Thursday, July 9, 2009

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John conducts workshops for educators who are interested in ways to engage students in learning by creating a cooperative classroom with the workshop participants as students. The workshop is higly interactive. Strategies are modeled by the instructor and experienced by the participants. In addition, a complete set of handouts describing the strategies is supplied for each person.
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For years, the workshops have provided valuable help for teachers who will be teaching in a block schedule with extended periods. Teachers desiring to create a cooperative learning environment will especially appreciate the experience.
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Are you feeling stagnant or burned out? Past experience has shown that teachers who use the strategies presented in John's workshop can be renewed. In addition, many teachers have experienced an increase in their students' performance on high stakes testing. Participants have been thankful they chose to attend John's workshops!
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Contact John at 410-227-3757 or e-mail him at JPJS@aol.com
Workshop Activities
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Students Work Together
Collaborative Discipline
Selecting Teams on Purpose
Team Building
Cooperative Worksheets
Respect, Defense, Consensus
Team Competition
Think, Pair, Square, Share
Pairs Check with a Switch
Player/Coach
Pairs Rehearsal
Team Rewards
1-4 Competition Quiz/Review
Carolina Pairs and Teams
Teaching Video
Student Feedback
Experience a Model Lesson
Stir the Class
Wall of Fame...and More
Quotes from Teachers after Attending the
"Engaging Students in Cooperative Learning" Workshops
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"My entire career has been wonderfully changed by the cooperative learning concepts."
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"...the best workshop I have ever attended...most useful in my classroom."
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"It wasn't work; it was fun."
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"We wish our entire staff had been there."
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"Two of our 'at risk' teachers have become good teachers as a result of using the cooperative tools taken from this workshop."
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"My life has been changed."
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"I've tried what I learned and my kids just love it."
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"This was my second time taking this workshop and it was new and different and exciting for me."
Workshop References
Edgar Markley, Principal
Broad Run High School
21670 Ashburn Road
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Kelly Watts, Director Resa II
2001 McCoy Road
Huntington, WV 25701
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Dana Brown, Principal
Mountain Home High School
500 Bomber Blvd.
Mountain Home, Arkansas 72653
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Melinda Calhoun, Principal
Warren County High School
Front Royal, Virginia 22630
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Rebecca Mundy, Math Supervisor
Cabell County Schools
2850 Fifth Avenue
Huntington, WV 25702
Resume for John D. Strebe
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics: University of South Carolina
Master of Arts in Teaching: Johns Hopkins University
Teacher for Secondary Education - 38 years
Workshop Presenter - 25 years
Subject of major article in Cooperative Learning Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 1
Featured in teaching video, "Teaching in the Block...Engaging Students in Active Learning," Volume VI, The Video Journal.
Author of chapter entitled, "The Collaborative Classroom" in Teaching in the Block, edited by Robert Lynn Canady and Michael D. Rettig
Teacher, Content Teaching Academy, James Madison University - 7 years
Recipient of the Washington Post Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award