Will Walker is a member of our community who will be working with SY and SYS campuses utilizing his mentoring program to work with a group of 30 students from each site. I will be providing Will with the names of students that I think would benefit from his program but would like to have your input to ensure that we are identifying our students who are most in need of this type of program. Will is looking for a mixture of students who may be acting out in class and not staying focused academically, and those students who are academically progressing but need some social/emotional interventions that his program will provide. The Will Walker program will begin this week.
There is also another mentoring program that will be sending a representative to meet with Sherry and I this week called Bring Your A Game. The Bring Your A Game representative will be explaining the logistics of implementing the program at our school sites, and providing us with more details of the program that we will be able to share with the entire staff. Both of these mentoring programs will provide both sites with a valuable resource to enable all of our students to be successful--very exciting!
In the Tool Box
Here is an article that focuses on how to keep students engaged during class. Student engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that students show when they are learning or being taught, which extends to the level of motivation they have to learn, and progress in their education. Some of the practical strategies the article provides are: start with a good warm-up to avoid dead time in the classroom; build an arsenal of effective routines and activities; use movement to help with getting students focused; and teach students how to work in groups before expecting success. Enjoy!
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