In It's Your Turn, authors Robert Garmston and Carolyn McKanders 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