The Hard-to-Engage Student
Strategies to Minimize Work Avoidance, Increase Connectedness, and Enhance Academic Success for Struggling Students
- Speaker:
- Savanna S. Flakes, EdS, CAS
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 07 Minutes
- Language:
- Presented in EN, subtitles in EN, ES, DE, IT, and FR, handouts in EN, ES, DE, IT, and FR
- Copyright:
-
09 Apr, 2024
- Product Code:
- POS059517
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
The kindergartener who refuses to join the others at circle time. The fifth grader who has yet to complete an assignment. The freshman who leaves school daily after lunch.
As educators, our goal is to inspire and unlock each student’s passion for learning. But what happens when our best efforts are met with refusal or hostility?
Watch Savanna Flakes, EdS, international educational consultant, for this unprecedented seminar that will equip you with proven interventions and strategies to engage the hardest-to-engage students.
Through interactive activities, video demonstrations and collaborative discussion you will acquire dozens of evidence-based, practical strategies to increase academic achievement. Discover:
- Inclusive and equitable practices to remove barriers to student engagement
- SEL strategies for building positive relationships and productive interactions during learning
- Innovative technology tools to support struggling students
- Evidenced-based practices to support effective group work and team collaboration
- Practical and low-prep strategies to differentiate reading and math instruction on-the-fly
- Strategies to support student resilience, mindset, and independence
- Collaboration, co-teaching, and interdisciplinary approaches for success
Purchase now for this much-needed course to allow you to reach EVERY student tomorrow.
Credit
This self-study program consists of 6.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary by country and local regulatory bodies. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your local regulatory organization to determine specific eligibility and requirements.
Handouts
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - The Hard-to-Engage Student (8.1 MB) | 96 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - The Hard-to-Engage Student - French (8.1 MB) | 96 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - The Hard-to-Engage Student - Italian (8.1 MB) | 96 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - The Hard-to-Engage Student - German (8.1 MB) | 96 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - The Hard-to-Engage Student - Spanish (8.1 MB) | 96 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Speaker
Savanna S. Flakes, EdS, CAS Related seminars and products
Inclusion for a Better Future, LLC
Savanna Flakes, EdS, CAS, is an award-winning teacher, experienced instructional leader, and educational consultant who has taught a variety of subjects and led professional development for multiple school levels on a range of topics such as differentiation, literacy interventions, inclusion, co-teaching, and specially designed instruction. Educators who have worked with Savanna have often commented on her experience and knowledge of differentiated instructional strategies to ensure every learner has access to the curriculum and is ready for 21st century success. She is an engaging and enthusiastic international presenter who believes that every child has talents to offer and can be a contributing member in our classroom, school, and society. Savanna holds an education specialist degree in administration leadership, a post masters certificate in education leadership, and curriculum and instruction: literacy, and special education. She is a national board-certified teacher (NBPTS), an international education technology standards certified teacher (ISTE), Google Certified Educator, and the author of a best-selling education book, Shaking Up Special Education: Instructional Moves to Increase Achievement.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Savanna Flakes is the CEO for Inclusion for a Better Future, LLC. She is an adjunct professor at the American University in Washington DC. Savanna Flakes receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Savanna Flakes is a member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the Learning Forward, TASH, and the Council for Exceptional Children.
Additional Info
Program Information
Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)Access never expires for this product.
For a more detailed outline that includes times or durations of time, if needed, please contact cepepesi.com
Objectives
- Choose learning strategies to improve participation in social relationships.
- Utilize instructional strategies to support students with working memory, organization, and language to improve participation in education.
- Evaluate instructional strategies to improve function in writing, reading, and math.
- Categorize grouping strategies in academic content to match student learning profiles to improve participation in education.
- Analyze common barriers for struggling students to increase engagement in education.
- Identify a lesson activity to increase student motivation and promote social and emotional health.
Outline
ACTIVITIES & INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES TO…
Build A Connected Classroom Community
- The neuroscience behind school classroom connectedness: Ideas for working with student diversity
- Cooperative learning structures to promote teamwork: Experiential activities
- Components of building positive and effective relationships with teacher/peers
- 10 Strategies to reduce classroom anxiety and increase student belonging
Principles of Engagement
- Five important “Principles of Engagement”
- High-leverage inclusive practices
- Equitable brain-based instructional opportunities
- Lesson plan ideas and templates
Differentiated Instruction
- Effective, cutting-edge, research-based instructional strategies
- Key components of exemplary programs
- Dynamic assessment strategies to inform instruction
- Flexible grouping practices to remediate and accelerate learning
- Co-teaching success strategies
- OT, SW, SLP, teacher: Collaboration at its finest
Support Academic Success
- Tools for identifying performance barriers
- Technology and resources to support engagement and completion
- The power of visuals and video for task initiation, working memory, and sequential thought
- Scaffolds and supports to engage students with special needs in writing opportunities
- Proven strategies to increase sustained attention
- Resources, resources, resources!
- Video demonstrations of students demonstrating mental flexibility in rigorous problem-solving activities
Brain-Based Engagement Strategies
- Innovative strategies to reduce classroom anxiety and increase student connection
- Powerful instructional moves to increase achievement
- Trauma-informed grounding strategies
Rethink Behavior
- The power of social emotional learning
- Quick on-the-spot behavior interventions that get big results
- Growth vs fixed mindset: Research-based case studies
- Build perseverance: Video demonstrations
- Develop resilience toward rigorous and complex tasks
- Mistakes as opportunities and prevent fear of failure
Target Audience
- General Education Teachers
- Special Education Teachers
- School Administrators
- Social Workers
- Counselors
- School Psychologists
- Occupational Therapists
- Paraprofessionals
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