reEngage DL2021

How can educators create conditions to promote increased academic engagement, improved student well-being, and an overall healthier school climate? Start with deepening your understanding of the student experience through exercises that authentically capture and elevate student voice. “Listen In” and discover how students' input and expertise can help shape their classroom, their school, and ultimately their own learning and growth.

In this interactive workshop, participants will explore specific tools and strategies designed to better understand the student experience such as Shadow Day, Dialogue Night, Fishbowl, Digital Storytelling, and Student Surveys. Learn how one school leveraged student voice data and engaged students in the process to better understand symptoms and root causes of stress and disengagement. Listening to the student voice provided an opportunity to engage all stakeholders in discussion for meaningful school culture instructional practice changes. Participants will also engage in a self-discovery process to assess when and how they may elicit and use student voice to effect change in their own schools.

The session will be facilitated by Margaret Dunlap, School Program Director at Challenge Success and Dearborn Ramos, former Assistant Principal and current teacher in the San Ramon Valley School District. This will be a high energy, participatory session that offers practical, research-based strategies that can be implemented immediately. Come learn how to listen more deeply to your students!