Engaging Practices: How to Activate Student Learning - Softcover

McGill, Cristal

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0999102702 ISBN 13: 9780999102701

Publisher: White Water Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Engaging Practices are defined by the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that your students display when they are learning or being instructed. We all know that learning improves when students are inquisitive,interested, or inspired.This teaching philosophy is rich with facilitative tips and methods that pay huge dividends in authentic engagement. All teaching levels—elementaryschool, middle school, high school, and tertiary levels—benefit from adopting an engaging mindset. The payoff is your students want to bein your class, participate in classroom instruction, and want to learn.The truth is we all want to be partof something big and exciting, to have a larger purpose. We can structure our content around these drives to create enthusiasm. Ignite agreeable change in your classrooms and make the learning process thrilling. As teachers we are the catalysts of growth, learning, and change.

About this title

About the Author

Cristal McGill received her PhD in Educational Psychology from Arizona State University. People who have taken her workshops and classes praise her creative style, innovation, and passion for teaching.

She has a reputation for facilitating upbeat, interactive, meaningful sessions marked by engaging instructional practices. Cristal also facilitates dynamic "train the teachers to be trainers" seminars, allowing her to model and coach engaging practices with school districts that require teachers to provide professional development for their peers.

As a leader in the field of engagement, her workshops are loaded with practical, easy-to-use tips and tricks, a game-changer in professional development experiences. Workshops with Cristal have a consistent record of increasing attendance, cooperation, and participation due to her facilitation of active learning strategies. Cristal offers one to four-day programs customized to your specific needs. Participants walk away with an "explosion" of ideas guaranteed to lift any classroom to an entirely new level.

If you ask Cristal how she stays resilient, she will give you many reasons, but the one she favors most is her experience as a whitewater river guide. Engaging Practices is her first book. Find her at EngagingMinds.net.

Edition details

• Publisher: White Water Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0999102702
• ISBN 13: 9780999102701
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208