I'm A Guide

Monday 18th March

Meeting your Group

• Go to the ES/MS Gym at 11:45
• You will be given a Guide kit - Group Number, Group Roster, Student Learning Journals
• Hold up your Group sign number
• Check off your rostered Group members as they arrive
• Signal to Project X supervisor ( Dan, Molly, David) that your Group is all present
• Take your Group to your Group Classroom

Getting to know your Group

• Introductions
• Name tags - hand out the name card, lanyard and plastic - student write NAME and ROOM NUMBER
• Ice-breaker - dig into your bag of tricks - how can you get the students to learn the names of each other?
• Distribute Learning Journal - Group members write their name on the front
• Discuss scheduled Xperiences for Monday and Tuesday
• Discuss Xperience routine
  • Students must travel with their Guide - no running ahead
  • Arrive and wait to be invited into the Xperience location
  • Break into smaller groups if needed
  • Follow the directions of the facilitator
  • Ask any Group Guide for assistance
  • Complete your learning journal
• Group behaviour expectations
  • Group members must come to you for permission to leave the Xperience for drink/bathroom/illness
  • Group will stay together as they move between Xperience locations
• Leave the Group room by 12:15 to get to the Xperience on time

Xperiences

• Assist the students to move between Xperience locations
• Ensure your Group settles quickly and follow the directions of the Facilitator
• Ensure that students are “checked in” at the beginning of the Xperience
• Assist the Facilitator - most Xperiences will need Guides to be actively involved and assisting students - you do not have to lead the Xperience, but you will have to assist the students
• Direct your Group to complete their Learning Journal
• Ensure that all your students are accounted for before moving to the next Xperience
• Again - students must travel with their Guide - no running ahead
• The sessions times for Monday: 12:20pm 1:10pm 2:00pm

Group Dismissal

• Return to your Group Classroom after the third Xperience session
• Briefly discuss Xperiences
• Collect Learning Journals
• Give overview of next day of Xperiences
• Organise for the Group to meet in classroom after lunch on Tuesday

Tuesday 19th March

Meeting your Group

• Group members will meet you at your Group Classroom
• Review the daily schedule

Xperiences

• Assist the students to move between Xperience locations
• Ensure your Group settles quickly and follow the directions of the Facilitator
• Ensure that students are “checked in” at the beginning of the Xperience
• Assist the Facilitator - most Xperiences will need Guides to be actively involved and assisting students - you do not have to lead the Xperience, but you will have to assist the students
• Direct your Group to complete their Learning Journal
• Ensure that all students are accounted for before moving to the next Xperience
• Again - students must travel with their Guide - no running ahead
• The sessions times for Tuesday: 12:00pm 12:50pm 1:40pm

Group Discussion

• Return to your Group Classroom after the third Xperience session
• Briefly discuss Xperiences

Group Dismissal

• Collect Learning Journals
• Give overview of next day - Brainstorming and Ideation
• Instruct students to meet back here in their Group Classroom at 8am