Keeping Students
Focused and Engaged

Overview of Barrier: Student motivation, discipline, and focus - 3 behaviors of learning that can be extremely challenging for students in the remote/hybrid learning environment and can translate as a lack of student engagement. It does not have to be this way! Teachers can make small yet significant changes in their approach to virtual instruction so all students' needs are met and engagement can be ensured resulting in higher levels of student satisfaction, improved academic achievement, and increased graduation rates (Removing Barriers to Effective Distance Learning by Applying the High-Leverage Practices, 2020, p. 4).