Creating Effective BEST Coach and Mentor Training Eric Heiselt – Mississippi BEST Jeff Stillwell – Georgia BEST
Why we are here PD Best Practices for BEST Success we have found that can be geeralized The needs of the Novice Addressing the Adolescent Capturing and harvesting the Veteran
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MS BEST Experience Step One Laying the trap VIP treatment Judging experience Going behind the curtain
MS BEST Experience Step Two: Training Preassessment/Needs assessment Skills or skilled resources? CAD, Soldering, team building Content Industry application, research area Supporting Curricula Common Core 2011 implementation Science Common Core just released State level engineering curicula??
MS BEST Experience Step 3: Design and Delivery Medium? What works for your area? Online? Direct Instruction? Term of impact? Drive by versus long-term
MS BEST Experience Our pattern – resourced the 42 days of BEST Team Building Roles/Hierarchy The design process Tear apart the challenge Brainstorming Documentation/the NOTEBOOK Prototypes
Skill Building The jigsaw method Soldering CAD Servos Programming VEX equipment Driving
Expert Resources For on-going support BEST Resources Tech writers Public Relations/Sales Public Speaking Design BEST Resources Q&A on line Multi-media trainings
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