Best Practices of SLG leaders Navneet Sidhu Coordinator

Best Practices of SLG leaders Navneet Sidhu Coordinator, Supported Learning Groups Eric Bennett SLG Leader & Mentor, Kinesiology

What is a best practice? • “An innovative technique, unique to each SLG leader that tends to come up in most of their sessions. ” – Eric • “An innovative, creative idea either tried and tested or brand new that has proven especially effective in a session. ” – Travis • “A technique that is unique, innovative and provides the students with a stimulating experience. ” – PJ

Why is it important for leaders to think about their best practice? • “ Reflecting on what a leader does best gives the leader ability to move in that trajectory to make their sessions more effective. ” – Travis • “Choosing one thing that a leader does best and running with it gives each leader the confidence needed to be a successful SLG leader” – Eric • “Makes you realize what you are good at and when you share it with others it diversifies your experience and lends creative ideas to other leaders. ”-Darryl

The Process • • Step 1: Take an Innovative Approach to Your Sessions Step 2: Identify a Specific Approach That Works Best Step 3: Improve That Approach Step 4: Create a 5 Minute Presentation Step 5: Next In-Service Present to the Other Leaders Step 6: Take Feedback Provided to Modify Approach Step 7: Encourage Other Leaders to Try This Approach

Eric’s SLG MVP A modification of the classic competitive quiz Steps: 1) Split the students into two groups 2) Award points to every student who gets and answers correct 3) Keep track throughout the semester 4) Award SLG MVP at the end

PJ’s Sophisticated Word Vomit Start With Two Different Ends of a Process Example-Digestion: Food -----------------------> Feces Have the Students Fill in Absolutely Everything

Travis’s Art of Framing • https: //youtu. be/BUREX 8 a. Fb. Ms

Travis’s Art of Framing • Many Benefits to This Approach 1) 2) 3) 4) Provides an Opening and a Closing Requires Basic Understanding Uses a Real World Example Increases Student Engagement

Curtis’s Creative Card Competition of Concise Comprehension Divide students into teams of 3 -4 Give each team a stack of flash cards Say go and each team works on a set of questions. Tally the points Exchange the cards with the other team and have them mark the answers. • Deduct points for wrong answers. • • • “Accounting students can have fun too!!” Curtis

Tiffany’s Story Telling & Song Writing • Krebs cycle

The Tiffany Way

Rewriting Lyrics Original Lyrics Song: Team “We live in cities you'll never see on screen Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things” Study Lyrics Song: Gene “We live in nuclei you’ll never see without A 100 lens, but we sure know how to run things” “And everyone's competing for a love they won't receive “And it’s all Okazaki for a strand that’s not leading www. studysnob. com

Kristina’s Mascots “Hormonal Harry” 6 Hormones 2 Hormones 1 Hormone 2 Hormones 1 Hormone

Sami’s Wedge & Dash Harry

Any Questions? Navneet. sidhu@ufv. ca Eric. Bennett@student. ufv. ca