Ten Steps to Better Student Engagement

Former teacher and teacher coach Tristan de Frondeville suggests strategies to increase student engagement:

1. Create an Emotionally Safe Classroom
2. Create an Intellectually Safe Classroom
3. Cultivate Your Engagement Meter
4. Create Appropriate Intermediate Steps
5. Practice Journal or Blog Writing to Communicate with Students
6. Create a Culture of Explanation Instead of a Culture of the Right Answer
7. Teach Self-Awareness About Knowledge
8. Use Questioning Strategies That Make All Students Think and Answer
9. Practice Using the Design Process to Increase the Quality of Work
10. Market Your Projects

Author: Tristan de Frondeville