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🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏾 day-plan

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  1. Group Introspection
  2. Setting SMART goals
  3. Create groups for JS1

Introspection in groups 🔗

Learning Objectives

Preparation

Must have done prep work; bring it with you.
You need a computer and internet for this exercise.

Introduction

Introspection in groups is important for gaining diverse perspectives, enhancing self-awareness through feedback, receiving validation and support, and promoting accountability and motivation.

Exercises

Agree on introspection answers in groups

Goal: Organise common answers in the group about the trainees learning process so far. (15 minutes)

  • In groups of 4 people, discuss your answers to the questions you answered before the class.
  • As a group agree on the final answers and write them down
  • Choose a speaker for your group who will present your your agreed-upon answers. The presentation has to be done in 3 minutes.

Questions:

  1. What we covered over the past weeks?
  2. What parts we enjoyed?
  3. What we will do differently in the next module?
  4. What tips and tricks we can share with each other?
  5. What advice we would give to the next class?

Present your group answers to your cohort

Goal: Share your answers and agreed ideas in a 3 minutes verbal presentation (25 minutes)

  • Choose a time keeper to ensure no group goes over the 3-minute presentation time.
  • Each speaker of a group has to present their answers within 3 minutes

Tip: next speaker can omit some information that has already been said to avoid repetitive information and reduce their presentation time.

Setting SMART Goals 🔗

Learning Objectives

Preparation

Must have done prep work, bring it with you.
You need a computer and internet for this exercise.

Introduction

Setting SMART goals keeps the projects moving forward, helps with accountability and timing. It helps breaking down goals and achieve them.

Exercises

Practice setting SMART Goals

Goal: To understand and be more comfortable with writing SMART Goals. (20 minutes)

Work in groups of 4 people. 

  1. Read the scenarios written below and write goals for each of them following the SMART framework (10 min)

    • You want to post/publish more on Slack.
    • You want to improve your active listening skills.
    • Your peer gave you constructive feedback on your assignment and you wish to improve it.

  2. Discuss whether your group has noticed any benefit or obstacles using this approach when setting goals. Write a phrase summarising your group feeling about this. (5 min)

  3. Post your answers in a respective Slack thread (create one if needed) (5 min)

Create groups for JS1 🔗

Learning Objectives

Preparation

Use the existent cohort spreadsheet.

Introduction

Working in groups of different people than only your close peers makes you a more empathic person, which is an excellent quality when dealing with people.

Exercises

Create groups for the next module's group work.

Goal: Create groups for the next module’s group work. (10 minutes)

These are the tasks that must be completed. Organise yourselves so not only one person is doing this.

  1. You must consider trainees availability
  2. You must consider how many hours of coursework or prep work has to be done in groups
  3. You then can define the groups (look for diversity, so people that haven’t worked together should give it a go, ensure you don’t have gendered groups, etc.)
  4. You can use this link to help you allocate people randomly.
  5. Open the existent spreadsheet for pairs/groups and create a new tab called “JS1 Groups”.
  6. Add the groups to the “JS1 Groups” tab
  7. Share the spreadsheet on Slack so it is visible to everyone.