Description
Small group instruction is a powerful tool to include in your teaching toolbox, but too few teachers have received training in how to implement it successfully in their classrooms.
In this course from Lisa Van Gemert, you will learn to use small group instruction in a way that your students will embrace and even look forward to. Ms. Van Gemert walks you through how to do each of the following:
- Lead by example when it comes to group learning.
- Make intentional decisions about whether to use small group whole group instruction for any learning experience.
- Teach students the skills required to work successfully in a small group, such as listening well, using clear and concise speech, coming to consensus, sharing reasoning, taking turns, and making time for self-reflection.
- Divide students into groups based on strengths and ensure students are only responsible for and graded on their own work, not the work of others.
- Implement ideas that will take small group learning to the next level.
Mary – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –
This course offers many great options for using groups that will help students to be engaged and successful.
David – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, learned a lot.
Haylee – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this training. I liked the descriptions about why things work or don’t. I felt like there were helpful and valuable ideas to implement in the classroom that I had never heard of. Also, I never felt like she was repeating herself.
LeAnn – GARFIELD RE-2 (verified owner) –
Great course for secondary teachers wanting to implement flexible grouping in their classrooms.
Valeria – Pilot (verified owner) –
Great Course!
Veronica – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
nice
Michele – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot of strategies to use in my class to help small group instruction to run smoothly.
Jessica – EAST MUSKINGUM LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great course.
Yvette – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This allows us to rethink on how to get the best outcome from students working collaboratively.
Michael – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Good ideas.
Ana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Cluster grouping extremely useful
Jose – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s good.
Yanira – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Good information!
Anthony – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
I like the idea of doing groups in 3 or 5. Some of the class seemed a bit too opinionated rather than what works best with GT kids.
Leanna – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I loved it!
Enos – ROYAL ISD (verified owner) –
This was a good course because it forced me to think more deliberately about how I form groups in my classes and considerations for appropriate student grouping, I also appreciate the suggestions of ideas that could be used to improve student groups and class performance, I was most intrigued by the idea of giving group tests.
Mariandrea – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent!
Ana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course. It gave me lots of ideas that I look forward to trying out in my classroom.
Linda – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome! I learned so many new things that I want to try.
Levi – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great info.
Jamie – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Good strategies to use small group instruction in a positive and helpful way.
John – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
gives new ideas of effectively using groups in the classroom
enedina – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
great info
Emily – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I think group work is very important, and I see many teachers at the high school level who do not utilize groups in their classes.
Jordan – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
I appreciated the specific suggestions throughout, however much of these ideas were more suited to a brand-new teacher who had never really considered grouping before.
Karen – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
This course presents innovative ideas for creating and evaluating groups. It also presents unique ways that groups may be used in the classroom.
Karla – MARION LOCAL (verified owner) –
I love the courses Lisa teaches. I can identify with her in many ways.
Carla – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this. Too often, secondary teachers are being told to fit into a lower grade level model without reflecting on the changes that must occur with so many kids. I also like that she firmly believes that an individual student’s grade should not be based on someone else’s work. I will be researching that on her website for more information.
Destine – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome
Amanda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
it is great.
Mariza – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course!!!
Francisca – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
Very detailed and educative.
Stacy – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting. I appreciated that advice on doing this in a secondary classroom. Whole is easier, but not always best and I struggled to find ways to make it work consistently. There was a lot of good advice here.
Myrna – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Karen – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I thought she did a great job sharing her reasoning behind group work and ways to approach group work.
Lane – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
good
Marie – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great pointers for groups.
Norma – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful strategies and strong background knowledge that helps me connect to the presenter and builds a bit of more trust and confidence in applying the skills into my classroom with mindfullness.
Stephanie – NEWARK CITY (verified owner) –
Some really great ideas on how to implement in small group.
Linda – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and great ideas
Taylor – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
great information!
Gerard – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful information.
Julie – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
I have used grouping before, BUT I really learned of my mistakes as well as new ways to conduct and view grouping in the future.
Fallon – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Ralph – HILLSBORO ISD (verified owner) –
Good material
María – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
This course lists strategies and practical ideas which can be used in classroom of any subject.
Kim – EULA ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent ideas for most (if not all) classrooms in most (if not all) subjects.
Robyn – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot.
Hilda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
This course was sometimes helpful, although at times its message seemed to conflict with research.
Debra – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Good info that can be used to help with group projects.