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Cultivate Your Engagement Meter

Master teachers create an active-learning environment in which students are on task in their thinking and speaking or are collaboratively working close to 100 percent of the time.

Every day, include some questions you require every student to answer. Find a question you know everyone can answer simply, and have the class respond all at once.

Practice Journal or Blog Writing to Communicate with Students

Create a Culture of Explanation Instead of a Culture of the Right Answer

Use Questioning Strategies That Make All Students Think and Answer

Japanese teachers highly value the last five minutes of class as a time for summarizing, sharing, and reflecting.

You can ask students to put a finger up when they're ready to answer, and once they all do, ask them to whisper the answer at the count of three

Great projects incorporate authentic tasks that will help students in their lives, jobs, or relationships. Engage students by developing an inventory of big ideas to help you make the connections between your assignments and important life skills, expertise, high-quality work, and craftsmanship. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills provides a good starter list.