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1. Its a Great day!!! Please Sign In. “Its not what they learn..... It is how they learn it!”

2. 1. Put your technology away! You are about to be engaged. 2. Pick up a white board and marker. Take them back to your seat with you. 3. Using your marker, draw four equal parts on your board like this example. 4. Give each box a small number 1-4 in the top left corner. Hold up your board when you are finished and sit quietly.

3. You have 45 seconds to write about a fun time in your life that you’d like to revisit in box #1. When you hear the music start playing, mix around the room quietly until the music stops. Begin writing!

4. Pair up with the person closest to you and give them a high five. If you haven’t found a partner raise your hand to find someone to share with.

5. I am going to give you some “think time” on this next one. Question 2: What do you want your students to achieve this year? When you hear me clap my hands, begin writing your answer. You have 45 seconds.

6. “MIX”

7. “PAIR”

8. “SHARE”

9. Think about how education has changed. When I snap my fingers, begin writing in box #3. Stop writing when you hear the music begin.

10. “MIX”

11. “PAIR”

12. “SHARE”

13. In box #4 you will write one complete sentence for each of the following: • about your family • what you like to do in your free time • something unique about you • You may have some “think time”. Listen for my cues.

14. “MIX”

15. “PAIR”

16. “SHARE”

17. Congratulations! You just completed a Kagan Structures activity called “Mix-Pair-Share.” Quickly find your seat and gather your stuff because you will be moving a lot today!

18. Ask yourself these questions.... • Do you want your students to be more engaged in class? • Do you want your students to have higher test scores? • Do you want to improve your students’ self-esteem?

19. Cooperative learning results in low kids making gains. EVERYONE is engaged-closing the gap. Why is engagement such a hot topic? Turn to someone next to you and respond.

20. “We have a choice. We can call on one or two students in the same amount of time we can call on everyone.” ~Dr. Spencer Kagan

21. At this time, please stand and count off. Starting with number 1 up to number 4. Then repeat until everybody has a number. Thank you!

22. Four Corners • All ones go to corner one. • All twos go to corner two. • All threes go to corner three. • All fours go to corner four. • Discuss your roles. • When I ring the bell, find your table and make your team board.

23. Kagan Collaborative Learning Teams • You are the Coach – helps team members and answers questions. • Recorder – writes the answers for the group and is the spokesperson. • Material Manager – gets things for the group, sharpens pencils, scissors and passes out papers (buys lunch and gets coffee). • Quiet Captain – keeps table quiet and also watches the time.

24. Coach 1 - A Recorder 2 - B Face Partner Material Manager 3 - B Quiet Captain 4 - A Shoulder Partner

25. 2B. Recorder: Bob 1A. Coach: Suzy KAGAN TEAM:___ The Dragon slayers 3B. Material Manager: Jorge 4A. Quiet Captain: Maria

26. COOPERATIVE LEARNING & STUDENT ENGAGEMENT Presenter: Mr. William A. Martin

27. Agenda • Introduction – 8:00 to 8:30 am • Who/What is Kagan? – 8:30 to 9:00 am • Kagan Concepts – 9:00 to 10:00 am • Break – 10:00 to 10:15 am • Kagan Structures Part 1 – 10:15 to 11:30 • Lunch – 11:30 to 12:00 pm • Kagan Structures Part 2 – 12:00 to 1:00 pm

28. Group Agreements • Be friendly • Be open minded • Quiet cell phones • Minimum side bar conversations • Have lots of fun • Clean up your area

29. Introduction toCooperative Learning What is Kagan? Who is Kagan? Part 1 What is Cooperative Learning? Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

30. Six Key Elements To Cooperative Learning • Teams • Will to Cooperate • Cooperative Management • Skill to Cooperate • Four Basic Principles • Cooperative Structures

31. Concept 1: Teams What is a cooperative team? • Strong, positive team identity • Four members • Endures over time • Heterogeneous

32. Concept 1: Teams • How are teams formed? Which one is best? • Variety of methods • Friendships or interests • Random teams • Teacher assigns students to teams • Heterogeneous - maximize the probability of peer tutoring and improving cross-race and cross-sex relations

33. Concept 1: Teams What is the best way to form teams? • Each team member writes their thoughts on a 3 x 5 card. (1 min) • Use the Round Robin technique. (4 mins) • Reporters will report out from your groups.

