Barnes & Noble It's Your Turn: Teachers as Facilitators-A Handbook(Build confidence and competence as a teacher-facilitator) at Hamilton Place in Chattanooga, TN
In It's Your Turn, authors Robert Garmston and Carolyn McKanders increase the confidence and competence of teacher-facilitators while mitigating the challenges and tensions they face. Educators using this handbook will learn to use language that conveys positive intentions and stimulates a group's work, authentically gain trust, improvise when plans falter, and understand the importance of diversity within groups. This book will help teacher-facilitators: Gain confidence in leading groups and meetings Receive tips to make group members feel accepted and safe Learn how to improvise when things don't go as planned Understand the benefits of diverse groups Consider how problems can be opportunities for positive change Contents:PrologueIntroduction: Mindsets and Meetings-Navigate With Empowering MindsetsChapter 1: See a Group as It Could Be-You Must Perceive It to Achieve ItChapter 2: Groups Grant Consent-Get Permission to LeadChapter 3: Prepare . . . Don't Attach-Your Responses Are More ImportantInterludeChapter 4: Diversity Enriches-Inclusion Makes Groups SmarterChapter 5: Never Let a Conflict Go to Waste-Liberate OpportunitiesAddendum A: Virtual Presence-GeneralizationsAddendum B: Giving Clear Directions Is Not as Simple as It LooksReferences and ResourcesIndex
In It's Your Turn, authors Robert Garmston and Carolyn McKanders increase the confidence and competence of teacher-facilitators while mitigating the challenges and tensions they face. Educators using this handbook will learn to use language that conveys positive intentions and stimulates a group's work, authentically gain trust, improvise when plans falter, and understand the importance of diversity within groups. This book will help teacher-facilitators: Gain confidence in leading groups and meetings Receive tips to make group members feel accepted and safe Learn how to improvise when things don't go as planned Understand the benefits of diverse groups Consider how problems can be opportunities for positive change Contents:PrologueIntroduction: Mindsets and Meetings-Navigate With Empowering MindsetsChapter 1: See a Group as It Could Be-You Must Perceive It to Achieve ItChapter 2: Groups Grant Consent-Get Permission to LeadChapter 3: Prepare . . . Don't Attach-Your Responses Are More ImportantInterludeChapter 4: Diversity Enriches-Inclusion Makes Groups SmarterChapter 5: Never Let a Conflict Go to Waste-Liberate OpportunitiesAddendum A: Virtual Presence-GeneralizationsAddendum B: Giving Clear Directions Is Not as Simple as It LooksReferences and ResourcesIndex
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