This week was chocked full of Kagan, Kagan, Kagan! The cooperative learning strategies we've been learning about are perfect for YESS mentoring pairs, as well as giving me a platform to implement support systems for each mentor. When I created teams of four to five students, I was able to put one strong mentor with a younger mentor. I'm already observing some of these less-experienced mentors making great strides in how they interact with their mentees.
On Monday, we focused exclusively on team building exercises. Students invented a team name, team mascot, and a team high five. The trick was achieving consensus, which the scholars know as: An agreement we all can live with.
Consensus was achieved later in the week, too, when we created our Shared Agreements. Like last year, all students will sign the contract and will be held accountable for honoring the agreements they made.
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