Key Takeaways:

• It's important for schools to focus on the little things to get students engaged.
• It's really about teachers having fun in order to engage students and bring them in.
• It's important to be clear about expectations and organized.
• Engaged teaching is visible through not just cold calling students, but relating those questions to real life events.
• Present complex concepts simply so that students can pick them up and understand them.
• Present material as if it's something they want to learn.
• Pressure on students appears to be more a societal and parental issue than schools.
• Don't make who you are about the grades that you get.