Tips on Teaching

Agenda

• Questions, hopes, and fears
• An article about engagement
• Discussion
• What else do you want to know?

Questions, hopes and fears: 3x5

• Write a question, hope, or fear about working with students.
• Turn in.

"We're so used to seeing adolescence as a problem. But the more we learn about what really makes this period unique, the more adolescence starts to seem like a highly functional, even adaptive period. It's exactly what you'd need to do the things you have to do then." BJ Casey, neuroscientist

"Planning for Engagement"

• Number the paragraphs.
• Underline claims.
• Circle terms.
• Margin notes: ask questions, make connections.

Chat with Your Partner:

• What was the most important claim?
• A question or connection?
• Discuss.

Questions about working with students...