Designing Questions for Authentic Engagement (Part of the T&L Series)

COST:
$50 Non Series registrants

Free if your school is a registered for the series.  Please reach out to your school contact for the promo code.

Schools Registered for the T&L Series:
Solebury School
George School
Westtown School
Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School
The Agnes Irwin School
Lancaster Country Day School
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
Academy of Notre Dame de Namur
The Janus School
Winchester Thurston School
St. Peter's School
Ancillae-Assumpta Academy
Germantown Academy
William Penn Charter School
Sanford School
Shady Side Academy
St. Edmund's Academy
Scranton Preparatory School
Villa Maria Academy High School
Friends' Central School

Act 48 Credits are available for this program. 

SESSION DETAILS & SPEAKER BIO

Thursday, March 11, 2027, 3:30-4:30pm
Designing Questions for Authentic Engagement
Evoking Engagement with Deictic Prompts
One powerful way to shape student engagement is through the questions we ask about the content. This workshop introduces a framework for designing deictic prompts: questions that invite students to connect the content to their own experiences, their local communities, and the current times. These prompts help students locate themselves in relation to the ideas, texts, and issues they study, making their learning more meaningful and alive. During the workshop, participants will explore the structure and purpose of eight distinct kinds of deictic prompts, see examples drawn from multiple disciplines and grade levels, and practice creating deictic prompts about their own content. Rather than adding activities or technology, this approach focuses on small shifts in the design of questions to evoke authentic engagement. Participants will leave with prompts they can use in their classrooms and framework for generating prompts that help students connect more fully to their own learning.

Meet the Presenter: Lauren Porosoff
Lauren Porosoff works with schools and districts to align student experience with school values. Informed by 18 years of teaching in independent schools and by evidence-based psychological science, Lauren develops instructional tools, protocols, and frameworks that empower teachers to make school a source of meaning, vitality, and community in students’ lives. Lauren is the author of seven books for educators, including Teach for Authentic Engagement (ASCD, 2023) and EMPOWER Moves for Social-Emotional Learning (Solution Tree, 2022). Learn more about her work at TheTeacherNerd.com.