Day 1
01 Workshop Opener 02 Previously, On CSP... 03 Stretch 04 Model Lesson - Lists Investigate - U5L2 05 Stretch 06 Reflection 07 Wrap Up

Session 1: Workshop Opener

10 minutes

discussion-based

Purpose

The purpose of this session is to bring participants together to kick off the workshop and reflect on how things are going in the classroom. It is common to surface concerns during this session that can be revisited and addressed throughout the workshop.

Objectives

  • Participants can correct their own misconceptions and existing questions have been asked and answered.
  • Participants can reflect on the dynamic in their classroom.
  • Participants can evaluate their pacing at this point in the year and have ideas for how to get back on track if they’ve fallen behind

Supplies & Prep

Workshop Modality:

  • Whole group
  • Breakout rooms

Facilitator Supplies:

Participant Materials:

  • None

Agenda

Workshop Opening Logistics (3 minutes)

Connect to asynchronous work (7 minutes)

Facilitation Guide

Workshop Opening Logistics (3 minutes)

(0 minutes) As Participants Join the Call

💷 As participants join the call, warmly welcome them to the workshop. It is recommended that you have some sort of get-to-know you discussion starter that can trigger some conversation for you to fill the time as people join. The one in the slide deck is currently: What is one thing you do to practice “self care” as a teacher? You may decide to change this if something else feels top of mind.

During this time you can also take care of some logistics such as :

  • Encourage participants to take attendance
  • Ensure that participants have the slide deck open for the workshop

(1 minute) Attendance

💷Have everyone complete the attendance for the day on the Workshop Dashboard - Tool dashboard found in your workshop.

Follow the instructions found in your Facilitator Handbook - 2021 to take attendance for your workshop.

(1 minute) Agenda Overview

💷 Walk through the agenda of the workshop. Participants should be aware that they will be gaining more experience with Unit 5.

Facilitator Tip

More information about these norms can be found in our Professional Learning K-12 Norms One-Pager. This document isn’t necessary to distribute to participants, but can help to provide context for you as you review groups norms.

(1 minute) Review Norms

💷 Remind the group of the K-12 Professional Learning norms that were established during the Kickoff Call.

  • Be present.
  • Make space and take space.
  • Seek to understand.
  • Take risks.
  • Expect and accept non-closure.

Connect to asynchronous work (7 minutes)

Facilitator Tip

As participants are in pairs, watch the question parking lot for questions that have short answers. Feel free to put brief answers directly in the document during this time. Additionally, there might be questions from the question parking lot that you want to use to structure your share out.

(5 minutes) Reconnect

Producer Support: Prepare to put participants in groups of 2 in breakout rooms for 5 minutes.

Remarks

💷 In a minute, you will be put into pairs to talk about your experiences. You will have 5 minutes in these groups before coming back to share out. In these groups, you will discuss:

  • How are things going in your classroom now? How have students’ perceptions of computer science changed since you started the year?
  • In your asynchronous work you talked about a student who could use an academic status boost. Tell your partner about this student and how this student is “smart” in your class.

Remind participants about what “smart” means in the asynchronous work. Specifically, in the asynchronous work we broadened the definition of “smart” to include doing things that advance an individual's own learning and the learning of individuals around them. See the asynchronous work for more information about broadening what it means to be “smart” in computer science.

Producer support: Put participants in groups of 2 for 5 minutes.

(2 minutes) 💷 Share Out

Use this time to answer questions raised in the asynchronous work or to allow 1-2 people to describe what they talked about with a partner.