Strategies

=FACILITATOR STRATEGIES AND MOVES=

** OPENERS/BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS **
__**Getting Clear and Handling Baggage**__ (//The Zen of Groups: A Handbook for People Meeting with a Purpose)//
 * 1) Form pairs and share, for two minutes each way, anything which might get int he way of you not being fully present in your group, including anything which happened immediately before coming to the group.
 * 2) Write down key words which smbolize your concerns and upsets and put them into the paper bag.
 * 3) Tell participants that after the sesion they can retrieve "their baggage" on the way out if they want.

__**Choose Your Introduction**__ //(Kathryn McKanders: The Adaptive Schools)//
 * 1) Introduce yourself by name, position, and respond to two of the following prompts:
 * Tell something about yourself that most people do not know.
 * Last book read...
 * A recent original thought...
 * Where you would be if you were not here and what you would be doing...
 * The toy that best describes you...
 * A funny story...
 * A favorite movie/color/animal...
 * An embarrassing moment...
 * A success story...

FACILITATOR STRATEGIES/MOVES

 * __"What questions do you have?"__** -This question assumes people have questions and that it is okay to ask them. This is more effective than "Does anyone have any questions?"

STRATEGIES USED TO REVIEW OR PROCESS INFORMATION

 * __First Turn, Last Turn__** //(Kathryn McKanders Workshop at NSDC: The Adaptive Schools)// -This strategy is used to scaffold dialogue. It equalizes participation and encourages active listening, enriches the discussion, and broadens perspective.
 * 1) Each person individually reads the text and highlights important information.
 * 2) One person shares one of their items, but does not comment on it. This is the FIRST TURN.
 * 3) Group members comment about the shared item in round-robin order (with no cross-talk).
 * 4) The initial person who shared the items gets the LAST TURN by sharing his/her thinking about the highlighted issue/item.


 * __Walk-Around Survey-__**//(Data Driven Dialogue)// -an interactive strategy that involves the full group in generating new ideas, synthesizing previously learned material or shaping present thinking and understandings.
 * 1) Individual work: each person generates their own response for each category in the left-hand column of the page.
 * 2) Full Group Exchange: next, participants walk around and complete their page by surveying group members for their responses. They capture the thinking and put the name of the person in the box.
 * 3) Small Group Processing: After 10-12 minutes (or other appropriate time period), participants return to their small groups. They share their collected information, as well as their own thinking.
 * 4) Organize and Integrate: Group members explore and analyze the information they have collected (looking for themes, compare/contrast, organize into new categories). At this stage, the small groups are analyzing their findings.
 * 5) Generating Theory: Now ask small groups to identify a particular pattern or theme in the data from which they can make a hypotheses, or generate a theory about the group.
 * 6) ***This strategy can also be used to review previously learned material by discussing how staff members are utilizing new strategies or handling new initiatives.