1. The forest has eyes
Bev Doolittle

2. Engaging the Disengaged

3. Are teachers disengaging?
One of the first questions to ask when discussing why students are disengaging is:
Are teachers disengaging?

4. Why Do Students Disengage?

5. Profile of a Disengaged Student
What does a disengaged student look like?

6. Reasons for Disengaging

7. Young Offenders
“How comes that a society which was enable to educate youth and help them grow as responsible citizens while they are free children, believes it can achieve that putting them in prisons, by setting up expensive institutions, and to re-educate them in closed places?”.
Pr. Monika Platek, from Poland, at the Paris Conference on Juvenile Delinquency

8. Young Offenders

9. Engagement Strategies
Teaching techniques
More student directed learning
Greater relevance
Integrated approach
Emphasize the importance of the Individual, the community and the economy.

10. One Effective Strategy
Service-learning has been shown to be an effective strategy for engaging students in active learning that involves student centered learning (individual) that impacts the community (community) and teaches and strengthens important work skills (economy).

11. Service-learning
Service-learning is an educational method that involves students in challenging tasks that meet genuine community needs and requires the application of knowledge, skills and systematic reflection on the experience.