Strategies for Engagement

Sometimes engagement comes down to student perception of time moving. In this session we will discuss pacing, enthusiasm, and giving kids a chance to respond.

The brain has a specific physiological process for receiving new information. This session will focus on skills for creating lessons to meet the physiological needs of the student brain. 

Join us for an insightful session where Cole and Ashtin will guide you on how to elevate student collaboration and interaction. Discover strategies to engage your Beta Ohio Collaborative students and transform them into dynamic team players. Learn fun, effective techniques that will not only boost their interaction skills but also raise their energy and collaborative auro by 1,000 points! By the end of this presentation, you'll walk away with practical tools to help students "slay" at teamwork and lift their classroom presence to new heights. Don’t miss out on this interactive and inspiring session!

Looking to challenge your students and deepen their learning? Join Cole and Ashtin as they dive into how to engage students in cognitively complex tasks that foster critical thinking, creativity, and real-world problem-solving. In this session, you’ll learn strategies for guiding students through these challenging activities, with a focus on providing the right resources and support. Cole and Ashtin will also explore authentic learning experiences, like project-based learning, that allow students to apply their knowledge in meaningful, hands-on ways. You’ll leave with practical tools to create a rich, interactive classroom environment that keeps students actively engaged and excited to learn!

This session will dive into strategies to help students talk about themselves and how focusing on this element can have a positive impact on the community in your classroom and student engagement.

Presenting unusual information and friendly controversy can boost engagement in the classroom. This session will give strategies you can use in your classroom to hook students with interesting information. We will also look into activities for promoting friendly controversy. 

Join us to explore the importance of clearly defined expectations, procedures, corrections, and consequences in your classroom, and how they allow students to navigate their environment with confidence and independence. Through engaging activities and examples, participants will leave with practical tools to enhance their classroom management and student engagement.

Sometimes students are not engaged in learning because the thinking they are asked to do is too shallow. Come learn some practical strategies that will help move your students from simply water-skiing on the surface to scuba diving in their thinking!

We're back to share our passion of gaming and student engagement. Whether you've been to our session before or if this is your first time, you'll leave with new resources! We demonstrate how to incorporate games into your everyday instruction that will keep students engaged in your standards. Everyone will leave with instructions and templates that can be used with little to no prep.

It is more important than ever to recognize and celebrate the achievements and successes of both students and teachers. School-wide celebrations can create a sense of community and build a positive school culture, while celebrations within the classroom can boost student morale and motivation. Our tried-and-true strategies can be implemented instantly in any classroom or school. Let's make next school year something to CELEBRATE! Bonus: We will be doing some giveaways every session.

In this session we will explore high level thinking strategies that apply to any type of lesson. We will spend time learning about how to build student’s capacity and guide them through learning while offering multiple opportunities to deeply engage with content. By integrating these approaches, teachers can create cohesive lessons and units that flow seamlessly from one learning phase to the next, helping students build a deeper, lasting understanding of the curriculum. Join me to discover how you can transform your teaching by weaving these strategies together for maximum impact!

These days, teachers are given so many requirements, acronyms, and references for effective instruction that they all seem to get jumbled together. Providing effective personalized instruction based on the standards is often like navigating a maze of educational jargon where the real message is lost somewhere along the way. Every leader seems to have a different vision. This session will open the door for a deep discussion about the heart of instruction, including ways we can involve students and plan for authentic student ownership of the learning goals. Throughout this session, participants will explore the tools in their educational toolbelt, determine the key differences between proficiency scales and rubrics, and practice prioritizing their standards and expectations by crafting scales and rubrics that might work for their class. Participants should bring a current copy of the state standards and come prepared to dig into the various levels of thinking and learning.