34. Concept 1: Teams What are some problems with other methods? Use Time-Pair Share video Random: The luck of the draw can put four low achievers on the same team Friends Choose: Classroom management problems, leaving someone out

35. Concept 1: Teams How big should teams be? • Four members per team • Allows pairs work • Teams of more than four do not lend themselves to enough participation and they are harder to manage

36. What is Group Work? • Students form a group. (usually 4) • Each person has a “job”. (reporter, materials collector, captain or coach, recorder, quiet captain or bouncer.) • Watch to see if Students are only concerned with “their job” and do not participate the entire time. (easy for them to hide) • Check to see if “All” students are engaged • Learning is not equal (one person may tend to do all or most of the work)

37. WHAT IS COOPERATIVE LEARNING? What does cooperative learning look like? Students are working in teams that display: • P- Positive Interdependence (on the same side, same goals) • I- Individual Accountability (student’s can’t hide) • E- Equal participation (equal status) • S- Simultaneous Interaction (engagement)

38. From Traditional to Cooperative Learning

39. I know.. You hate it already! We’ve already heard every line in the book….. • How can I cover the curriculum if I allow time for student discussion, team building, and silly sports energizers during my class? • Where does cooperative learning fit into my lesson plan? • What do I do with students who are frequently absent or pulled out? • Some students refuse to work with others. What should I do? • Aren’t we just using high achievers to work with low achievers?

40. ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS….. How can I cover the curriculum? • Stop talking on a regular basis and let the students do the talking. • We retain a great deal of what we say rather than what we hear. • It is through discourse and interaction of different ideas that students construct meaning.

41. ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS….. Where does cooperative learning fit into my lesson plan? By incorporating a few simple and quick learning structures into each lesson. What do I do with students who are frequently absent or pulled out? Spread around the most frequently pulled out or absent students. When the students leave form groups of four of remaining students. Teammates are responsible for explaining what was missed. Set up homework buddies and have a place set up for students to get there work when they return without interrupting the teacher.

42. ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS….. Some students refuse to work with others. What should I do? • You cannot make a student cooperate, but you can certainly make the learning attractive enough. • Sooner or later the “refuser” will want to join the group. • *This is a goof chance to use “team building” structures to build social skills.

43. ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS….. Aren’t we just using high achievers to work with low achievers? • No! Research says high achievers do as well or better in cooperative learning classrooms as they do in traditional classrooms • High achievers get a chance to tutor at times, therefore they are “explaining”. Every teacher knows as we teach, we learn. • What is ENGAGEMENT? video

44. How can I start incorporating Cooperative Learning in my classroom? A few easy structures to start with: . * Remember to give students a gambit to say their partner • Mix-Pair-Share (use with music, students are up and moving) What do you do to get rid of stress? • Timed Pair Share (teacher sets time limits) What is the best/worst thing about your classroom or school? • Rally Robin (used for naming things, student’s are in pairs) What are the steps in starting a car?

45. How can I start incorporating Cooperative Learning in my classroom? A few easy structures to start with: . * Remember to give students a gambit to say their partner • Round Robin (each students shares, set equal time for each student ex. 30 seconds) videoWhere is the closet place to get some good food near this school? • Think –Write Round Robin (each student shares, set equal time for each student) What are the names of the planets in our solar system?

46. Round Robin Ideas……

47. Team Building vs. Class Building

48. Task and Transfer • Choose one of the Kagan Cooperative Learning Strategies learned to today and incorporate it in your lessons for the next week. • Email your buddy and tell them how you used your strategy. • CC: Mr. W. Martin as well. He will be collecting data to track our integration of cooperative learning.

49. Resources • Kagan Structures, September, 2009 • Cooperative Learning, July 2007 • Dr. Spencer Kagan, Miguel Kagan, Kagan Cooperative Learning, Kagan Publishing, 2009

50. Here are some Helpful Kagan Videos • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEh8Z0sbiRE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0s_qxJDuas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiCSKg32AMk