Session 1: Workshop Opener
15 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
Facilitator Supplies:
- Virtual Module 8 - CSP 21 - 22 - Slides
- Slide set-up: Look at asynchronous work and pull out common misconceptions or questions you saw surfaced in the shared group reflections
Participant Materials:
- None
Agenda
Workshop Opening Logistics (4 minutes)
Connect to Asynchronous Work (11 minutes)
Facilitation Guide
Workshop Opening Logistics (4 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 was the first album you bought as a kid?" 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
- Ensuring that they have the slide deck open for the workshop
(2 minutes) 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 building on what they did with building community connections and preparing for the AP exam as well as making a plan for the future.
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 (11 minutes)
(2 minutes) Asynchronous Work Reminder
Facilitator Tip
If no one (or few people) have finished creating their plans for preparing students for the AP Exam in the shared slides, you may want to modify the Workshop Opener to account for this fact.
💷 Remind participants of the work they did in the asynchronous work in this module. This included:
- Looking at different CS communities anyone can engage with after this year.
- Reviewing the structure and content of the AP Multiple Choice Exam.
- Considering what content and skills students need to know to be successful on the exam.
- Reviewing resources to help students prepare for the exam and making a plan to use those resources.
(9 minutes) 💷 Reconnect
Remarks
💷 (3 minutes) We appreciate the time you took to put together your plan for preparing students for the AP Exam and sharing your plan in the slides. Let’s take a minute to review the plans that everyone created. Feel free to use the chat as a “back channel” to ask questions or pull-out ideas you like on the slides.
(6 minutes) 💷 Whole Group Discussion:
- What ideas did you take from seeing others’ plans?
- What questions do you still have about preparing students for the AP Exam?