Simple Ideas to Promote Student Engagement   

In this course you will learn about some strategies you can implement to foster three types of student engagement (behavioral, cognitive, and emotional) at various levels.

This teacher professional development course will provide you with an understanding of the five levels of student engagement so that you know how to move students toward the higher level. You will learn about behavioral, cognitive, and emotional engagement and review some simple strategies that can begin to address and support engagement in your classroom. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a student engagement planning resource to help you implement the ideas into your classroom immediately.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 10 or later.
• Mac: macOS 12 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Microsoft Word Online
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
• Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

1. Student Engagement in the Classroom Course Content
   1. The video and article will provide you with an understanding of three types of student engagement and how you can implement specific strategies to support each one. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
2. Quiz
   1. You will answer questions related to student engagement. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of student engagement.

What you will learn

• Understand the three types of student engagement (behavioral, cognitive, and emotional)
• Analyze the five levels of engagement
• Plan specific strategies to increase student engagement to support engagement types at various levels

How you will benefit

• You will have a more dynamic classroom where students work together well on your chosen lesson activities
• Your work in improving student engagement will decrease behavioral problems as you implement strategies to move students toward higher levels of engagement
• Students will be able to work on increasingly complex tasks as they work to engage well with each other, allowing you to teach them content at high levels