
´ Model Often, Model Well
´ Tweak for Your Students’ Learning and Your Teaching
´ Build Your Toolkit Inventory
´ “I’m still learning!”
´ Seek Help – Give Help
´ Be part of the matrix!
Caution… ´ You can’t do every
strategy with every class
´ You can’t do them all at once
´ You can’t “overuse” them to the point they have no “spark” with the students
´ You can’t do these if you’re students don’t see YOUR spark!
Reminder… You may have hundreds or even thousands of students over the years, but each of those students will only have ONE of you! You may not remember all of them, but most of them will vividly remember YOU!
Exit Tickets (Feedback)
´ Gain something from students when they exit the room
´ Utilize what you gathered from the students to help you/students improve
´ Demonstrate/Announce relevance of the ticket
Exit Ticket
´ Find the index card you used just before the workshop started (one of your Entrance Ticket activities).
´ On the blank side of your card, write down a strategy from today that you could incorporate into your classroom (staff meetings) immediately and how would you relate it to your specific course/meeting?
´ Hand this to the workshop presenter at the door as you leave.
Exit Ticket ´ Complete the session feedback
sheet.
´ Put the feedback sheet in the mesh basket as you leave the room
´ The last participant to exit will select TWO completed feedback sheets. Each sheet owner drawn will receive a FREE Motivation and Engagement book and a $10 bookmark!
´ The name of book winners will be posted on the information bulletin board shortly and they will also receive an email announcement by the end of the day.
