It's Your Turn

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 meetingsReceive tips to make group members feel accepted and safeLearn how to improvise when things don t go as plannedUnderstand the benefits of diverse groupsConsider how problems can be opportunities for positive changeContents: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