Strategies to make Groupwork WORK! Teaching Middle School is like Herding Cats: Sit at tables with four to six people if possible! Strategies to make Groupwork WORK!

Earned a BA in math from Seattle Pacific University Completed my National Boards in 2017 Began my Masters in Learning Sciences and Human Development at UW This is my 7th year teaching in Seattle Public Schools I’ve taught 6th and 7th grade Algebra 1 6th and 8th grade EMP

Complex Instruction Principles Group Roles Addressing Status in the Classroom Increasing Participation and Accountability Agenda Brief overview of strategies, but you will have a list of resources to go home with!

Principles of Complex Instruction Safe Learning Community Multiple-Ability Curriculum Instructional Strategies Status and Accountability Principles of Complex Instruction Cohen, Lotan, Sapon-Shevin, Jilk

Boaler, J. (2015). youcubed. Retrieved September 29, 2019, from https://www.youcubed.org/.

Group Roles : Why and How Resource Manager Team Captain Recorder/ Reporter Facilitator Featherstone, H. (2011). Smarter together! Collaboration and Equity in the Elementary Math Classroom. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Who is the smartest at math? Two Minutes Private Think Time Who is the smartest at math? Jilk, Griffin, O’Connell

We need students who are…. Investigators Creative Detailed Builders Collaborators Visual Curious Persistent Questioners Risk Takers We need students who are….

Group Roles Resource Manager: Collect and care for the group supplies Team Captain: Ensure everyone is participating and sharing ideas Facilitator: Get your group off to a quick start by reading the task card out loud Recorder/Reporter: Make sure everyone at your table can present for your group Whoever travelled the furthest to be here Whoever travelled the shortest distance to be here Whoever is wearing the brightest color Whoever has taught for the longest amount of time

Status Multiple Abilities Treatment Assign Competency Teachers have ENORMOUS power

Participation Quiz

Shuffle Quiz

“But there are multiple answers aren’t there?”

Huddle

The Science of Learning and the Art of Teaching B.F. Skinner, 1954 “…filling in his workbook, is behaving primarily to escape from the threat of a series of minor aversive events- the teacher’s displeasure, the criticism or ridicule of his classmates, an ignominious show in competition, low marks….” “…the figures and symbols of mathematics have become standard emotional stimuli. The glimpse of a column of figures, not to say an algebraic symbol of an integral sign, is likely to set off- not mathematical behavior- but a reaction of anxiety, guilt, or fear.” Skinner, B. F. (1954). The Science of Learning and the Art of Teaching. S.l.: s.n.

Thank you! Questions or Comments for me? Want more PD? Email: mcnelson@seattleschools.org Or stay to chat! Want more PD? Email: Jess Griffin and Karen O’Connell koconnell73@gmail.com jgriffin31@gmail.com To find a Complex Instruction training for next summer! Check the NWMC website for documents from this presentation Check out the resources on the back of the handout. There are some awesome books out there! Thank you!