Do you feel like you are teaching to blank stares? Are you spending time and energy on planning, but your students aren’t interested in what you are presenting? Do you ask yourself, “How do I improve student engagement in my classroom?”

You are not alone. Teachers all over the world, feel the same and ask the same questions. Sometimes, you need new ideas and strategies to help you think it through. We have a new book. It is titled, Meet Them Where They Are gives you 10 tips to jumpstart student engagement. It is written by educator, Cassandra Washington and edited by Fabia Fuenzalida. Here are some example topics.

·  Create a Vision for Your Classroom

·  Plan It Like You Mean It

·  Stop Teaching to the Test

·  Let Them Talk

Think and Reflection

Meet Them Where They Are: 10 Tips to Improve Student Engagement helps teachers to think and reflect about their instructional practice. This book gives prompts and practice situations to apply the tips in their classrooms. It is an easy read and packs in great information and advice for teachers of all levels.

For ten chapters, you will discover the possibilities of meeting our students where they are and reflect on your practice. This book helps you consider how to implement new or different strategies in classrooms and make some shifts in the way students think and learn. Like our students, educators are continuous learners, too. We search for new ways to engage and push our students’ level of thinking. 

Easy to Read

Please note this book is in everyday language. You will see some educational jargon, but the pages do not have hard-to-pronounce words or much education jargon. Who wants that stress? Although the book contains quite a bit of educational information and quotes from professional articles, you can easily read the book. Take it all in like we are having a professional yet friendly conversation. Now, let us see how to teach and meet your students where they are and include additional options into lessons and activities.

Purchase books for your favorite educators or colleagues. Don’t forget to buy one for yourself, too. Teachers read it with your grade level or subject area teammates. Principals and instructional coaches, Meet Them Where They Are: Ten Tips to Improve Student Engagement is great for starting a book club of PLC.  The book is available on Amazon.com. The cost is $15.