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* Do you want a buddy system (pairs of teachers matched by grade or subject)? | * Do you want a buddy system (pairs of teachers matched by grade or subject)? | ||
* Negotiate whether participants will use first names. | * Negotiate whether participants will use first names. | ||
* Consider whether there is a hierarchy among the participants? What do you need to do so that participants can talk to each other freely? | |||
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To start the session, welcome everybody to the workshop. You might then want to do an “ice breaker”. | To start the session, welcome everybody to the workshop. You might then want to do an “ice breaker”. | ||
'''Ice breaker 1''' (for a group of colleagues): Stand up and sing a song together. | |||
'''Ice breaker 2 '''(for group of participants who don’t know each other well): People say one or two words that describe themselves (such as “funny”, “sociable”, “shy”). Alternatively, chat in pairs, and then introduce your neighbour to the group. | |||
''' | '''Ice breaker 3''' (for either colleagues or strangers): You could do this ice breaker if participants are less familiar with each other: | ||
* people form groups of three | |||
* people form | |||
* they have a conversation for no more than 3 min, 1 min each, on a specified topic, e.g. their favourite foods, what activity they are glad to be rid of and don't have to tackle today, their worst fantasy about what could go wrong as a consequence of the workshop... | * they have a conversation for no more than 3 min, 1 min each, on a specified topic, e.g. their favourite foods, what activity they are glad to be rid of and don't have to tackle today, their worst fantasy about what could go wrong as a consequence of the workshop... | ||
* facilitator claps their hands after each minute to signal changeover<nowiki>; </nowiki>after 3 min, groups dissolve and form new groups<nowiki>; </nowiki>facilitator changes the topic at this point and after every 3 min until everyone has spoken to everyone else | * facilitator claps their hands after each minute to signal changeover<nowiki>; </nowiki>after 3 min, groups dissolve and form new groups<nowiki>; </nowiki>facilitator changes the topic at this point and after every 3 min until everyone has spoken to everyone else | ||
* people have to stand up the whole time and move around - it is very energising, normally beginning quite quietly and ending up very loud! | * people have to stand up the whole time and move around - it is very energising, normally beginning quite quietly and ending up very loud! | ||
* the next activity might connect with this icebreaker, for example asking volunteers to report back on their worst fantasy about what could go wrong in their classroom as a consequence of the professional development programme | * the next activity might connect with this icebreaker, for example asking volunteers to report back on their worst fantasy about what could go wrong in their classroom as a consequence of the professional development programme? | ||
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