Facilitator's Guide to Inquire Within


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Demonstrate how teachers can cultivate a classroom culture of inquiry, design investigations or translate existing activities into inquiry-based learning experiences, and integrate inquiry with curricular objectives.




Making Questions Work


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This book is an invaluable desk reference for facilitators, leaders, coaches and anyone who wants to engage in more effective learning and decision-making conversations. It offers over 1700 rich questions that you can borrow or adapt to improve your inquiry skills, and provides clear frameworks that point to when, where, and why particular questions are most useful.




Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making


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"The best book on collaboration ever written!" —Diane Flannery, founding CEO, Juma Ventures And now this classic book is even better—much better. Completely revised and updated, the second edition is loaded with new tools and techniques. Two powerful new chapters on agenda design A full section devoted to reaching closure More than twice as many tools for handling difficult dynamics 70 brand-new pages and over 100 pages significantly improved




Collaborative Inquiry for Educators


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Your step-by-step guide to making collaboration work Collaborating for improved student outcomes makes sense. But beyond theory, do you know where to begin? Aligned to current Learning Forward standards and based on the latest research, this book deconstructs the collaborative inquiry process. This step-by-step guide gives facilitators tools to move teams toward purposeful, productive collaborative work with: A clear and concise four-stage model that provides a structure for facilitating successful collaborative inquiry Real-world examples from collaborative teams that model componen.




Data-Driven Dialogue


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The Secrets of Facilitation


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The Secrets of Facilitation delivers a clear vision of facilitation excellence and reveals the specific techniques effective facilitators use to produce consistent, repeatable results with groups. Author Michael Wilkinson has trained thousands of managers, mediators, analysts, and consultants around the world to apply the power of SMART (Structured Meeting And Relating Techniques) facilitation to achieve amazing results with teams and task forces. He shows how anyone can use these proven group techniques in conflict resolution, consulting, managing, presenting, teaching, planning, selling, and other professional as well as personal situations.




Facilitation at a Glance!


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Shows the techniques of facilitation in action. Presents real-life examples of common pitfalls and demonstrates the facilitation strategies needed to avoid them.




Fearless Facilitation


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As the workforce ages and younger trainers and managers emerge, facilitation skills take on a new importance and, with the increased use of social networks, new facilitation skills are needed. Written by two facilitation gurus, this book shows how to make any learning environment come alive. It outlines proven guidelines any trainer can use to unify groups, inspire creativity, and get audiences, teams, and colleagues to speak up, talk back, participate, and engage in meetings.




Facilitator′s Guide to Leading Schools in a Data-Rich World


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Train educators on using the power of data to positively impact student achievement! Based on the best-selling book Leading Schools in a Data-Rich World, this guide gives staff developers and workshop leaders the tools to facilitate book study groups, seminars, and professional development events to help school leaders integrate data as a catalyst for school change and enhanced student performance. This easy-to-use guidebook offers step-by-step instructions to support training sessions that can help educators gain: An understanding of data analysis and data interpretation An inquiry "habit of mind" to view the use of data as an integral part of the school improvement process Leadership capacity that supports an inquiry process Each chapter features: Facilitator′s notes Discussion questions Timed activities The Facilitator′s Guide to Leading Schools in a Data-Rich World is ideal for staff developers or anyone leading professional training for groups of any size—pairs, small workshops, or large seminars.




Pocket Guide to Facilitating Human Connections


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This incredible resource is a guide to facilitating powerful activities to create more connected and more engaged teams.