"Student engagement is the extent to which students identify with and value schooling outcomes, have a sense of belonging at school, participate in academic and non-academic activities and make a personal investment in learning." - Engaged Teachers, Engaged Learners

 This presentation created by Barbara Reynolds explains what we mean by student engagement. Click here to download

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• POP Engagement
• POP Self-regulated learners
• Resilience

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How are our students encouraged to feel positively about themselves as learners at GSPS?   How are our students encouraged to think hard?  How are our students encouraged to be active participants in the learning process? Granville South PS 2011

Are our students engaging in rich, authentic learning?  Do they know the purpose of the learning and why it's important?        Is there an element of choice? Are students active in directing their learning?   Are there opportunities for them to articulate their thinking? Granville East, 2015
How are we fostering inquiry learning skills for our students? Are there opportunities for our students to pose and explore their own questions about their learning? How are our students being supported (and extended) to investigate and organise information and ideas? Are our students collaborating and communicating their understandings and ideas in the inquiry learning process? Sefton Infants 2017
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How well are we engineering experiences so that our students develop confident self-identities and resilient behaviour so that they can express themselves successfully and interact cooperatively and respectfully?  Sefton Infants, 2016

GROWTH MINDSET: Does having a growth mindset really improve academic performance?  Do mindset interventions improve academic performance?  I have simplified a recent research study to make it more accessible. This meta-analysis of 273 studies (365,915 participants) should prompt us to question whether or not growth mindset should be a focus for our schools.  Click here to download 

WHY#1: This short video created by the Burwood PS IR team busts some of the myths about student engagement.

WHY:  Read Halbert & Kaser's article about the "Four Key Questions" that give you an insight into how students are thinking about their learning.  Click here to download

WHY: This research summary defines resilience and identifies the key factors in schools that help to promote it.  Click here to download.

HOW:  This rubric can be used to answer the question, "How authentic is the learning I'm planning for my students?" Click here to download

HOW:  Chantal Mamo, when principal of Granville South PS,  talks about the ways she engages students in her school and in her classroom.

WHY: Growth Mindset in a Nutshell: a short video created by the Granville East PS IR team