Five Core Components

Five Core Components of Student Engagement & Motivation (Differentiated Instruction) Professional Development

Our training consists of five core components:

• Promoting Positive Feelings Strategies
• Promoting Attention and Interest
• Promoting Connectedness and Relevance
• Promoting Self-Efficacy
• Sharing Best Practices

Promoting Positive Feelings Strategies
◊ Developing rapport with “bring yourself into the classroom
◊ Voting with your feet
◊ Target in the middle
◊ Concentric circles
◊ Asking for feedback

Promoting Attention and Interest
◊ Randomization
◊ Questioning
◊ Story-telling

Promoting Connectedness and Relevance
◊ Synectics
◊ What’s the story with?
◊ Brainstorming
◊ Nominal group technique

Promoting Self-Efficacy
◊ Dynamic tension
◊ Hot seat
◊ Extempore

Sharing Best Practices
◊ Using the matrix for planning
◊ Developing activities
◊ Developing assessments