Academic Rigor 2: Engaging All Learners
What is a curated workshop series?
A set of workshops deliberately designed and sequenced to build skills in one topic, from the fundamentals to advanced techniques. Through community, discussion, and multiple opportunities to practice, teachers hone new strategies they can use right away.
Description
This workshop series helps educators create an engaging classroom environment that fosters deep learning. Participants will learn strategies such as wait time, turn-and-talks, and "Show Call", to promote active student participation, leverage student work for to classroom discussion, and enchance critical thinking. Additionally, educators will gain skills in facilitating productive discourse by planning thoughtful questions and guiding constructive discussions.
Learning Objectives
Use a variety of engagement techniques to ensure all students are actively participating in instruction, including wait time, turn-and-talks, cold call, and everybody writes.
Implement “Show Call” which is the practice of using student work as a basis for classroom discussions
Use universal prompts to facilitate meaningful classroom discussions
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