Teaching: Reading the room: Adapting Teaching in Action

Notes

Delivery & Adapt

Challenging Dynamics & Strategies to break them

  • bring you out to the main object
  • that depends of the group
  • each group has his own dynamics and you have to be flexible and adapt to they
  • Lack of attention: group works, alternate the type of activity, games, asking them why is interesting for the Thema, recognize the difficult topics, get feedback in all stages of the course.
  • Conflict in the room: split the group, express the emotions, calm the group, draw the conflict, give the space to speak about what is happening, not ignore, give space, move to a another mindset or physical state.
  • Technology takes over: brainstorm, games, break or mix the group, simplify the content
  • Missing participants.
  • Content no landing: ask about the content or repeat the content, help from the co-facilitator, short break, explain the content in one line, should be clear why is important what they are leaning, visualization, step back.
  • Different levels of knowledge: every group has those situations, democratic dynamics, asking questions, use your co-teacher, pair the kids(support others), beginning and end dynamics no related to the content.

The power of co-facilitation (someone has my back)

Co-facilitation

  • intentional act to work together
  • the 3 R’s of co-facilitation: Roles(who is doing what?)->Rituals(What are our anchors?)->Risk(What could go wrong?)

Roles:

  • Which are the Roles that we should have?
  • Which are the requirements of each Role?
  • Should be set the tasks for each Role forehand?

Rituals:

  • Should we have a specific ritual at the beginning and at the end of each class?
  • Should we have a small talk in each break or before each independent group exercise?

Risks:

  • Should we have a feedback after each class?