Do your students shy away from group work or group projects? Does group work lack equal participation and individual accountability resulting in a group with hogs and logs? How do students experience teaching and learning in your class? Cooperative learning offers group processes that structures student interactions and group dynamics so that there is positive interdependence, equal participation and individual accountability. This workshop engages participants in simple teambuilding and class building processes where students are more engaged, like class more, and retain more content. Learn how to present your curriculum with high student energy and focused alertness. Get students up and moving and talking about content. Teach with pizzazz and increase your students’ social and academic efficacy through structured instructional processes that close the success gap in higher learning ! “It is through student discourse and the interaction of different ideas that students construct meaning.” (Kagan, 2015) (1.5 – 3.0 hours)