Unlocking Group Potential to Improve Schools

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Leadership
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Author: Robert J. Garmston, Valerie von Frank ISBN: 9781452283838
Publisher: SAGE Publications Publication: April 19, 2012
Imprint: Corwin Language: English
Author: Robert J. Garmston, Valerie von Frank
ISBN: 9781452283838
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication: April 19, 2012
Imprint: Corwin
Language: English

How great groups make great schools

This field book shows educators how to develop group culture, enhance facilitators’ skills, and optimize the group’s most precious resource—its members. The authors describe how to form working committees, task forces, grade-level, and department teams, and faculties that are more effective and better equipped to resolve complex issues around student learning. Specific topics include:

  • Understanding eight principles that underlie effective groups
  • Learning the five standards for effective meetings
  • Setting clear goals and roles
  • Practicing new ways of talking for improved collaboration
  • Examining perceptions and mental models
  • Enhancing energy sources
  • Working with conflict
  • Developing basic facilitation skills
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How great groups make great schools

This field book shows educators how to develop group culture, enhance facilitators’ skills, and optimize the group’s most precious resource—its members. The authors describe how to form working committees, task forces, grade-level, and department teams, and faculties that are more effective and better equipped to resolve complex issues around student learning. Specific topics include:

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