Community of Practice Week 2 Facilitation Guide

Move to the focus areas of the observation:

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  Were you as successful as you wanted to be? 
  
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  Would you do the same next time? What would you do differently? 
  
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  What did you learn from teaching this lesson?
  

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  If you saw something you think needs to be discussed: 
  

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  You seemed to struggle with __________. Why do you think you struggled?
  
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  What could you have done differently?
  

After asking reflective questions, you can give your opinion. You can ask questions to give suggestions and advice:

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  Have you considered….
  
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  Have you tried…..
  
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  Would something like this work for you?
  
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  I tried this and it worked for me… Would this work in your situation? I would be happy to share this resource with you.
  

Always end the conversation with a question about how you can help. Is there some way I could help you with ____________?

Handout 8: Building Routines

Greetings

1. 
   Ask participants to greet 3 other participants.
   
2. 
   Give participants a choice of how they want to be greeted as seen in this video: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/429460514468379464/
   

A ttention Grabbers

Warm-up Routines

1. 
   Agenda:
   

What are we doing today?
What will we learn today?
What is today’s objective?

2. 
   Weather:
   

Now it is time to go over the daily weather chart. How is the weather today?
How do you like this weather?

3. 
   Calendar:
   

What day is it today?
What day was it yesterday?
What day is it tomorrow?

Making Partners and Groups

1. 
   Counting off 1-2
   
2. 
   Matching colored slips of paper
   
3. 
   Matching puzzle pieces
   
4. 
   Clock partners
   

Give each student a clock.
Students ask other students to be their partner at a time of day.
They should write each other’s names on the clock.
Call out a time, for example, 1 o’clock. Students find the partner they wrote at 1 o’clock.

Daily Mingle

1. 
   Make groups of different sizes each time you mingle.
   
2. 
   Play music when students mingle. When the music stops, students find a partner.
   
3. 
   Do a survey.
   
4. 
   Think and mingle.
   

Give students 3 minutes to think about a topic before you ask them to mingle.
Wrap-up

1. 
   Ask wrap-up reflection questions.
   

What is one thing that you learned today?
What is one question that you still wonder?
What is one way someone helped you to learn?

2. 
   Students answer the questions:
   

with their elbow partner
in a mingle
in their journal
Exit Ticket

1. 
   Written exit ticket:
   

Give each student a piece of paper.
Ask an exit ticket question about the lesson objective.
Students write the answer and give it to you as they leave the room.

2. 
   Oral exit ticket
   

Students line up at the door and quickly respond to an exit ticket.
If students don’t know how to respond, they can stand by you and listen to the other students’ responses until they are ready to respond.
This is a fast assessment. Don’t create a long exit ticket or spend time teaching. If a student needs help, help them during the next lesson.