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I love small groups, but students often despise group work.

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I love small groups, but students often despise group work.

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I too was once that student. Determined to avoid group work by any means necessary. I never enjoyed depending on others to develop ideas, when I can easily do the work alone. But as an instructor, I am constantly pushing for group activities. I enjoy watching students bounce ideas off one another including the intimate yet educational moments shared throughout the class. Watching students open up and converse with one another to complete tasks has been a joy. Groups force students to self-educate and learn from their peers. I let go and allow learners to explore the topic on their own. At their pace and in their way. Overall it’s a forced yet positive experience.

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This can help by allowing students to collaborate on learning topics and provide more time for teacher to move around from group to group to assist.

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Having students collaborate to accomplish learning goals makes it easier to assess group learning, but what can often get lost is the individuals specific learning goals

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Success- Supported small group instruction and organized guided lessons with checks and connects to make sure students are understanding content!

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Success- Supported small group instruction and organized guided lessons with checks and connects to make sure students are understanding content!

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Small group is really the way to go. The real learning happens within small groups!

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Small group is really the way to go. The real learning happens within small groups!

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Students feel supported and accountable all at the same time

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At Banneker one of the main goals that has been discussed since I arrived has been "ownership and accountability" of the learning process. I believe flexible grouping makes that goal easy to achieve as it provides an easy way for students to collaborate and lead their peers without teachers in the driver seat-Mickens

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Some small group classes have all very low level students which makes it difficult to group them.

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Small group instruction may allow me to assist more students at once who are struggling with content.

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Potential successes include higher student engagement and higher student achievement. Potential challenges include extra time planning which could lead to teacher burnout.

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Success:
NO student being left behind

Challenge:
Again, ALL on the teacher but I do not see this expectation put on IRR teachers in CO-Taught classes. I’ve never ever had a CO-teacher during my time at Banneker do any of these things. Where is the expectation for them?

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One potential success could be addressing multiple learning targets while a challenge could be keeping different groups focused on different activities and learning targets.

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Having students collaborate with their peers. Sometimes I find that students learn best when I’m not talking that much and switch to the role of facilitator instead of knowledge holder.

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Success-ability to engage students personally during small group activities

Challange-time needed to plan to utilize these groups more often

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Potential success: through group projects, students who are shy, reserved, or socially awkward could potentially come out of their shell…Queen 

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Potential success: through group projects, students who are shy, reserved, or socially awkward could potentially come out of their shell…Queen 

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Data collection to create your heterogeneous group.

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We may not have the flexibility to ensure that the small groups can work at their own pace and structure.

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Small group instruction can be extremely beneficial in Co-Taught classes when the teachers are intentional in grouping children with similar learning styles.

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Small group instruction can be extremely beneficial in Co-Taught classes when the teachers are intentional in grouping children with similar learning styles.

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I think using my co-teacher in 1&2B can really help my students who struggle with higher level thinking 

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I think using my co-teacher in 1&2B can really help my students who struggle with higher level thinking 

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Challenge: Finding meaningful ways to encourage students to interact with each other

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The process of data gathering -- ensuring you have a robust dataset to group students will always be tough because of time and other resource constraints.

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It will allow targeted practice and development. It will make it easier for students to ask questions they may not want to ask in front of their peers.

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Success -Small group works well in engineering because most projects requires teamwork 

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Success -Small group works well in engineering because most projects requires teamwork 

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Small group instruction works well in the band setting. It allows student in specific sections to focus on only their part. Especially when trying to correct pitches,rhythms and stylistic nuances in a passage of music.

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Students are open to speaking about any confusion they are experiencing and we can create more AHA moments. It is time-consuming, for a content-heavy subject.

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Flexible grouping allows us deliver instruction with students in a variety of ways. Yesterday during whole group instruction, we assessed students by observing their ability to identify details and central idea, we were able to devise a plan to progress students that understand and reteach and accommodate students who needed more support

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I can do a group setting when first learning new concepts. PLEASE understand-Visual Art is not a "TEAM SPORT". I will do this initiative so that I am compliant.

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Grouping students may signal who is succeeding and who is behind.

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Success: engagement, light-bulb break through moments, collaboration, productivity.

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Small group instruction is an opportunity for students to collaborate with peers they may not usually associate with. They are exposed to different ways of thinking and approaches by working with other students.

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Homogeneous grouping allows self-starting students to discuss allowing me to re-teach and make connections with students who are less interested.

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Success- flexible grouping could allow students to learn from each other and retain information possibly better coming from their peers. 

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Success- flexible grouping could allow students to learn from each other and retain information possibly better coming from their peers. 

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Successes - Intervention and remediation for students during school. Opportunities for enrichment and acceleration for high achieving students.
Challenges - Timing/Pacing constraints. Teachers who need classroom management support.

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Success-Increasing the use of small group instruction will allow a more personal and engaging experience for each student.

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Success-Increasing the use of small group instruction will allow a more personal and engaging experience for each student.

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Challenge - The various groups require different learning targets, instructional content, and assessments.

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Challenge - The various groups require different learning targets, instructional content, and assessments.

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It may seem simple but I need extra chairs in order to move kids out side with me. I like working in quiet spaces for us to work productively

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Success - Flexible grouping allows the teacher to target specific student needs and prescribe appropriate interventions.

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Success - Flexible grouping allows the teacher to target specific student needs and prescribe appropriate interventions.

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Successes - students engage more readily with small group activities, easier to move around and work with smaller groups with targeting feedback.

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Successes - students engage more readily with small group activities, easier to move around and work with smaller groups with targeting feedback.

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Challenges - setting the groups up, time commitment