PLT
Published on Dec 04, 2015
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PLT
Personalized Leadership Training
Today:
- Regular Year PLT Overview
- Summer Jam PLT Overview
- Facilitating a Safe Space
- Questions???
School Year PLT OVERVIEW
Core Leadership Habits
Sequencing
Core Structures
Family Groups
Debrief/Problem-solve protocols
Digital Check-ins
Monday Congress
Friday Congress
Outdoor PLT
Individual Learning Plans (Goal Setting and Flow Charts)
Back to Basics
Link to core academic classes
Debrief/Problem-solve protocols
Digital Check-ins
Monday Congress
Friday Congress
Outdoor PLT
Individual Learning Plans (Goal Setting and Flow Charts)
Back to Basics
Link to core academic classes
Summer Jam PLT
Summer Jam PLT
Schedule of Events
Summer Jam PLT
Materials/Guidance
Summer Jam PLT
Key Goals
Creating a safe space/culture
Practicing group work structures/systems (prep for Family Groups)
Problem-solve system familiarity
Routines/procedures practice
Relationship-building
Practicing group work structures/systems (prep for Family Groups)
Problem-solve system familiarity
Routines/procedures practice
Relationship-building
Structuring a Safe Space
(aka "Facilitating a Safe/Comfortable Experience")
"What have f
Structuring a safe Space
- Consistency/Structure/Predictability
- Control the experience
- Valuing/Encouraging All Voices
- Debrief EVERYTHING
1. Consistency/Structure
Predictability, etc.
2. Control the experience
(but NOT the conversation)
Priming for experience
Using protocols and timing to control pace
Set the tone with your hook (choose a "priming" check-in question, activity, image, verbal tone, etc.)
Focus on ideas, not people (write ideas on the board, be present and, in being present, allow the group to move the conversation)
"Popcorn out" generally takes over the pace and experience, and leaves you catching up (and many people unheard).
Using protocols and timing to control pace
Set the tone with your hook (choose a "priming" check-in question, activity, image, verbal tone, etc.)
Focus on ideas, not people (write ideas on the board, be present and, in being present, allow the group to move the conversation)
"Popcorn out" generally takes over the pace and experience, and leaves you catching up (and many people unheard).
3. Valuing/Encouraging All Voices
Valuing/Encouraging All Voices
- Get every voice in the room
- Model level of sharing/vulnerability
- "Play catch" with honest curiosity
- Transparency - acknowledge mistakes
Get Every Voice in the Room
(Create safe "Empty the Cup" opportunities)
Check-ins
- "Quick-hits"
- Verbal check-ins
- Digital check-ins
- Write - pair - share
Quick-hits: Thumbs/hand gestures; comment on trends to create acknowledgment
Verbal Check-ins: Be firm on check-in rules (one-sentence share, etc.) and outside commenting - it's natural to want to comment, but that's not what we're doing right now.
CONNECT - "how many other people had that experience?" then call on somebody who raised their hand . . .
Digital Check-ins: one-to-one, this is how you will learn things you can never get without it; create opportunities for quieter students/those with bigger issues
Write - pair - share: allow think-time and written reflection, so they have something to read/say; have folks share their partner's thoughts, so the emphasis goes off of "me" to "ideas that are interesting" (priming the valuing of each other's voices, not just "my turn")
Model Level of Sharing/Vulnerability
Safely
Example - personal stories re: topic
Do NOT create a space to share traumatic experiences
Example - personal stories re: topic
Do NOT create a space to share traumatic experiences
"Play Catch" with Honest Curiosity
"See what happens" - allow the student to take a strange idea and make it relevant . . . (within reason re: inappropriate-ness)
Transparency
Acknowledge Own Mistakes
If you were unclear, if you said something wrong - if you assumed something inappropriately, didn't hear somebody out
4. Debrief EVERYTHING
Even if just one minute - THIS is where the "So what?" and follow up happens;
Debrief how the group worked together
Debrief how safe that felt
Debrief how we followed expectations, etc.
Always ask - "how did that go, and how can we do it better?"
Debrief how the group worked together
Debrief how safe that felt
Debrief how we followed expectations, etc.
Always ask - "how did that go, and how can we do it better?"
*a note on large-group facilitation
Often, I hear that "our classes are too big for these types of discussions." Ideally, you would have smaller groups, so everybody is directly contributing to the conversation, but if you follow the previous rules, break out at the right times, etc. and really guide and prime the right EXPERIENCE, you can do it.
I have facilitated middle school students with major behavioral issues in groups of up to 80 at a time. Some keys that help:
Circles. Whenever possible. Primes a different level of group accountability and feeling of equal participation. I've done 80-student circles, "All My Friends," etc. (although 80 is kind of ridiculous).
"Bunch Up" or "Huddle Up" - student proximity primes a level of intimacy that changes how they talk/participate. Sitting on the floor/ground opens up more space.
I have facilitated middle school students with major behavioral issues in groups of up to 80 at a time. Some keys that help:
Circles. Whenever possible. Primes a different level of group accountability and feeling of equal participation. I've done 80-student circles, "All My Friends," etc. (although 80 is kind of ridiculous).
"Bunch Up" or "Huddle Up" - student proximity primes a level of intimacy that changes how they talk/participate. Sitting on the floor/ground opens up more space.
FOD WALKS
(why we all need to take PLT seriously)
We're all in this together - modeling, etc.
PLT Coaches are matching pace
We will discuss in Congress
PLT, although work on the front-end, will save you a lot of pain later in the year when you have less energy
If you are stuck, PLEASE meet with me and get tips/ideas to make it work for you instead of not doing it at all
PLT Coaches are matching pace
We will discuss in Congress
PLT, although work on the front-end, will save you a lot of pain later in the year when you have less energy
If you are stuck, PLEASE meet with me and get tips/ideas to make it work for you instead of not doing it at all
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