OUR FIRST CHAT #bcps_msm

As promised readers, here are the questions for the very first chat to compliment this blog.  As an administrator, it is important that we keep our students at the front of our minds and that our students are the drivers of the decisions we make.  With that being said, an important idea is to make sure that students are learning.  If students are engaged then learning should be taking place.  Hence:

THE BEST PRACTICE FOR ENGAGING MIDDLE SCHOOL LEARNERS

In all fairness and honesty, I am borrowing some questions from a previous school chat I ran on the topic last year.  I archived some articles related to engagement and motivation on an accompanying blog post here.  Also a short article from ASCD here.  Interesting tool to review engagement.

Here are the rules/procedures for this chat:

1.  This is a slow chat.  Meaning that we will have one question per day for the week Monday-Friday: 10/12-10/16.

2. Use the hashtag #bcps_msm

3. We will use the Q1/A1 system to ask and respond to all questions (e.g Q1: do you like ice cream; A1: Yes)

4. Answer as often as you like and please respond and interact with each other.
5. Use abbreviations as needed: Ss= Students; Ts= Parents; Ps= Parents; Admin= you get the idea.

6. DON'T FORGET THE HAHSTAG #bcps_msm

QUESTIONS:

Q1: How can you tell the level of Ss engagement when entering a classroom?

Q2: What factors in a class will lead to an increase in student engagement?

Q3: How are your most effective teachers engaging students?
Q4: In your own words: describe the difference between observable and internal engagement?

Q5: As a leader, how can we increase the levels of authentic engagement in classrooms?
Q6: How can one monitor student engagement? Part 2: How do you allow teachers to see/observe/witness Ts who are academically engaging a Ss?