The Educator’s ATLAS: Your Roadmap to Engagement

Outline

Attention: Engagement immersion. Seeing it from the learner perspective. A 6th grade math classroom. (5 minutes)
Transition: Engagement Matters. It addresses student satisfaction, isolation, motivation, and achievement. (3 minutes)
Lesson: The Research: Why engagement matters and what educators say about themselves. (8 minutes) (University of North Carolina and University of Wyoming 2018)
Attention: Rolling Stone’s most iconic songs. The hero’s journey. Disney classics. Stand up comedy. Engaging classrooms. What they all have in common. (15 minutes)
Transition: Engagement is formulaic. (4 minutes)
Lesson: The Educators ATLAS. (10 minutes)
Activity: Large group Discussion (5 minutes)
Summation: Closing Story (5 minutes)

Supporting research

“Kieschnick has not only developed a practical framework for teachers to use in engaging learners, but has actually written a highlight engaging book by applying every element of the framework for engagement that he commends!”
- Carol Ann Tomlinson, Ed.D.
Professor Emeritus School of Education and Human Development University of Virginia

“We know so much about the optimal learning strategies that students can be taught to make major differences to their enjoyment, involvement, motivation, and outcomes. But there are few teacher-friendly resources that bring these ideas into one place. Weston Kieschnick, provides this resource.”
- John Hattie
Laureate Professor The University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education and Author of Visible Learning

“If we want students to learn, we must authentically engage them in relevant and meaningful learning. Engagement matters! Weston Kieschnick provides a BOLD and accessible framework in ATLAS that helps to engage students and teachers in learning that inspires genius and sparks curiosity in all students.”
- Dr. Tyrone Howard
Professor of Education UCLA Graduate School of Education

“Kieschnick offers a clear path to developing the positive relationships that underpin student engagement and academic success. Weston reignites the passion behind why most educators enter their field - to nurture the spark within each young learner through authentic, personal connections.”
- Dr. Stephanie Jones
Professor in Early Childhood Development | Director of the EASEL Lab Harvard Graduate School of Education