Staff Development Strategies

Strategy	Category	Updated
The Single Best Strategy Strategy for discussion and sharing.	Brainstorming and Discussion Closings and Wrap Up Collaboration Processing Writing and/or Reflection	Apr 27, 2012
RSQCS Wrap-up/reflection activity to connect details to the big picture.	Assessment Closings and Wrap Up Collaboration Processing Writing and/or Reflection	Apr 27, 2012
Think, Pair, Share Think-Pair-Share is a strategy designed to provide participants "food for thought" on a given topics enabling them to formulate individual ideas and share these ideas with others.	Brainstorming and Discussion Collaboration Group Management Processing Writing and/or Reflection	Apr 26, 2012
Card Organizing Use to mix people into groups, help stretch and move, or make a point about collaboration.	Group Management Movement	Apr 25, 2012
Icon Partner / Icon Group This is a variation of pairing up with a partner, then having each two person pair up with another two person group creating four person groups.	Collaboration Movement Openers and G2KUA (Get to know you activities)	Apr 24, 2012
Card Calling with NO OPT OUT A strategy that allows a teacher to keep the level of engagement HIGH when calling on students in a whole class setting.	Assessment Energizers and State Changers Group Management Processing	Apr 23, 2012
All Aboard Activity Source: International Association of Teamwork Facilitators Objective: The entire group must fit inside the circle on the ground formed by the two shoestrings.	Brainstorming and Discussion Closings and Wrap Up Collaboration Energizers and State Changers Games Group Management Humor and Celebration Movement	Apr 23, 2012
Bandanna, Cup, Marble The Bandanna, Cup, Marble teambuilding game requires a group of 4 to 8 people to transport a marble sitting atop a cup (upside down) from point A to point B.	Brainstorming and Discussion Collaboration Energizers and State Changers Games Humor and Celebration Metaphors, Analogies, and Similies Openers and G2KUA (Get to know you activities)	Apr 23, 2012
Airborne Goals Use at the beginning or the end to share future goals.	Closings and Wrap Up Games Movement Music, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Rap Openers and G2KUA (Get to know you activities)	Apr 23, 2012
Focus Ring It's called the "Focus Ring" because a team must focus their attention to succeed in this teambuilding exercise. The goal is to transport a ball from point A to point B and then set the ball on a pipe.	Collaboration Games Movement Openers and G2KUA (Get to know you activities)	Mar 2, 2012
Take Off, Touch Down Learners stand and sit to answer questions to increase oxygen to the brain.	Energizers and State Changers Movement	Jan 12, 2012
Placemat Consensus Allows small groups of students to think independently and then share their conclusions collaboratively.	Brainstorming and Discussion Collaboration Group Management Openers and G2KUA (Get to know you activities) Processing Writing and/or Reflection	Jan 9, 2012
Equilibrium Check Use a smily face scale to check the status, feelings or thoughts of your learners.	Closings and Wrap Up Energizers and State Changers Openers and G2KUA (Get to know you activities) Processing	Jan 9, 2012
Personality Types People Bingo Help participants get to know their colleagues. The additional purpose of this activity is to allow participants to start learning about MBTI® personality types and learning styles. Specifically, the characteristics of the IS, ES, IN and EN (combinations of energy orientation and perception and learning) are reflected in the People Bingo game. Importantly, not all characteristics are represented and there may be some overlap.	Games Metaphors, Analogies, and Similies Movement Openers and G2KUA (Get to know you activities)	Jan 6, 2012
Technology Buddies Remember the old reading buddies? This is a 21st Century version.	Collaboration Group Management Processing	Dec 16, 2011

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