Are you hoping to increase interactivity and group work in your class but finding that students don’t yet have the leadership skills needed to effectively communicate and collaborate?
In these two interactive sessions, you will apply the principles of leadership development to your academic teaching, exploring tools for teaching the communication and collaboration skills needed for success in your classroom.
You will leave prepared and inspired to empower students to lead through interactive and collaborative academic assignments.
Takeaways:
Structures for supporting equitable participation
Tools to help students effectively contribute to discussions
Peer-to-peer feedback protocols and tips
Student resources for appropriately advocating for oneself and others
A replicable framework for groupwork to ensure each student has meaningful roles, responsibilities, and scaffolds to support their success
Reflection prompts and self-assessments to build students’ awareness of their communication and collaboration tendencies
Who Should Attend?
New and veteran primary and secondary school teachers looking to improve the quality of student discussion and group work
School leaders, instructional coaches, and student support team members looking to bolster classroom teachers with student communication and collaboration grades 6- 12
Meet the Presenters:
Maureen Chapman (she/her) and James Simons (he/him) are lifetime educators, longtime collaborators and the co-authors of Leaders of the Class: Units for Teaching Motivation, Perseverance, Communication, and Collaboration in the Secondary Classroom. As co-founders of Cor Creative Partners, Maureen and James offer coaching, consulting, workshops, and PLCs with a focus on leadership development for adults and students, curriculum adoption and pedagogy, student engagement, and the integration of SEL and academics. Maureen and James love school, and in all of their work, they hope to spread this love to others.Leaders of the Class – Save the date, X and other Social Media
