2016

After-Hours Changes

• New Schedule
• Flipped Model
• Guided Projects
• DevMountain Next

New Schedule

16 weeks - 3 classes/week

• Tuesday: 6pm - 9pm
• Thursday: 6pm - 9pm
• Saturday*: 9am - 2pm
• *Teachers: 9am - 12pm

Flipped Model

Class Structure

• Monday -- Watch vimeo lesson
• Tuesday -- In class
• Wednesday -- Watch vimeo lesson
• Thursday -- In class
• Friday -- Watch vimeo lesson
• Saturday -- In class

What does that mean for us?

• Lesson will be taught already
• We need to know lesson material
• We will need to be prepared to test for understanding, and fill in gaps when needed
• We will guide the students in the mini-project
• We need to be able to help with the project

What a normal schedule will look like

• 6:00 -- Answer ?'s
• 6:10 -- Test for understanding, fill in gaps
• 6:20 -- Start Mini-Project (teacher-guided)
• 7:00-ish -- Students begin working on the project
• 9:00 -- Wrap up class

Guided Projects

5 - 2 (or 3) week projects

• After week 4, no more "one day" projects
• Project is built for 2 or 3 weeks, and content/features are added each day after the lessons
• Repo -- solutions branch
• No more "Portfolio" projects (see DevMountain Next)

Teacher Expectations

• Projects are mostly guided, but there will be some filler days (no lecture days)
• We need to be comfortable with the projects
• We need to do projects, or read and understand the solution
• Contribute! Give feedback on improving solutions

DevMountain Next

The Why...

DevMountain Next

• AH students need more...
• Participating students go deeper, learn more
• Portfolio building
• Graduation expectations

The What...

DevMountain Next

• 16 week course - Wed nights only
• For any DevMtn grad (must be accepted)
• 4 weeks -- Advanced CS/NG topics
• 8 weeks -- Project building
• 4 weeks -- Job prep
• Students can now be invited to Meet & Hire Lunch

Wrap Up

Changes:

• New Schedule
• Flipped Model
• Guided Projects
• Advanced Track

May the Force be with you!