Robert Garmston & Carolyn McKanders 
It’s Your Turn [EPUB ebook] 
Teachers as Facilitators—A Handbook (Build confidence and competence as a teacher-facilitator)

In It’s Your Turn, authors Robert Garmston and Carolyn Mc Kanders increase the confidence and competence of teacher-facilitators while mitigating the challenges and tensions they face. Educators using this handbook will learn to use language that conveys positive intentions and stimulates a group’s work, authentically gain trust, improvise when plans falter, and understand the importance of diversity within groups.

This book will help teacher-facilitators:

• Gain confidence in leading groups and meetings


• Receive tips to make group members feel accepted and safe


• Learn how to improvise when things don’t go as planned


• Understand the benefits of diverse groups


• Consider how problems can be opportunities for positive change

Contents:
Prologue
Introduction: Mindsets and Meetings—Navigate With Empowering Mindsets
Chapter 1: See a Group as It Could Be—You Must Perceive It to Achieve It
Chapter 2: Groups Grant Consent—Get Permission to Lead
Chapter 3: Prepare . . . Don’t Attach—Your Responses Are More Important
Interlude
Chapter 4: Diversity Enriches—Inclusion Makes Groups Smarter
Chapter 5: Never Let a Conflict Go to Waste—Liberate Opportunities
Addendum A: Virtual Presence—Generalizations
Addendum B: Giving Clear Directions Is Not as Simple as It Looks
References and Resources
Index