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Engaging the Disaffected Learner

Engaging the Disaffected Learner. George Maurer Whittney Smith. Getting to Know Each other. What do you get paid to do? What is your most vivid memory of your own schooling… elementary, middle, or high school?. A Collaborative Classroom is like a helium filled hula hoop.

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Engaging the Disaffected Learner

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  1. Engaging the Disaffected Learner George Maurer Whittney Smith

  2. Getting to Know Each other • What do you get paid to do? • What is your most vivid memory of your own schooling… elementary, middle, or high school?

  3. A Collaborative Classroom is like a helium filled hula hoop.

  4. The Kids are Different! • Who are Millenials and what are they like? • Realistic • Optimistic • Progressive • Loyal • Inclusive • Collaborative • Scheduled They want feedback to be timely and two way!

  5. Millenials See Leadership… … as participative

  6. Simulation A B C D E • All communication must be in writing • No “Carbon Copies” • First Team finished gets a reward!

  7. Practical Strategies for At-Risk Students • Greet students at the door! • Choice (do 10 out of 12) • Don’t Aggravate them! • Establish a Culture in Your Classroom • Rigor – www.fanfiction.com • Use Rubrics… begin with the end in mind

  8. Positive Feedback When you… I felt… Use this more frequently Negative Feedback I felt… When you… In the future… Feedback

  9. Vocabulary 12,365ft. The height of Mt. Fuji Flaneur An aimless idler; a loafer.

  10. How students best retain what they have learned

  11. How did you get to be as good as you are?

  12. What type of teacher are you?

  13. Teachers 35% 15% 15% 35%

  14. Students 15% 35% 15% 35% 35% 15% 15% 35%

  15. Students Who Drop Out 5% 70% 15% 10%

  16. Personalization to help disaffected students: • Assess their own talents and aspirations • Plan a pathway toward their own purpose • Work cooperatively with others on challenging tasks • Maintain a record of their explorations & • Demonstrate their learning against clear standards in a variety of media, All with the close support of Adult Mentors & Guides

  17. What’s happening with personalization? H. Johnston, www.middleweb.com

  18. Pareto's Principle - The 80-20 Rule • The 80/20 Rule means that in anything a few (20 percent) are vital and many(80 percent) are trivial. • e.g. Project Managers know that 20 percent of the work (the first 10 percent and the last 10 percent) consume 80 percent of your time and resources.

  19. What are we saying… • There is not a tremendous amount that needs to be changed… the personalization and two-way communication is what is vital when working with disaffected learners!

  20. We hope you dance!

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