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FCCLA: A Recipe for Student Engagement

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Confusion… Why Student Engagement?

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FCCLA: A Recipe for Student Engagement

What is Student Engagement?

Student engagement occurs when "students make a when students make a psychological investment in learning. They try hard to learn what school offers. They take pride not simply in earning the formal indicators of success ( d ) b t i d t di (grades), but in understanding the material and incorporating or internalizing it in their lives.”

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What is Student Engagement?

Student engagement also refers to a "student's refers to a student s willingness, need, desire and compulsion to participate in, and be successful in, the learning process

ti hi h l l promoting higher level thinking for enduring understanding.”

SCORE

Students who are engaged in their work are energized by four goals—Success, Curiosity, Originality, and satisfying Relationships.

Members succeed in National Programs Members feed their curiosity by completing projects

that interest them Members display original and creative work Members develop meaningful relationships with p g p

peers, advisers, and community partners Student build the self-confidence, motivation and Energy

for life long learning

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Convincing Kids They Can Succeed

Before we can use success to motivate our students to produce high-quality work, we must meet three to produce high quality work, we must meet three conditions: clearly articulate the criteria for success and provide clear,

immediate, and constructive feedback.

show students that the skills they need to be successful are within their grasp by clearly and systematically modeling these skills.

help them see success as a valuable aspect of their personalities.

Students want and need work that stimulates their

Arousing Curiosity

curiosity and awakens their desire for deep understanding.

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Students want and need work that permits them to express their autonomy and

Encouraging Originality

originality, enabling them to discover who they are and who they want to be.

Unfortunately, the ways schools traditionally focus on creativity actually thwart the drive toward self-expression. There are several

reasons for this.

Connect creative projects to students' l id dpersonal ideas and concerns.

Consider giving students more choice.

Fostering Peer Relations

Students want and need work that will enhance their

relationships with people they care about.

This drive toward interpersonal involvement isinterpersonal involvement is

pervasive in all our lives.

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Energy for Productivity

Orchestrating Student Performance

By observing and understanding how classroom and chapter conditions can create or repress student chapter conditions can create or repress student engagement, we can gradually move toward a more successful, curious, creative, and reciprocal system.

Chapter Advisers help to set the tone for student engagement in their FCS classrooms and FCCLA g gchapters. Advisers do a particularly good job at encouraging the students to engage and get involved

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Which Side of the Desk?

Teachers and students work together to work together to identify what projects students need and want to study.

Students Who Are Engaged Exhibit Three Characteristics.

(1) they are attracted to their workMembers choose projects and initiatives that Members choose projects and initiatives that

they find important and interesting

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Students Who Are Engaged Exhibit Three Characteristics.

(2) they persist in their work despite challenges and obstaclesobstacles

State Officers complete SMART Goals, obtain corporate sponsorship, recruit members, and run conferences despite being busy students

Students Who Are Engaged Exhibit Three Characteristics.

(3) they take visible delight in accomplishing their workwork

When members dedicate a great deal of time and effort into their Competitive Events, it is rewarding to know their hard work paid offp

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NJ FCCLA Competitive Events

Fall Events Apple Bake-off

Spring Events Bread Basics

Banner Caregiver Carry-All Consumer Clout Cupcake Challenge Financing Your Future Go Green Lessons in Leadership Membership Magic Passion for Fashion Design Challenge Spotlight on FCCLA

Cake Decorating Fashion Runway FCCLA Speaks Garde Manger Luncheon Menu Showcase Manners Matter Personal Patchwork Program Cover Design Serving Up Success Sewing for Service Spotlight on FCCLA

Tune into FCCLA Web Connect

Sewing for Service Storybook Ethics Successories Toys That Teach Windows of Fashion

National Competitive Events

Skill Demonstration Events Consumer Math Challenge Culinary Chicken Fabrication Culinary Math Challenge

STAR Events

Fashion Construction Fashion Design Culinary Knife Skills

FCCLA Creed Speaking and Interpretation Impromptu Speaking Speaking Out for FCCLA Toys that Teach

Knowledge Bowl

STAR Events Advocacy Applied Technology

Fashion Design Focus on Children Food Innovations Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation Illustrated Talk Interior Design Interpersonal Communications Job Interview Leadership Life Event Planning National Programs in Action

Career Investigation Chapter Service Project Chapter in Review Culinary Arts Early Childhood Education Entrepreneurship Environmental Ambassador

Nutrition and Wellness Parliamentary Procedure Promote and Publicize FCCLA! Recycle and Redesign Sports Nutrition Teach and Train

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Extrinsic Motivation

Extrinsic motivation—a t s c ot at o a motivator that is external to the student or the task at hand

Students Taking Action with Recognition (STAR) Events and National Programs

•Members develop projects for STAR Events and National Programs because they find the topics interesting and significant

•Students receive recognition for their efforts, which can be considered an external motivator

Intrinsic Motivation

Intrinsic motivation—comes from within and is generally from within and is generally considered more durable and self-enhancing

• FCCLA is a youth leadership organization• The initiatives are developed and carried out by the members.The initiatives are developed and carried out by the members.• Members are vested in their initiatives and projects because they are empowered to make a difference in their families, schools, and communities

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Intrinsic Motivation

Student Learning

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Student Leadership

Generally speaking, the concept of “student pengagement” is predicated on the belief that learning improves when students are inquisitive, interested, or inspired.

Certain intellectual, emotional, behavioral, physical, and social factors play in the learning process

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