1. Unit 3
MI activity: Display this slide before and as candidates enter the classroom.
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2. Unit 2 Review
What was the most important thing you learned in the last class?
What’s your main question or worry at this point?
Presentation Goal?
MI activity: Each candidate should answer all the questions. Give them a minute or so to gather their thoughts before going around the room. As necessary, re-focus the activity so the candidates are explicitly responding to the questions, not just going off on tangents or “picking up on” something another candidate said. Take enough time in this opening exercise to clarify questions and confusions from previous class. Candidates may feel overwhelmed, even depressed, at this point in the course. Explain that that’s natural and that they will come out of it as the course progresses!
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3. Unit 1-5 Quiz Complete the quiz
Turn in your completed quiz to a Master Instructor
Please remain quiet until all candidates have finished
MI activity: Distribute “Quiz #1.” Remind candidates to put their names on them. This is not an “open book” quiz. When all candidates have finished and turned them in, go over each question with the whole class. Go over the correct answers to each question.
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4. Evaluating Your Colleagues: Why, How
Your honest comments are a gift to your fellow candidates
No one’s a perfect presenter – everyone can improve
The only way to improve presentation skills is to become aware of areas that need improving
No detail’s too small to mention – a successful presentation is the result of a host of “small” things
Become more familiar with the Presentation Observation Form #1 on pp
MI activity: Use the slide to introduce this units’ activity - candidate 3 minute presentations. Explain that candidates will critique each other. Discuss the underlying purpose of evaluations – to help each other improve. Have candidates turn to the “Presentation Observation Form #1” in the workbook. Pass out forms for them to use during the sample evaluation and each of the 3-minute presentations today. They have already used this form once, but go over it again in more detail and check to see if they have any questions about it after using it once. Go over each critique question on the form with the class. Let them get comfortable with the form before the presentations start.
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5. Remember…
The purpose of evaluation is to HELP our colleagues improve their skills
CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is the goal – to build up, never tear down!
MI activity: Stress the fact that the goal of evaluating each other is “constructive criticism.” It is the MI’s job to model specific, constructive observations about the candidates presentations. If the MI does not go into specific detail, the candidates will never learn it on their own.
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6. NYS SBDI Course ● © Jim Ellis 2007
Let’s practice…
Watch this presentation to practice making observations on presentations
Use Form #1
Jot notes during talk – complete form after
MI ACTIVITY: This slide is linked to a presentation on special needs car seats. Just click on the graphic element on the slide. The topic is not important for the class, the purpose of watching the presentation is to evaluate the presenter using Presentation Observation Form #1. Be sure to have enough forms printed up ahead of time. The point of the exercise is to get experience critiquing and using the form without it feeling like they are “picking on” a classmate.
You do not have to show the entire middle of the presentation show. Show at least the first 10 minutes and the last 5 so that the opening and closing can be observed as well as a significant part of the content. After the candidates have had time to complete their evaluation forms, lead a discussion just as you would after a candidate presentation.
Possible observations include: Hands in pockets, uses humor to explain his job and bond with the audience, unfamiliar with clicker to advance slides, turning back to audience and reading from screen, pacing back and forth in small space, gestures were very small for large room size and only used one hand, everyone in the auditorium may not have been able to see props clearly, many “ums”, ended with “And that’s all I have”, distracting reliance on paper notes on table, image seems small on the large screen.
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7. Candidate Presentations
3-5 minutes
“Teaching a simple skill.”
Everyone must help evaluate – one thing that worked well, one thing that could be improved
MI activity: Use the slide to kick off the candidate presentations. Remind the class that they will have to complete the evaluation form at the conclusion of each presentation. You may determine the sequence or let the candidates volunteer – both techniques work fine. Candidates should come to the front of the room for their presentations – help them get their PowerPoint loaded and ready. Make sure they know how to use the clicker/remote to advance the slides. As necessary, help candidates get their PowerPoint template slides up and running on the classroom computer and projector – make it clear that they aren’t being assessed for their technical skills with the equipment yet. Be prepared to help very unconfident candidates with the equipment even during their presentations – help them focus on successfully using the slides as speaker notes. Time and record (tape/DVD/digital) each presentation. Let the candidates know when their 5 minutes is nearly up using time cards in MI Lesson plan. If a candidate freezes up and totally panics, “stop the action” for a minute or two and help the candidate calm down, using empathy and gentle humor as appropriate to get them over the butterflies. Then let them give it a try again.
Lead the class in applauding at the conclusion of each presentation, even those that have no obvious ending or were pretty rough! Just getting through this first presentation is a huge hurdle for the shyer candidates, and they should be recognized and supported for that. Candidates should stay at the front of the room after their presentations and review how he or she felt they did. Before starting the rest of the evaluations, let the candidates in the audience complete their evaluation forms. (The candidate observing should jot down a few notes as they make observations, but don’t have them fill out the forms during the verbal evaluation process; it detracts from it.) This can take a few minutes – don’t rush the process, but stay present so everyone remains on task. After everyone’s filled out the evaluation form, each candidate one at a time, should explain what they felt worked well in the presentation, and then at least one suggestion for improving it. Don’t let anyone in the audience “off the hook” and re-focus the critiques as necessary. They can be gentle, but must be more than “warm fuzzies” or the presenters learn little. After all candidates have commented, each MI should explain their observations, combining encouragement and support with honest and direct suggestions for improvement.
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8. Unit 3 Wrap
What was the most important thing you learned in this unit?
What’s your main question or worry at this point?
MI activity: Give them a minute or so to gather their thoughts before going around the room. As necessary, re-focus the activity so the candidates are explicitly responding to the questions, not just going off on tangents or “picking up on” something another candidate said. Take enough time to clarify questions and confusions from Unit 3.
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9. Unit 4 Assignments Review Workbook Sections 5-7
Keep trying new PP procedures
Make sure you can open a PP presentation, add text, color, pictures, shapes, slide layout, backgrounds and animations
Prepare an updated Presentation Instructional Plan for your 20-minute presentation to turn in next class.
MI activity: Go over the “homework” assignments. Take enough time to clearly explain each of them and to answer candidate questions and concerns – they will have some. Remind candidates that the material in the workbook sections will be on the quiz and final exam.
Be sure that the candidates understand that they must have the updated Instruction Plan ready. The biggest danger for the 20-minute presentations is candidates who put it off to the last minute.
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