Session 1: Workshop Opener
10 minutes
discussion-based
Purpose
Bring participants together to kick off the workshop and reflect on how things are going in the classroom.
Objectives
- Participants can clear up misconceptions or questions from asynchronous work.
- Participants build community through discussions about their own local contexts.
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 were your hobbies when you were in high school? 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 them to take attendance
- Ensure that they have the slide deck open for the workshop
(1 minute) Attendance
Have everyone complete the attendance for the day on the Workshop Dashboard - Tool 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 day. Participants should be aware that they will be gaining more experience with Unit 7.
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 Summer Workshop.
- Be present.
- Make space and take space.
- Seek to understand.
- Take risks.
- Expect and accept non-closure.
Connect to Asynchronous Work (7 minutes)
(2 minutes) 💷 Asynchronous Work Reminder
Remind participants of the work they did in the asynchronous work in this module. This included:
- Reading the Unit 7 overview
- Understanding the Explore and Practice lessons and content on Parameters and Return from Unit 7.
- Reflecting on the definition of an “inclusive classroom”.
We will be building on this idea of an inclusive classroom throughout this workshop.
Producer support: Prepare to put participants in groups of 2 in breakout rooms for 4 minutes.
(4 minutes) 💷 Reconnect
Facilitator Tip
For the “reconnect” section, you might want to take this time to instead address questions that were raised in the asynchronous work or common themes you saw that participants were concerned about. Encourage participants to answer one anothers’ questions and facilitate a discussion amongst participants rather than providing your own answer to questions and concerns.
Remarks
In a minute, you will be put into pairs to talk about your classroom. You will have 5 minutes in these groups before coming back to share out. In these groups, you will discuss:
- What evidence do you have that your classroom is inclusive?
- What is one area of building an inclusive classroom that you think could be improved in your CS Principles Classroom?
If you have questions that you’d like answered during this time, feel free to add it to our question parking lot slide. We will do a short share-out after we get back to be prepared to share common themes from your discussion also”
Producer support: Put participants in groups of 2 in breakout rooms for 4 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.*
(1 minute) Wrap Up
Remarks
We will be continuing to talk about making our classrooms inclusive during today’s workshop.