All In: The Role of Engagement in Children’s Learning Lives

How do we fully engage students in their work?  What is the difference between compliance, participation, motivation, and engagement?  In this session we will explore new thinking about four keys of engagement every teacher can identify and model in the classroom.  Our goal for all students is more frequent true engagement and resulting capacity to retain and reapply what they’ve learned.  Based on Ellin Oliver Keene’s new title Engaging Children: Igniting the Drive for Deeper Learning participants will recall and analyze their own engagement stories and discuss ways to use the stories as models for students.