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Finding the Fuel for Learning & Emotional Well-Being – "What" we can do to enhance social emotional engagement in the classroom Face-to-Face
Presented by: Emily Rubin
Date & Time: Wednesday, November 18, 2026 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM ET Add event to Calendar

In this session, participants will explore the "what" of enhancing engagement by sharing and exploring strategies that enhance social emotional engagement in the classroom setting. Consistent with a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework, Social Emotional Engagement - Knowledge and Skills (SEE-KS) provides freely accessible tools that participants will be able to use for designing instruction to get the hook, present information in different ways, and foster different modes of expression. Participants will learn about the freely accessible tool, the SEE-KS Quick Reference tool, as a reference for identifying strategies for enhancing engagement. This tool is applicable for those who are 'before words' and communicating through body language, gestures and facial expressions, those who are emerging language through multiple modes of expression, and those who are using conversational language.

Learning Objectives:
Participants will:
  1. Identify three domains of essential instructional strategies that promote active student engagement and positive outcomes in learning and emotional well-being, and
  2. Apply a checklist of instructional strategies for fostering the emotional "hook," providing information in different ways, and fostering multiple modes of expression
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