Developing Skills Needed for Active STEM Learning
Staff Development Guide
Coaching Situation: Coaching (one-on-one)
Length: 15 minutes
Objectives: Participants will reflect on their facilitation to learn to get youth actively engaged in STEM learning.
Agenda:
- Reflecting on Your Practice – 5 minutes
- Embracing Active STEM Learning Self-Reflection
- See the Skill in Action – 5 minutes
- Designing a Grape Smasher Video-Based Learning Module
- Setting Goals – 5 minutes
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Discussing Testing in the Design Process
Participants will do a chalk talk around engineering design and testing in order to incorporate thoughtful testing and local resources.
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Confronting My Own Biases
Participants will take a Project Implicit test in order to reflect on the needs of nondominant youth in their program.
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Watching for Best Practices
Participants will compare a fact sheet with videos in Keeping Youth Interacting to see how facilitators encourage youth to collaborate