Inside This Week’s Episode: Increasing student participation & building a positive classroom community are two sides of the same coin. One leads to the other...and back again. Tune in to the Classroom Commute Podcast to learn simple strategies that will help you achieve both!

Imagine If you could Increase Student Participation & Build a Strong Classroom Community… at the same time.

Sounds lovely, doesn’t it?

So often, teachers focus on teaching the content that our curriculum requires, but we often forget a very important core element of teaching.

Relationships.

Students learn best when they have a genuine relationship with their teacher and their classmates. If we fail to set that foundation, we are passing up incredible opportunities for learning and growth in our classrooms. 

Imagine with me.

You are working on teaching a new concept with your students and instead of having the same three students engaging in your classroom discussions, you have nearly the entire class interacting with one another. And, as a bi-product of active student participation, you begin building a positive classroom community. 

This learning utopia is within reach. Trust me.

Let me share several strategies to help you increase participation in your classroom so that you can reap the benefits all year long.

And, as a bonus: you may just become the coolest teacher ever!

LEarn My Top Strategies for Boosting Student participation (With a side of community-building benefits!)

(Timestamps Shown)

You’ll Learn:

• How to turn a boring worksheet into an active and engaging activity (3:06)

• How to be creative with multiple choice answers so that students get up and moving (4:40)

• How to engage students who are reluctant to answer a question (5:53)

• How to encourage students to still engage in the discussion even if they do not know the answer (6:49)

• Creative ways to have ALL students raise their hands (7:24)

• Why consistency is key to making these student engagement and community building strategies work in your classroom (9:42)

• How to make students feel less intimated to participate in classroom discussion (10:15)

LINKS & RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE

Episode 33: 4 Things to Stop Doing in Your Classroom

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