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Stay current with research that supports improved student learning outcomes, including findings from the learning sciences.

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It is important to engage in current research so you can see what professionals have to say about best practices. The current research can change your classroom-based off on what you read or on what the county finds out and decides to change and implement into their schools. Times change and it helps you learn new ways how to create a community in the classroom. Technology is helping me stay up-to-date because I can get notifications immediately on research that has come out. Everything I need to know on how to become a better teacher is at my fingertips. With one click I can learn all types of information on how I can help my students and create a community in my classroom.

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45 Survey Questions to Understand Student Engagement in Online Learning (panoramaed.com)

This survey is a great way to ask students about their engagement in the classroom. There are different survey questions for all grade levels. It asks about how excited they are, what they enjoy most, and where they can improve. It is an excellent survey to get to know your students and recognize their hopes, struggles, and preferences in my classroom and school.

Student engagement Interview Questions | Glassdoor

This is an article that provides interview questions to students. It gives me a focus to know what to ask them. The questions cause the students to think critically about their academics and the class. They are open-ended questions so that they can answer and respond in any way necessary.

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In our work with K-12 school districts during the shift to school closures this past spring, countless district leaders and school administrators shared how challenging it was to promote connectedness, get to know students, and build student engagement outside of the traditional classroom.

Fast-forward to the start of the 2020-21 academic year, and it's clear that designing effective learning experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic requires much more than giving every teacher a Zoom account.

Not only that, but the challenges associated with online learning may have the largest impact on underserved students. Research suggests that struggling students often have increased difficulty with academic achievement and engagement when course content is delivered online instead of through in-person small group instruction.

To increase student engagement in online courses, district leaders must work to understand how students, caregivers, and staff are experiencing the learning environment. How supported do students feel in their coursework, and are they connecting socially with classmates? Do teachers feel equipped to support students through synchronous and asynchronous facilitation? Are families comfortable with the current learning model, and how confident do they feel in supporting the educational experience for their online learners?

Below are 45 questions to ask students, families, teachers, and staff to understand student engagement in online learning. You can download the complete instrument as a PDF to access all of the topics, questions, and response anchors.

*Bonus* Download our new SEL Resources for Reopening Toolkit

45 Questions to Understand Student Engagement in Online Learning

For Students (Grades 3-5 and 6-12):

8. If you were teaching class, what is the one thing you would do to make it more engaging for all students?

For Families, Parents, and Caregivers:

For Teachers and Staff:

Elevate Student, Family, and Staff Voices This Year With Panorama

Schools and districts can use Panorama's leading survey administration and analytics platform to quickly gather and take action on information from students, families, teachers, and staff. The questions are applicable to all types of K-12 school settings and grade levels, as well as to communities serving students from a range of socioeconomic backgrounds.

In the Panorama platform, educators can view and disaggregate results by topic, question, demographic group, grade level, school, and more to inform priority areas and action plans. Districts using the Student Remote Learning Survey may use the data to improve teaching and learning models, build stronger academic and social-emotional support systems, improve stakeholder communication, and inform staff professional development.

To learn more about Panorama's survey platform, get in touch with our team.

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45 Survey Questions to Understand Student Engagement in Online Learning

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In our work with K-12 school districts during the shift to school closures this past spring, countless district leaders and school administrators shared how challenging it was to promote connectedness, get to know students, and build student engagement outside of the traditional classroom.

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Quiz: What Type Of Learner Are You? | Chegg Play

This would be a great questionnaire to use with my students. They would get to know how they learn best. I would also get to know how they learn best. I could rearrange my classroom and lesson plans to fit all of my student's learning styles. For example, the students who are visual learners can sit up at the front to get a lesson from me while the students towards the back are the students who have to do the problem to learn but then can check as I am working with the other students.

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Student Surveys: Using Student Voice to Improve Teaching and Learning - YouTube

This artifact shows how effective student interviews can be for both the student and the teacher. They get to voice their opinions through surveys. They get a say in their education and voice where the teacher is helping of failing them. This is an example on how I can give surveys in my classroom. Students will be able to communicate where I can help them learn/ where the students are struggling. It is a great way to stop doing what I am doing to check in on my students and see where they are at.

