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1. Improve student Engagement
2. Create collaborative teamwork among staff

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Be apart of the dREAMS team

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Bringing in Volunteers to help create small groups and engage more students at a time.

All community members who work with students must show id before entering the school. (Newsome, 2012)

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The School Board values and appreciates parents and community members who volunteer their time, talent and expertise to Chesterfield County Public Schools and its students and staff members. Citizens are encouraged to take advantage of opportunities in schools to share their interests and experiences with students. Volunteers allow instructional staff members to spend more time with students, show students the relevance of the curriculum to real life and help individual students improve their academic skills. The School Board encourages local citizens to attend school events that are open to the public. Employees are expected to promote volunteerism in schools and throughout the division. This includes enlisting the assistance of supportive stakeholders to help schools through donations of time, talents and resources. (Newsome, 2012)

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-Instructional Learning Walks
-Survey's from community members regarding new programs in place
-Survey from teachers regarding new PLC meetings and Data Anlysis
-Survey from students regarding Classroom Engagement

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We hosted an Enon Elementary Fun Run that anyone from the community could participate in. After the event we had food trucks, a DJ and staff and community members could spend time getting to know one another. We posted this event on social media, school webpage, and in an add in the local newspaper.

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In honor of Beth Anne Robbins Molter. We are excited for this event to be held at the school on Saturday, May 7. We are looking for volunteers and vendors. If you were interested in helping please let me know.

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Bringing the parents into our schools and getting them to engage with their student and be a part of our school family is part of building a school family and community. Bridging those gaps will create other opportunities for our community members and parents to partake in our school.

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EDITABLE Pastries With Parents, Printable PTA Flyer, School Breakfast Parent Appreciation Fundraiser Open House Printable Digital Invitation

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EDITABLE Pastries With Parents, Printable PTA Flyer, School Breakfast Parent Appreciation Fundraiser Open House Printable Digital Invitation

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Taylor L, and Parsons, J. (2011), state that, " Effective learning experiences are also shaped by student-teacher relationships that support the development of young peoples’ social and emotional competencies."

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Classroom Look Fors that Demonstrate Student Engagement

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Classroom Look Fors that Demonstrate Student Engagement

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STUDENT-DIRECTED LEARNING

You see students individually or in small groups...

Reading critically (with pen in hand)

Writing to learn, creating, planning, problem solving, discussing, debating, and asking questions)

Performing/presenting, inquiring, exploring, explaining, evaluating, and experimenting)

Interacting with other students, gesturing and moving

(Johnson, B. 2013)

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Edutopia is a free source of information, inspiration, and practical strategies for learning and teaching in preK-12 education. We are published by the George Lucas Educational Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization.

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Use the following strategies for student engagement.

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PLC PLANNING
-grade level teams
-cross grade level teams
-support from curriculum speacialist

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Collect data using Powerschool and implement data analysis meetings to help our teams track progress and create goals for improvement.

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Dr. Newsome. (2012)., Chesterfield county public schools comprehensive plan 2020. Retrieved

from:

http://mychesterfieldschools.com/wp-content/uploads/DfE2020/ComprehensivePlan%20DesignforExcellence2020.pdf

Johnson, B. (2013). How do we know when students are engaged? Retrieved from: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/student-engagement-definition-ben-johnson

Taylor, L. & Parsons, J. (2011). Improving Student Engagement. Current Issues in Education, 14(1). Retrieved from http://cie.asu.edu/

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Use flexible seating to create an environment that supports student choice, comfort, physical health, community building, collaboration, communication skills, sensory input and fun. (Minero, 2017).

To read more about Flexible Seating
check out this Edutopia article.

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Use response mats to engage all students in collaborative learning