Student Engagement

St Katherine’sChris Baker@theedubaker

#INOW2015

Don’t Open the envelopes

Chris Baker

LeaderSchool Direct Programme

“Every teacher needs to improve, not because they are not good enough, but because they can be even better”Dylan Wiliam

“When you know betterYou do better”Maya Angelou

OPEN the ENVELOPE

Curiosity

Reflection

Compliance

Passivity

Defiance

Where will you be today?

Engagement Ladder

Your Name

Intended Level of Engagement

S U C C E S

WHAT

WHY

HOW

WHAT

WHYENGAGEMENT

Behaviour

Retention

Understanding

Effort

Ownership

Progress

HOW

“Resistance is often just a lack of clarity”

Objectives Instructions

Information

Expectations ???

Objectives

Information

Instructions

Information

Chunking

AnchoringGolden Nuggets

Student Speak

“You have to create the gapbefore it can be filled”

Mystery

Information

QuestioningCuriosity

Surprise

Starter

PropsKeyQuestions

“Out of the head and into The hands”

Theory

Information

QuestioningAbstract

Concept

Practical Context

Facts & Figures

“Trust is everything”

Information

QuestioningMessenger

Message

Subject Knowledge Experience

LinksTesting

“Hit them in the Gut”

Empathy

Information

QuestioningPride

Shock

Realism Speakers

Artefacts

“Take them on a journey”

Drama

Information

QuestioningCharacters

Conclusion

MentalSimulation

Hang Info / facts

Hook

S U C C E S

TASK

Can you create a sentence that summarises the S.U.C.C.E.S method?

“Simple stories that include unexpected credible content that reach students on an emotional level”

Concrete?

Have you Made

Progress?

HowDo youKnow?

What are you going to do differently?

Student Engagement

St Katherine’sChris Baker@theedubaker

#INOW2015

THANK YOU