A presentation about "Student Engagement in the Classroom" by Kurtis Hartnell

1. Kurtis Hartnell, ALCDSB
Student
Engagement
in the
Classroom

2. Engagement
in the
classroom
Engagement
in An
activity
VS

3. Guiding Principles
 Implement effective teaching practices.
 Establish a safe and supportive environment.
 Make learning fun.
 Adopt a growth mindset.
 Be innovative.
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4. Implement effective
teaching strategies
• Notice what good teachers do and emulate them.
• Use strategies that are known to work (best
practices).
• Try new strategies.
• Evaluate : what works = keep, what needs to be
tweaked = change, what needs to go = get rid of.

5. Establish a safe &
supportive environment
• Environment = physical layout + atmosphere.
• Use space as effectively as possible.
• Keep the space tidy and organized.
• Establish classroom expectations.
• Create an environment that encourages risk-
taking.

6. Make learning fun
• Prioritize students’ perspectives and interests.
• Infuse your passions, talents, and strengths.
• Bridge the gap between the what and the how.
• Put the fun first and the learning in the
background.

7. Adopt a growth
mindset
• Start small. (Manage expectations for yourself.)
• Identify an area that you’d like to work on and
make that your goal to improve for the year.
• Self-reflect: what are you doing well and how can
you do better?
• The power of YET. (Both for the teacher &
students.)

8. Be innovative
• Don’t be complacent with established resources.
• Create your own material/modify material to suit
the needs of your learners.
• Be inspired by other innovative educators.
• Step outside your comfort zone.

9. My
classroom

10. Everyone has a
responsibility in
the class. This
contributes to
our classroom
environment.
Things are
labelled clearly so
that students
know what they
are and where
things belong.
Everyone has a line order,
so they know where they
belong. This is created with
student profiles in mind.
Teacher-created
posters to
provide support.

11. Student work
is visible in the
class. Students
feel that their
work is valued.
All belongings have a
place in our classroom.
Students know this
and put things where
they belong.
Resources to
help students
are clearly visible
in my classroom.

12. Hands-on learning
opportunities
with blocks and
Meccano sets.
Tracking
homework
completion
for rewards.
Trophies for
Francrocraft, a
system in my class.
Necklaces, badges,
and bracelets for
Petit Profs, as part
of Francocraft.

13. Flexible seating options –
low tables and cushions.
Tape marks where
the line leader stands
and where the last
person in line stands.Large
wooden
blocks are in
the black
crates and
Lego pieces
are in the
white bins.
Home-made
whiteboards.
Computer station is
all organized.

14. A wide variety of activities for
students to use.
Bins for workbooks are
clearly labelled for students.
Pedals for
students
who need to
burn off
extra energy.
Pillows for flexible
seating – can also
be used on the
carpet area.

15. I have enough
crayons and
pencil crayons
for each table.
Noise-cancelling
headphones,
whisper phones,
and dice for
students to use.
All of my art
supplies are on
this shelf.
Each child has their
own pencil with a
labelled spot where it
belongs. I have extra
pre-sharpened pencils
in case pencils are lost.
Area for
erasers.

16. Trophies for
Francocraft.
iPad tech tub, class laptops,
and student login cards.
Games and
materials for P.A.T.
Treasure Chest
– prize box.
Curriculum
documents and
resources.

17. Games and
activities, most of
which I’ve created,
to help students
practice a variety
of skills.

18. Hovercam for
modeling activities.
Containers of
marbles for
Marble System.
Organized teacher
materials.

19. Resources to help
students. Organized sections of my
whiteboard space to help
keep everything organized.
Tickets for
the Ticket
System

20. Flexible seating
options – low table
and beanbag chairs.
P.A.T. time and bank
for P.A.T. system.
Magnetic word wall.
Resources for
each table.
Podium for
speaking activities.

21. Carpet seating
plans for each
class, taking
student
profiles into
consideration.
Tracking for how
much English is
spoken in our
French Immersion
classroom. This is
done by the Petit
Profs in the class.

22. I’ve created a word program,
based high frequency words
for each grade in the Primary
French Immersion division. All
of the words with a white
background and black border
are part of this program.

23. Levelled readers
organized for easy
access for students.
Reading materials
for students.
Games and
puzzles for
students to play.

24. Francocraft
System –
success criteria
and student
levels.
BOGGLE board
for students to
use when
they’ve
completed work
early.

25. Tech Centers –
the pockets
are for the
groups of
students, which
I rotate after
they’ve finished
a center.
Prayer
table.
Posters and
signs that I’ve
created to help
students.

26. Systems
• My context and why I use systems.
• The impact of incentives.
• Tool for effective collaboration.
• Empowering students to become teachers.
• Consistency is key.

27. Marble
System

28. Ticket
System

29. P.A.T.

30. Francocraft

31. Francocraft:
Success
Criteria

32. Francocraft:
Petit profs

33. Francocraft:
trophies

34. Examples
of Making
Learning
Fun & being
innovative

35. Minecraft

36. Experiential
learning

37. Games & Game-based
learning

38. Hands-on activities

39. Interactive lessons

40. @profhartnell
monsieurhartnell.blogspot.com
bit.ly/khartnell
kurtisandamandahartnell@gmail.com
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