Precision Partnering: Think, Write, Pair, Share

Identify a colleague who can be your partner for any assigned partnering tasks.

Decide who will be partner #1 and partner #2

Look (Make eye contact)

Lean (Turn toward your partner)

Low voice (Use your private vs. public voice)

Listen (Practice authentic listening)

. Observe the 4 L's of working with a partner

Viewing tasks Partner #1: List all of the

professional behaviors that the substitute teacher exhibits.

Partner #2: List all of the unprofessional behaviors that the substitute teacher exhibits.

Sentence Starters

Starter for partner 1: One professional behavior that the substitute teacher exhibited was ________________.

Starter for partner 2: One unprofessional behavior that the substitute teacher exhibited was ________________.

Professionalism for the substitute

Partnering Directions

Partner #1 shares first using the starter.

Partner #2 shares next.

Keep sharing until I say: "Bring your conversations to a close, please."

If you don't have a second idea, share your partner's idea.

Examples

Example: One professional behavior that the substitute teacher exhibited was telling the students to call him “Mr. S.”

Example: One unprofessional behavior that the substitute teacher exhibited was eating his lunch in class.

Sentence Starters