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Engagement

Engagement maximizes the simultaneous involvement of all students through strategies and questions to solicit individual and group responses. All students should be involved in thinking and problem-solving, not just one-at-a-time. 

Trauma Lens:
Facilitating frequent opportunities for a student to respond provides time to process or apply what students are
learning. 
Why it's
important?
  • On-task behavior ↑
  • Praise to corrections ratio ↑
  • Continuous formal assessment
  • Makes learning visible
  • Academic/learning outcomes ↑
  • Differtiated responses

What it is →

An Example

Self-Assessment Tool

Strategies to Engage Students

OPPORTUNITIES TO RESPOND

An instructional question, statement or gesture made by the teacher seeking an academic response from students. 

ACTIVITY SEQUENCING & OFFERING CHOICE

Activity sequencing is thinking about and altering the manner in which instructional tasks, activities or requests are ordered.
Offering choice is providing options to engage in or complete and activity.
 

CLASSROOM TASK DIFFICULTY

Relates to work assignments that exceed a student's skill level. It is important to determine which aspects of the task/assignment do not match the student's skills, and then how they can be appropriately adjusted to decrase associated problem behaviors and increase opportunities for academic success.

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Teacher Tool

Teacher Tool

Teacher Tool

TIPS
Snapshot

  • Teacher talk should account for no more than 40-50% of instructional time.

  • Use wait time of at least 5 seconds to allow for processing and encourage engagement

  • Share strategies and practice group opportunities to respond skills in grade/ department teams.

  • Use the observation tool to self-assess and gain peer-assessment from colleagues or administrators.

Observation Tool

Information from:

Midwest PBIS

Missouri SW-PBIS

KY SERTACs

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