Managing Groups During STEM
Staff and volunteers will manage behavior of youth during STEM activities.
As a result of ongoing, consistent professional development efforts, staff and volunteers will be able to:
- Manipulate the activity structure, environment and interactions in order to contribute to youth learning.
- Recognize and highlight positive youth behavior.
- Design compelling STEM learning activities to motivate student participation.
Resources
Skill: Managing Groups During STEM
Applying Strategies for Group Management in STEM
Participants will plan an activity with Tangrams to learn to manage groups during STEM.
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Group Management Action Plan
Participants will watch Building Relationships for STEM Video-Based Learning Module to learn how to support positive youth interactions.
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Interactions
Participants will play “What If?” to learn to support youth through positive group management.
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Is It Managing or Controlling?
Participants will compare management versus control in order to positively manage groups for learning.
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Organization that Supports Group Management
Participants will engage with water droplet races to learn to manage groups during STEM.
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Strategies for Group Management
Participants will identify and try out strategies for positive group management in STEM.
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Skill: Managing Groups During STEM
Transforming Staff into Leaders in Out-of-School Time
Transformational leaders inspire their followers through relationships and are characterized by positivity, a focus on developing their followers, and transparent communication. Learn about the 4 recommendations that help transform followers into leaders.
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Building Leaders in Out-of-School Time
We create space for listening, for curiosity, for solutions to grow from the conversation. The function of a good leader is not to single-handedly tackle everything, but to produce more leaders, not more followers.
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Skill: Managing Groups During STEM
Finding the Best Trainer for Your Program
We examine here four different models so you can implement the one that best fits your program.
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