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Attention
Teachers compete with every screen. Randomization and storytelling bring participation back.
Program two
Student engagement training for teachers, on your campus
One day of research-based strategies for getting students' attention back from their screens.
+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
Students arrive with different backgrounds, abilities, and experiences. The emotional climate of the room is the first lever for engagement, and teachers learn to use movement, real-time feedback, and more of their own personality to set it.
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
Teachers learn to design lessons that score high on the meaningful-and-relevant meter, so the curriculum stays with students.
Pillar Four
Promoting self-efficacy
Confidence comes from success under real conditions. This pillar gives teachers dynamic tension strategies and reflective routines that build it.
Pillar Five
Sharing best practices
The matrix method turns individual good ideas into team resources. Teachers record their best lessons and see where the team needs more.
Agenda
Sample engagement schedule
Shown here as a full day. A half-day version runs on dates you choose.
The morning block (8:30 AM to 12:00 PM) covers why engagement drives motivation, the pillars of engagement-first instruction, a positive classroom climate, movement, and attention through randomization and storytelling.
After lunch from 12:00 to 1:00 PM, the afternoon runs until 3:30 PM. Teachers design relevant lessons, guide personal connections, try new uses of visual images, and help students build confidence and perform under pressure.
Bring engagement training to your campus
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