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WELCOME to instructional skills training! We are your instructors, Fawn and Leigh, and we are so looking forward to spending three days learning with you!

Please take a few moments to browse the pages of the online syllabus. It contains everything you need to know about the schedule, what to bring, and what to expect during our time together. 

☎️ HOW TO CONTACT US

If you need to reach us, please email Leigh ([email protected]) or Fawn ([email protected]). You'll also get a welcome email from us with our phone numbers in case you need to call or text at the last minute.

🛠 HOW THIS CLASS WORKS

This is a 3-day in-person workshop.

Day 1 is a "classroom" day. We'll cover how adults learn, how to write effective learning outcomes, and creating lesson plans. Over the day, you'll create a lesson plan for your first mini-lesson! 
​💡 ​We recommend you come prepared
​with some mini-lesson ideas.
On Days 2 and 3, each participant will deliver a 10-minute mini-lesson and receive feedback. Before we dive in, we'll discuss effective feedback and how to give it. Everyone will get a solid understanding of what they are already good at and what skill they can work on next. (This part feels good, we promise!)

🗓 SchedulE overview

DAY 1
​9:00 am - 4:30 pm

  • Adult learning theory
  • Lesson planning
  • Preparing for your mini-lessons​
DAY 2
​9:00 am - 4:30 pm

  • Discussion: how do we give and receive awesome feedback?
  • Everyone will deliver and receive feedback on a 10-minute mini-lesson.
DAY 3
​9:00 am - 4:00 pm

  • ​Using the feedback from Day 2, everyone will deliver and receive feedback on another 10-minute mini-lesson.

🎯 LEARNING OUTCOMES

As we’ll discuss on Day 1, Learning Outcomes are learner-centred statements that describe what participants should know or be able to do by the end of a workshop, lesson, or assignment. 

By the end of the Instructional Skills Lab, participants will:
  • Identify strategies that create welcoming learning environments
  • Formulate specific and meaningful learning outcomes and lesson plans
  • Practice developing activities that support engagement and learning
  • Demonstrate strategies to assess participant learning

What are your personal learning outcomes for the course? Think about what you want to learn and the skills you want to practice. (Jot down your ideas!) This will help guide your mini-lessons.

This workshop is your opportunity to try something new. We don’t expect perfection. (In fact, we expect some bumps as you try out new things!) Lean into what Heart says and have some fun with it.