Tribes Tips: Recent Episodes
Shirley Sewell and Ben Hazzard
Download Episode 16: Evidence of Collaborative Reflection in a Community
Show Notes:
Is there evidence of large group reflective practices? How can you measure the small group reflective practice? Is there trust and authentic questioning of assumptions? Groups help to promote critical professional reflection. A checklist of different reflection types: large group, small group, partner, and individual reflection. Begin the process with [...]
Download Episode 15: School Leaders and Tribes
Show Notes:
Are we modeling the agreements? Is there consistency? Is there a goal? What does an ideal school look like? Have you started a plan? Compare current evidence with the intended plan. Are Tribes strategies embedded in school meetings?
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Hosts: Shirley Sewell and Ben Hazzard
Download Episode 14: Tuning Up For Term 3 and Ensuring Community
Show Notes:
How can you make the next term full of community? Keeping the agreements and using a sign. Helping to motivate students.
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Hosts: Shirley Sewell and Ben Hazzard
Download Episode 13: The Importance of a Common & Consistent Mission
Show Notes:
What is the mission of your school? What does that mission statement mean? Strategies that promote whole staff participation toward a common goal.
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Hosts: Shirley Sewell and Ben Hazzard
Download Episode 12: After A School Holiday… Consistent Conflict Resolution
Show Notes:
Students need to learn how to overcome challenges. Elementary and Middle School students need support as they develop strategies to deal with conflict. Routines and procedures need to promote responsibility and positive interaction. Have you tried the “Time Out Reflection Cycle”? Is this consistently applied through the [...]
Download Episode 11: After A School Holiday… Refocus on Listening
Show Notes:
Refocus on attentive listening when coming back from a break Consistency is important, so try creating a wall chart about what you are looking for. Suggestions of strategies to try including “Take 5″ & “SALAMI”.
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Hosts: Shirley Sewell and Ben Hazzard
Download Episode 10: Student Mentors
Show Notes:
Heather, a Tribes trainer, outlines how her class has used student mentors to positively influence each other and create a positive environment.
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Hosts: Shirley Sewell and Ben Hazzard
Download Episode 9: Reflecting On Inclusion Within One Classroom
Show Notes:
Jessica, a Tribes trainer, outlines inclusion within her grade 6 classroom.
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Hosts: Shirley Sewell and Ben Hazzard
Download Episode 8: Inclusion Begins To Foster Resilency
Show Notes:
Inclusion leads to resiliency and protective factors. Resiliency is for all students from all backgrounds. What is your moral purpose as an educator? What can be put in place for student success? Inclusion is a foundation for resiliency. Mary Palin, a Tribes Master trainer, explains why resiliency is so important. Shirley’s tidbit: “Inclusion [...]
Download Episode 7: Inclusion Is The Salad Dressing
Show Notes:
Peter Senge focuses on learning. Inclusion takes time. Learning increases student achievement and productive cooperative learning groups. First step might be a community circle Classrooms and groups are like a salad bowl. We all feel anxiety in new groups, when we have to interact with other during new situations. [...]
In Episode 6: Inclusion as an ongoing process Download Episode 6: Inclusion as an ongoing process
Show Notes:
Students may be disruptive because they aren’t included in the learning process. Reflection questions to identify collaborative skills. It is important to take the time Inclusion helps students feel that someone cares.
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Hosts: Shirley Sewell and Ben Hazzard
In Episode 5: An Inclusion Strategy, The Agreement Keeper Peeker Download Episode 5: An Inclusion Strategy, The Agreement Keeper Peeker
Show Notes:
How can I get the agreements going and build inclusion? Ben shares his agreement keeper peeker strategy. Download the template here.
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Hosts: Shirley Sewell and Ben Hazzard
In Episode 4: Why Is Inclusion Important? Show Notes:
Why Is Inclusion Important? Shirley shares about the need to use inclusion (even when adults work in groups) to be more productive. Inclusion is ongoing. Interview with Mary Palin, Tribes Master Trainer, answers the question: Why is Inclusion Important? Engagement and prior knowledge? This is curriculum inclusion.
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In Episode 3: Where Else Can I Use Tribes? Show Notes:
The need to use Tribes in a classroom. Fullan, Hill and Crevola talk about personalized learning in Breakthrough. Tribes helps to faciliate this process. Professional Learning Communities and Tribes Need to have more productive meetings? Start with the agreements. What skills do we need for the future? [...]
In Episode 2: Why Use Tribes? Show Notes:
Shirley shares why she was looking for a solution to cooperative learning solution and found Tribes. Interview with Mary Palin, Tribes Master Trainer, where she answers the question: “Why Use Tribes?” C.A.S.E.L., Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning, recommends Tribes. See Bonnie Bernard’s book, “What Is It About Tribes” Shirley shares what [...]
In Episode 1: What is Tribes? Show Notes:
Oprah highlights issues in schools Interview with Mary Palin, Tribes Master Trainer, about “What is Tribes?” Shirley shares the observations of a teacher following a Tribes training.
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Hosts: Shirley Sewell and Ben Hazzard
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