The Sharing Circle Handbook
$19.95
Susanna Palomares, Sandy Schuster, and Cheryl Watkins
You’ll find Sharing Circles to be an ideal tool to engage your students in meaningful discussions that teach them about life, school, themselves and getting along with others. Since verbal interaction is a key avenue to maintaining well-being and enhancing social and emotional learning, Sharing Circles provide you a practical and effective way to foster growth within your students in these critically important areas.
As your students talk and relate to each other (and you) verbally during the Sharing Circle sessions they are naturally practicing oral communication and learning important listening skills. Through insight developed in the course of pondering and discussing meaningful topics, students are offered the opportunity to grow in awareness and learn to understand their feelings, direct their thoughts, and control their behaviors. Through the positive experience of give and take they learn about effective modes of social interaction. It’s through this powerful, structured process that your students will gain regular practice in the use of valuable communication skills while relevant life issues are being discussed and important social and emotional concepts learned.
In addition to this valuable collection of over 100 meaningful topics The Sharing Circle Handbook provides you with:
- step-by-step guidelines for leading Sharing Circles
- clear introductions for effectively engaging students in each topic
- meaningful questions that foster reflection and higher level thinking
- an in depth presentation of the rules that create emotional safety and encourage empathy and social-skill development
- a complete introduction to Sharing Circle theory, objectives and benefits
- guidelines for developing student leadership
- frequently asked questions
- additional tips and strategies for Sharing Circle leaders
Table of Contents
Introduction
An Overview of Sharing Circles
This section discusses the theory underlying the Sharing Circle process. The targeted growth areas of Communication, Self- Awareness, Personal Mastery, and Interpersonal Skills are covered in some detail.
How to Set Up Sharing Circles
To make implementation easy, many of the most frequently asked questions about organizing and beginning Sharing Circles are answered, and ideas to help facilitate immediate use are provided.
Leading the Sharing Circle
This section is a thorough guide to conducting Sharing Circles. It covers major points to keep in mind and answers questions which will arise as you begin the program.
Training Student Leaders
Sharing Circles provide a natural setting for students to develop leadership skills. This section contains everything you’ll need to make the transition from adult-led to student-led circles.
Creating Your Own Sharing Circles
Many teachers and counselors have occasion to create Sharing Circles tailored to a particular subject, lesson, or student need. This section offers guidelines and suggestions to facilitate that process.
Questions and Answers
Here is a collection of answers to the most frequently asked questions about Sharing Circles. Answers are grouped to address the leader’s role, classroom management, student responses, and process and content areas.
Additional Tips for Sharing Circle Leaders
For leaders who have mastered the basics, this list of suggestions offers additional insights into the Sharing Circle process and the leaders’ role within that process.
Sharing Circle Topics (Over 100 Topics)
Grades K-12, 182 pages, 6 x 9, paperback
Description
Susanna Palomares, Sandy Schuster, and Cheryl Watkins
You’ll find Sharing Circles to be an ideal tool to engage your students in meaningful discussions that teach them about life, school, themselves and getting along with others. Since verbal interaction is a key avenue to maintaining well-being and enhancing social and emotional learning, Sharing Circles provide you a practical and effective way to foster growth within your students in these critically important areas.
As your students talk and relate to each other (and you) verbally during the Sharing Circle sessions they are naturally practicing oral communication and learning important listening skills. Through insight developed in the course of pondering and discussing meaningful topics, students are offered the opportunity to grow in awareness and learn to understand their feelings, direct their thoughts, and control their behaviors. Through the positive experience of give and take they learn about effective modes of social interaction. It’s through this powerful, structured process that your students will gain regular practice in the use of valuable communication skills while relevant life issues are being discussed and important social and emotional concepts learned.
In addition to this valuable collection of over 100 meaningful topics The Sharing Circle Handbook provides you with:
- step-by-step guidelines for leading Sharing Circles
- clear introductions for effectively engaging students in each topic
- meaningful questions that foster reflection and higher level thinking
- an in depth presentation of the rules that create emotional safety and encourage empathy and social-skill development
- a complete introduction to Sharing Circle theory, objectives and benefits
- guidelines for developing student leadership
- frequently asked questions
- additional tips and strategies for Sharing Circle leaders
Table of Contents
Introduction
An Overview of Sharing Circles
This section discusses the theory underlying the Sharing Circle process. The targeted growth areas of Communication, Self- Awareness, Personal Mastery, and Interpersonal Skills are covered in some detail.
How to Set Up Sharing Circles
To make implementation easy, many of the most frequently asked questions about organizing and beginning Sharing Circles are answered, and ideas to help facilitate immediate use are provided.
Leading the Sharing Circle
This section is a thorough guide to conducting Sharing Circles. It covers major points to keep in mind and answers questions which will arise as you begin the program.
Training Student Leaders
Sharing Circles provide a natural setting for students to develop leadership skills. This section contains everything you’ll need to make the transition from adult-led to student-led circles.
Creating Your Own Sharing Circles
Many teachers and counselors have occasion to create Sharing Circles tailored to a particular subject, lesson, or student need. This section offers guidelines and suggestions to facilitate that process.
Questions and Answers
Here is a collection of answers to the most frequently asked questions about Sharing Circles. Answers are grouped to address the leader’s role, classroom management, student responses, and process and content areas.
Additional Tips for Sharing Circle Leaders
For leaders who have mastered the basics, this list of suggestions offers additional insights into the Sharing Circle process and the leaders’ role within that process.
Sharing Circle Topics (Over 100 Topics)
Grades K-12, 182 pages, 6 x 9, paperback
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