As class sizes increase, maintaining high levels of student engagement—and ensuring that every student is intellectually accountable—becomes even more critical. This session revisits cold calling and wait time—time‑tested strategies for preventing student opt‑out—and explores how to implement them with greater precision and impact.
Participants will analyze classroom video examples, examine effective rollout plans, and learn habits‑of‑attention techniques that support focus, confidence, and thinking in larger groups. Teachers will leave with practical tools for using cold calling and wait time intentionally so every student is thinking, participating, and ready to learn from the start of the lesson.
This session is designed to help teachers move from knowing about cold calling to using it confidently and consistently to ensure all students are thinking, participating, and learning—no matter the class size.
