SIG 1: Building Facilitation Skills
Hosted by Mary Beth Akers and Sue Wilson
In this Coaching Conversation, our hosts facilitate a three-part discussion into facilitation skills by focusing on professional learning communities, professional development, and building consensus for making decisions. Additional resources are provided for participants to explore and hone these skills at their own sites.
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Read on! The following resources explore this central topic and are sometimes referenced during the conversation.
- Aguilar, E. (2016). Cultivating Healthy Communication. In The Art of Coaching Teams. (pp. 137-157).
- Tabach, M., & Schwarz, B. B. (2017). Professional development of mathematics teachers toward the facilitation of small-group collaboration. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 97(3), 273-298.
- Lee, G. V., & Barnett, B.G. (1994). Using reflective questioning to promote collaborative dialogue.
- Evans, L. (2014). Leadership for professional development and learning: Enhancing our understanding of how teachers develop. Cambridge Journal of Education, 44(2), 179-198.
- Vedder-Weiss, D., Ehrenfeld, N., Ram-Menashe, M., & Pollak, I. (2018). Productive framing of pedagogical failure: How teacher framings can facilitate or impede learning from problems of practice. Thinking Skills and Creativity.
- Gibbons, L. K., Kazemi, E., & Lewis, R. M. (2017). Developing collective capacity to improve mathematics instruction: Coaching as a lever for school-wide improvement. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 46, 231-250.