All About Rapport
“More Rapport, Por Favor!”
Building More Rapport with Your Team
(Teamwork-3 min.)
1) Take a few M & M´s and place them on the table in front
of you. Do not eat them!
------2) One volunteer from each team will go first.
3) Volunteers, raise your hand.
------4) For every M & M you took, share one word that
describes you.
5) Everyone on your team will share.
6) CCQs
Building Rapport in Your Classroom
(Pairwork- 1 min.)
1) Why is it important to build rapport with our
students?
Teacher
Students
Matching Challenges and Solutions for
Building Rapport with Students
(Pairwork-4 min.)
1) Each pair will receive 8 cards:
o 4 challenges to building rapport with students
o 4 solutions
2) Match each challenge to the possible solutions.
Challenge
Juan has trouble remembering all
of his students´ names.
Solution
Have each Ss create a symbol
unique to him/her. Post a seating
chart with each team name,
students´ first and last names, and
symbol. Focus on the captains´
names, then vice-captains, then
other group members.
Matching Challenges and Solutions for
Building Rapport with Students
(Pairwork-4 min.)
4) CCQs
-----5) Captains, please come get the cards for your table.
Reviewing Answers
Challenge
Solution
Adriana: not enough time to
talk with each S about interests.
S write interests on card. T
reviews and integrates into
lessons/units.
Jaime: no time to create
materials that connect with S
interests.
Elicit interests during class.
Use students´ names in
examples. Personalize when
possible.
Manuel: unmotivated
during class.
Take deep breaths; focus on
being positive and present.
Pia: inconsistent with rules
& consequences
Be fair and consistent with
rules & consequences.
Building Rapport in Your Classroom
Student
Student
Building Rapport Between Students
(Pairwork-2 min.)
1) In your classes, what kinds of rapport building
activities have students participated in?
2) Which ones were most effective? Why?
Creating Effective Rapport Building
Activities
Effective rapport building activities should:
• be personal and authentic
• be accessible to all students
• connect to content
Connecting Rapport Building Activities
to Content-Instructions Part I
(Teamwork-5 min.)
1) You will receive this handout.
-----2) Captains, read the rapport-building sentence for each topic.
Example
Food
I like to eat ___________ with my friends.
------3) As a team, create a new rapport-building sentence for each
topic.
4) Vice-captains, write your team´s new sentence on the line.
5) CCQs
Connecting Rapport Building
Activities to Content-Instructions
Part II
(Teamwork-5 min.)
6) Captains, please come get one handout for
your table.
Effective rapport building activities should:
• be personal and authentic
• be accessible to all students
• connect to content
Evaluating Rapport Building Activities
(Teamwork-2 min.)
1) Captains, bring your team´s handout to the team to
your right.
-----2) Review the other team´s sentences.
3) For each sentence, answer:
-Is it personal and authentic?
-Can all students relate to it?
-Does it connect to content?
4) CCQs
Selecting a Rapport-Building Activity
(Teamwork-3 min.)
1) Captains, choose a secretary to take notes.
2) Secretaries, please show me a pen and paper.
-----3) Choose one of the other team´s sentences to
present.
4) Create instructions for how you would present this
activity to your students.
5) CCQs
Making a Poster of Your
Rapport-Building Activity
(Teamwork-3 min.)
1) On a poster, write:
-rapport building sentence
-instructions to complete the activity
2) When finished, each team will present their sentence
and instructions to another team.
3) CCQs
------4) Captains, please come get a poster and marker for
your team.
Presenting a Rapport-Building Activity
(Teamwork-3 min.)
1) Team A will present to Team B.
2) Switch.
3) CCQs
Building Rapport in Your Network
Coordinator
Teachers
Building Rapport Between
You and Your Network
(Think Individually-1 min.)
1) Visualize a typical network meeting.
o Where do your teachers sit?
o Who do they sit with?
o How you do think your teachers
arrive at the meeting?
feel when they
Appreciating Your Network
(Think and Write Individually-3 min.)
1) Complete 4 sentences about your network on this
handout.
Example
One thing I appreciate about my network is….
2) CCQs
----3) Captains, please come get handouts for your team.
Building Rapport in Your Network
Teacher
Teacher
Finding Common Ground
1) Listen to the following statements.
2) If you agree with the statement, stand up.
3) If you disagree, sit down.
4) CCQs
Finding Common Ground
• I am proud to be an English teacher.
• I teach English at more than one school.
• Sometimes I feel a little nervous speaking English in front
of my colleagues.
• It´s easy for me to attend network meetings because I
have a lot of support from my school and director.
• I attend network meetings because I like to talk with and
learn from my colleagues.
• I attend network meetings because I am paid to come.
• I attend network meetings because I am a motivated
teacher and want to grow as a professional.
Building Rapport Between Teachers in
Your Network
(Pairwork-2 min.)
1) With a partner, list stems to build rapport between
teachers in your network.
“One success I had in my classes this month was..."
2) CCQs
------3) Share your list with your team.
4) You have 1 minute.
Final Reflection:
Head, Hand, Heart
(Think and Write Individually-3 min.)
1) Identify something you will continue to think about
after this workshop.
2) Identify one action you will take as a result of this
workshop.
3) Identify a feeling that has emerged as a result
of this workshop.
Symbolic Reflection
(Think and Draw Individually-1 min.)
1) Take out your Symbolic Reflection sheet.
2) Draw one symbol that represents something you want to
remember from this workshop.
Thank You!