Developing Skills Needed for Active STEM Learning
Staff Development Guide
Training Situation: Coaching (one-on-one)
Length: 15 minutes
Objective: Participants will reflect on their facilitation to learning to get youth actively engaged in STEM learning.
Agenda:
- Reflecting on your practice – 5 minutes
- See the skill in action – 5 minutes
- Setting goals – 5 minutes
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Watch the activity overview video. This video shows staff facilitating the activity featured in the skill video.
As you watch the skill video below, think about these questions:
- What questions did the staff person ask that helped youth think critically in their design?
- How was this activity both hands-on and minds-on?
- If you were leading this activity, what would you do differently? What would you do the same?
Now that you’ve watched the video, reflect on what you saw.
- What strategies do you use to give youth time to reflect upon questioning and process their answer?
- How could you tell that youth were engaged in the design challenge?
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