Wood ‘N’ Barnes Publishing is posting a series of articles focused on “Back to School”.  This week’s post includes an excerpt from my Tips & Tools for the Art of Experiential Group Facilitation book: A key ingredient for creating a positive environment in the classroom is to help students know and use each others’ names [...]

Last week I mentioned my favorite way to divide a group into teams using a “Which One?” scenario where partners practice compromise/decision-making. After reading the last entry my colleague Kristen reminded me to share my funny “success” story from using this method with students in an elementary school: I was working with a 2nd grade [...]

Jen Stanchfield’s Upcoming Workshops Designed for Advisory Group Leaders: Advisory group leaders report that they are always looking for new ideas for facilitating advisory sessions with students. Many educators are planning for the remaining few months of school, summer programs and the start of next school year. The Chewonki Foundation in Wiscasset Maine and the [...]