Socw 314

This reflection is a 2-page paper requiring students to analyze their performance as a group

facilitator. Students will identify strengths and areas of improvement as well as strategize how they will maximize

strengths and address these areas of improvement in future sessions.

HOW:

Reflect on your experience facilitating a group session

Follow the outline for the paper, answering the questions in paragraph format.

LOGISTICS:

Follow the outline below for this assignment:

A. Introduction

a. Provide an overview of the group you facilitated.

b. Summarize your overall impression of how well you performed as a facilitator.

c. Provide a thesis statement that summarizes the remainder of the paper.

B. Group preparation

a. Discuss how you prepared for your group session

i. Describe the sources that you consulted in preparation for your session and explain

how they were helpful.

b. Discuss the challenges you faced in preparing your agenda (note- you must identify and discuss

at least one challenge).

ii. Describe how you overcame these challenges.

C. Group session self- evaluation

a. Discuss to what extent your session was consistent with your vision for an ideal session.

Please support your argument with specific examples.

b. Discuss to what extent your session was not consistent with your vision for an ideal session.

Please support your argument with specific examples.

c. Indicate at least two areas in which you can improve before your next presentation or group

facilitation.

d. Group session peer-evaluation

a. Discuss the efforts you made to feel connected with your participants. Your response

should include examples of verbal and nonverbal communication in your role as

facilitator as well as that of your audience as referenced in Zastrow and Hessenauer

(2019).

b. Discuss moments in which you felt less connected with your participants. Your response

should include examples of verbal and nonverbal communication in your role as

facilitator as well as that of your audience as referenced in Zastrow and Hessenauer

(2019).