Mass Insight Advanced Placement Equity Building Tools

Collaboration

Daily Mindfulness Routine

To promote increased focus, class participation, and a sense of academic belonging; at the beginning of every class, students and teachers silently meditate for five minutes.

Short Student Working Styles Discussions

To guide students in reflecting on and share their working preferences with a group in order to identify strategies to navigate procrastination.

Teach Cooperative Learning Strategies at the Start of the Year

To enhance students’ learning through cooperative learning strategies.

Harness the Potential of Group Work Through Establishing Effective Group Processes and Guidelines

To obtain the highest benefit from group projects and cooperative learning to ensure that collaboration enhances learning.

Group Roles and Responsibilities

To provide students with a sense of purpose and direction as they work together to complete learning objectives.

Creating Shared Artwork

To create a shared experience for students through a collectively created work of art.

Talking Circles/Fishbowl Discussions

To help students see their community as a place of significance, a place of positive change, and a place where their voices are heard. Talking Circles can be used as a platform for discussion of academic topics that are particularly challenging for students.

Peer Cohorting

To group students in small working groups for collaboration, mutual support and accountability.

Get to Know Your Students (Week 1)

To establish trust between the teacher and students and amongst students through a variety of relationship-building activities.

Use Crew Model as a Long-Term Advisory

To ensure students feel supported and connected using group check-ins as the basis.

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