What if group work keeps failing because we’ve been doing it wrong? In this episode, Jerri Kemble turns the mic on co-host Jamie Saponaro to talk about her new book, Transforming Classrooms: Building a Culture of Collaboration. Drawing on three decades of coaching teachers, Jamie shares why traditional group work falls short and what it takes to build collaboration that actually works.
Listen in as Jamie introduces TEAMS, five research-backed pillars for cooperative learning, and QUEST, a framework for collaborative problem-solving and design thinking. Plus, she shares the unexpected cafeteria moment that showed her the approach was working. If you’ve ever wondered why group work falls apart, this episode might change how you think about collaboration.