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Student Surveys: Using Student Voice to Improve Teaching and Learning

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Pursue professional interests by creating and actively participating in local and global learning networks.

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Set professional learning goals to explore and apply pedagogical approaches made possible by technology and reflect on their
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I created a TikTok, Facebook, and Twitter page to talk with other teachers. I add content to my page that can help other educators like me. For example, articles that I have read, things I do in my classroom that work, and asking and answering questions that I or other teachers may have. I have my "friends" as teachers and major education companies that help teachers. I also have my post filtered by elementary education.

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I created a professional social media so I can communicate and get ideas from other teachers. I created professional social media on Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter. I created a teacher account where I only post things that are related to being a teacher. I only added "friends" that were teachers so I can gather ideas for my classroom and work from them. It is a great way to learn about teaching in different counties and states. It is a way for all teachers to help each other out. Having a professional social media account allows me to keep to educational information. Following other teachers can give me ideas on how to create a community in the classroom and what works for them so I can try and incorporate it into my classroom.

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I follow a Facebook group that gives fun ideas to help with students SEL skills. I chose this as an artifact because it can help create a community in the classroom. When we need to take a brain break or begin school for the day, I can play one of these songs to get the children engaged. It gets them out of their seat, they are laughing and having fun. It helps create a calming environment and take a break from learning to build relationships.

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This is a teacher that I watch on TikTok and Facebook. She is a teacher in California who shares her experiences throughout the day. She helps allow me to relate to someone. Most of the time as a teacher you feel alone. She shares her experiences to let you know that you are not alone. She also shows that teachers can have lives outside of school.

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This is a screenshot of a Facebook post. This offers ideas on flexible seating that will keep children engaged in learning.

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- Develop interviews and questionnaires to invite students to share about their preferences, hopes and struggles

This goal can be implemented both at the beginning of the school year and throughout the school year periodically. Using technology can help me see data and feedback from my students. It will allow for me to learn who they are. It can be an open forum where the students who don't want to tell me things in person can communicate with me and receive help. After the students learn how I teach throughout the school year, the students can begin to communicate and share their preferences with me. It gives us a chance to work together.

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Creating a sense of community in the classroom is important to me because I do not want my students to be afraid. The students should feel like they can go to each other and me for anything. Creating a community allows for learning to take place within my classroom. It will also allow me to trust and understand my students and the students can feel the same way. I am very willing to experiment with new technology tools. Technology is changing every day, and my students are going to have different apps I will have to learn. Children are immersed in technology every day. Using technology as a tool will bridge the gap between technology and personal interaction. The community will begin to grow as the students, and I learn the technology and how to use it with each other. It will create a community in a classroom that is unique and strong

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Family and Community Engagement | Learning for Justice

This artifact tells teachers how and when to develop questionnaires with their students and parents. It gives parents a chance to explain what they believe are their student's struggles and what the parent hopes to get out of the school year. This article also talks about how to get parental and community involvement. All of this can help with inviting students to share their preferences on topics they would like to talk about and gives the teacher a sense of questionnaires to develop. It also talks about how great it is to conduct questionnaires and interviews at the beginning of the year.

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Critical Practices for Anti-bias Education

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Using Interviews to Assess and Mentor Students | Faculty Focus

This article provides ways on how interviews can help in letting the students learn. It can allow for teachers to help mentor their students. This gives their students a chance to talk about their hopes and struggles throughout the year. Also, it gives students a chance to report on what they have done on their assignments. This gives the teacher a chance to assist and help the student. Another thing that interviews can do is allow students to perform. This gives students a chance to explain their work and allows the student to identify where they were good or struggled on their work. Using interviews allows the students to communicate with the teacher about their preferences on assignments so that they may get accommodations or modifications. Also, it can help the teacher change the way they assign assignments or lectures to help their students. Finally, it allows for students to verbally voice to the teacher their hopes with different assignments and the year or where they are struggling academically and need help from their teacher.

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Barbara Morgan Gardner, PhD, and Kenneth L. Alford, PhD

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Using Interviews to Assess and Mentor Students | Faculty Focus

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Have you considered adding five-minute student interviews to your teaching tool kit? Before you calculate how long it would take to interview all of your students and dismiss this idea out-of-hand, consider how student interviews provide a unique setting and opportunity for you to teach students individually.