Our first day slides on student engagement and self-reflection

1. Student
Engagement
Pernille Ripp
@pernilleripp

2. Agenda for Today
Welcome
Passionate Learners
The tools we will use
Barriers to Change
Break
Writing A Plan
Lunch
Our Physical Space
Classroom Community
Work Time

3. Creating Passionate Learners
@PernilleRipp
www.pernillesripp.com

4. What stuck out?

5. On a post-it write down a
thing you wish would change
in education.
Fill out as many post-its as you would like.
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6. 3 Minutes To Go

7. What do you have control
over?
Now Sort Them
What do you not have control
over?
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8. What do we
notice?
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9. Which of those
do you control?
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10. Break

11. On Our Way to Change
Let’s Self Reflect
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12. https://sites.google.com/site/pernilleripp/
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13. Where do students fit
into your plan?
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14. Create a Plan
for Change
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15. To have engaged
students, we must be
engaged teachers.
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16. Where does
student
engagement fit
into this?
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17. Morning
Reflection

18. Lunch

19. Would you like being a
student in your own
classroom?
Let’ start with our physical space
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20. “Giving the classroom back to your students is
more than just changing one’s mindset; it is also
about physically changing the room to signal the
change. The teacher’s desk, the flow patterns,
even what is on your walls all mirror the
expectations of the classroom.
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21. Student Discussion
Prompt

22. Our Classroom
⊡Is spare
⊡Has breathing space
⊡Moveable furniture
⊡Not cute
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23. Our Classroom

25. How would
students
describe your
room?
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26. Reflect on
your
environment
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27. Community
The Foundation For It All
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28. ““Teachers should do more activities, not like
paperwork or sitting and talking, but activities
where we students and even the teacher get up,
move around, and bond with each other.”
Emily A.
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29. Student Discussion
Prompt

30. Trust
Teachers:
Do your students trust you?
Administrators?
Does your staff trust you?
How do you know?
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31. Community
flourishes
When students feel
⊡protected
⊡cared for
⊡trusted
⊡respected
⊡challenged
⊡that their whole self is accepted
⊡like they matter
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32. Once more, we
reflect
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33. Student Voice
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34. “Student voice means that students
have a way to shape their own
educational journey. A way that
changes as they mature, and is built
on community, engagement, and
honesty.
⊡Pernille Ripp
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35. What are barriers to
student voice?
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36. Myths
⊡That is is hard
⊡That it is a mess
⊡That it is utopian
⊡That it stands in the way of learning
⊡That it will breed negativity
⊡That it is the answer to everything
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37. ⊡Committed and passionate educators who will listen
without undermining.
⊡A learning community that is looking for the truth and
not just the answers that they would like to hear.
⊡An outlet for student voice so that it can be shared with
a broader community if desired.
⊡A purpose for the questions to narrow down the focus.
Students need
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38. 10 Quick Ways
⊡Give them a blog
⊡Give them time
⊡Give them post-its
⊡Model constructive feedback
⊡Give them whiteboards
⊡Give them a chance
⊡Give them an audience
⊡Give them a starting point
⊡GIve them a purpose
⊡Give them trust
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39. How can you
incorporate student
voice?
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40. What stands out
to you?
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41. End of day 1
reflection
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42. Tomorrow:
Student Choice
Lesson Planning
Assessment
Homework
Questions:
Lingering questions?
What would you like more information on?
What have I not covered that you would like more information on?
Was anything not helpful for you?
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