Lunch & Learn- Moving from Compliance to Engagement: Structures That Motivate and Support Learners Session 2/3

This workshop goes along with the SEL Series: Beyond Compliance –  Helping Reluctant Learners Engage. This workshop CAN be attended if you cannot attend the other 2 sessions.

Once we understand why students disengage, the next step is designing classroom structures that make participation more accessible and meaningful. This session focuses on practical strategies educators can use to support reluctant learners when working independently, with partners, and in collaborative groups.

Participants will explore how instructional scaffolds can reduce cognitive and emotional barriers that prevent students from engaging in academic work. The session will examine how clear routines, structured collaboration, and purposeful task design help students build confidence and sustain participation.

Educators will also examine how social emotional skills influence engagement across different learning formats. For example:

• Independent work requires skills such as self-discipline, perseverance, and task initiation
• Partner work relies on communication, perspective-taking, and shared responsibility
• Group work requires collaboration, leadership, and collective problem-solving

Participants will analyze classroom scenarios and identify ways to embed supports that help students move from passive participation toward meaningful engagement. By the end of the session, educators will have a set of strategies they can immediately apply to make academic tasks more accessible, purposeful, and motivating for reluctant learners.

Seat paid for by the Area 3 SEL Hub Grant

Registration closes on June 5, 2026