The aim was to introduce 12 British council facilitators on instructional leadership and core competency enhancement. There were very many possible ways of doing it which included training them or letting them learn through inquiry. I choose the latter which included replanning. All the presentation was prepared and shared with the participants to go through. During the session, an overview of the session was given and all the facilitator were given a section of the course to facilitate. They all planned for an hour for a 90 min facilitation session.
The participants were provided with a rubric that will be used to assess them. Each presented and has a self-reflection followed by a question from peers and facilitators. The subsequent facilitators were supposed to listen in to the feedback and improve their sessions based on the feedback.
It was a great opportunity as a facilitator to see the participants showcasing their facilitation prowess.
The active learning approach allowed the participants to engage with the content as they deepened their understanding of the concept.
The presentations allowed the participant to engage with technology. The main session also modeled what the participant was supposed to be doing such as the use of technology to check to understand
The facilitators will be preparing school leaders in core skills enhancement hence the facilitators were asked to plan core skills enhancing lesson and model a full lesson of 30 min.
Reflection sessions allowed the participants to learn from their practice.
This was an innovative approach to facilitators preparing facilitators. It’s important to see them in action and hence a hybrid aproach allows empowering as well as observing the empowerment. The peer feedback and opportunity to learn from each other was very important. The demonstration of understanding from multiple people.
Sometimes it is critical to break the norm and try out different approaches of empowerment as the designer I learned a lot. Despite making very many changes and adapting to the responses of the participants it was worth the effort.
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