Community of Practice Resource List

  • Picture Word Induction Teacher Training

    This is a teaching/learning strategy. Divide the class into small groups of two to four students. Provide two magazine advertisements of a male and female model to each group. Each student has a small pack of post-it notes...

  • Name Wave Teacher Training

    This is a group energizer activity to help review all the names in the group. Show students an action and then say your name (For example, “name” and then at the same time, clap twice and raise both arms in the air.)...

  • Name Wave Student Training

    This is a group energizer activity to help review all the names in the group. Show students an action and then say your name (For example, “name” and then at the same time, clap twice and raise both arms in the air.)...

  • Name Game Teacher Training

    This is a group energizer activity to help remember all the names in the group. Students will stand in a circle and each person will state their name...

  • Name Game Student Training

    This is a group energizer activity to help remember all the names in the group. Students will stand in a circle and each person will state their name...

  • Inside Outside Circle Teacher Training

    This is a teaching/learning strategy. Divide the class in half. Ask one half of the class to form a circle that faces out. The second half of the c...

  • Inside Outside Circle Student Training

    This is a teaching/learning strategy. Divide the class in half. Ask one half of the class to form a circle that faces out. The second half of the class actually will be forming an outside circle that faces the inside circle...

  • Foodopoly Teacher Training

    This is a teaching/learning strategy than is also known as Fitness Monopoly or a Fitness Circuit. Divide students into pairs. Provide each pair with one die, a pen or pencil and one copy of the handout...

  • Foodopoly Student Training

    This is a teaching/learning strategy than is also known as Fitness Monopoly or a Fitness Circuit. Divide students into pairs...

  • Communication Line Teacher Training

    This is a teaching/learning strategy. The class will be divided in half. One half of the class (line A) will stand on one side of a line, and the other half (line B) will stand across from a partner...

  • Communication Line Student Training

    This is a teaching/learning strategy. The class will be divided in half. One half of the class (line A) will stand on one side of a line, and the other half (line B) will stand across from a partner...

  • Clap Slap Teacher Training

    This is a group energizer activity. Have students sit in a circle and start a steady rhythm of two claps, followed by two knee slaps...