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Putting Together the Pieces of the Engagement Puzzle

Professional Learning Drop-In Series

Spring 2026

Session 5 - Building Classroom Community

Schedule

Getting Clear About Clarity
  • Monday, 3/9 - 3:30-4:00
  • Thursday, 3/12 - 7:45-8:15
Active Participation Essentials
  • Tuesday, 3/17 - 3:30-4:00
  • Friday, 3/20 - 7:45-8:15
Breaks and Recharging During Lessons
  • Thursday, 3/26 - 3:30-4:00
  • Friday, 3/27 - 7:45-8:15
Just-Right Levels of Challenge
  • Wednesday, 4/1 - 3:30-4:00
  • Thursday, 4/2 - 7:45-8:15
Building Classroom Community
  • Thursday, 4/9 - 3:30-4:00
  • Friday, 4/10 - 7:45-8:15
Balancing Routines and Novelty
  • Tuesday, 4/14 - 3:30-4:00
  • Thursday, 4/16 - 7:45-8:15

For every two sessions you attend, earn 1 Comet hour.

Engagement Thrives in a Positive Environment

  • predictable
  • consistent routines and expectations
  • safe - caring - calm
  • intentional teaching for success

Anita Archer, The Language of Instruction: How We Teach Matters!

Learning Intention

  • to understand how classroom community impacts engagement
  • to be ready to implement at least one strategy to support a positive classroom community
  • Affirm
  • Remind
  • Expand

Warm Up

This or That

Community is built more through: daily routines student ownership

The biggest threat to online community is: tech fatigue uneven participation

Starting With Strategies

Flash back to 2023!

What did you find? Be ready to share out a few interesting strategies you came across, or ideas that popped up.

Something to Consider

Where does classroom community show up in this diagram?

Research Check

Visible Learning MetaX

Components of Community

Poll - Select your top 3 to discuss

Resources

  • Amy Berry, Reimagining Student Engagement, Corwin (2022)
  • Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Russell Joseph Quaglia, Dominique Smith, Linda L. Lande, Engagement by Design, Corwin (2017)
  • Visible Learning MetaX
  • Ralinda Watts, "Cultivating Belonging in the Elementary Classroom All Year Long," Edutopia (2024)
  • Cara Furman, "6 Ways to Create and Sustain Community," Edutopia (2022)