Episode: co-teaching

[samumantha]

Available old/other materials on the topic:

• https://coderefinery.github.io/train-the-trainer/branch/community-teaching/team-teaching/
• https://coderefinery.github.io/train-the-trainer/branch/instructor-training/03-teaching-style/#
• https://coderefinery.github.io/manuals/co-instructors/

You do not need to reuse anything, but can :)

[stepas-toliautas]

I've drafted initial content at #97. Comments on what topics to include/ leave out are welcome, I'd expand the material based on them.

[bast]

We would like to move the co-teaching episode to day 3.

Motivation:

• Re-balance a possibly too full day 2 with currently a bit empty day 3.
• Stepas would also prefer that.
• Samantha suggested this and agrees.

Is this OK for you @rkdarst @blindij @dianaiusan?

[samumantha]

Ups I jumped the gun a bit here, and moved it already in the issues. Sorry for that! Your opinion matters and we can still move it around to make it fit for everyone involved.

[blindij]

This is ok for me.

[samumantha]

Coordinator note: Draft in lesson materials :heavy_check_mark:

[bast]

Moved now in the lesson website to day 3.

[samumantha]

Moi, what kind of help is needed to finalize this episodes material? Any ideas for co-teachers?

[stepas-toliautas]

Moi, what kind of help is needed to finalize this episodes material? Any ideas for co-teachers?

Yes, I would appreciate subjective opinions of some long-runners (@samumantha, @bast, @blindij ...) on whether this episode should focus on contact-session team teaching, or can also review slightly wider context, including here, here, 2a here, and open-course / material collaboration strategies. In first case, I'd spend more time about technique(s) and how to get one's teaching there, in second case I'd add audience poll/ discussion (Session 2 break-out rooms looked good for that) on the co-teaching experience they already had or seen and then summarize. For co-teachers, anyone with CR perspective is welcome, as mine is still somewhat of an "outsider" :)

[bast]

I will co-teach this with you. Now reading up on the episode and the references and will return today with more feedback to your questions. Thanks!

[bast]

I am actually not 100% sure I understand the two options :-) but I would:

• add a breakout-room discussion if possible
• focus on teaching together instead of alone and explore this in the context of how it changes onboarding/preparation and also the delivery
• we can also discuss challenges (more coordination, teaching styles need to match up, not every learner likes it)
• not necessarily online-only but also your experiences with it online or in-person

[rkdarst]

With ASC people who are teaching in the next CR workshop, we went over a teacher prep (tech stuff and co-teaching). Tihs is a about co-teaching.

I tried to think of "how would I prepare someone to co-teach the first time?" and came up with the below. Maybe it's helpful? (If there was something I would add, it is some exercises where people have to practice one person leading and the other following). I would probably continue to revise this as I see how it goes:

Below is the steps I came up with:

If you haven't taught before: first learn the lesson, go through demos, etc.

• Decide appropriate co-teaching model:
  • https://coderefinery.github.io/manuals/team-teaching/
  • "guide" (going through material) and "typer" (doing demos, only typing what the other person says, asking questions, slowing things down)
  • Better when there are more demos
  • "interviewer" (asking questions from new person's point of view, setting pace, watching notes) and "interviewee" (going into technical details)
  • Better when there are less demos
  • Invite a third person to raise questions from the notes?
• Decide 3 main messages of the session
• To Do: practice the first \~5 minutes and last \~5 minutes first.
  • Show this to someone else for feedback.
• Plan the schedule
  • Don't be too ambitious (it'll go slower than you think)
  • Don't forget breaks and Q\&A times.
• Decide who manages each of these (these can change during different sections):
  • Moving from topic to topic
  • Explaining details
  • Typing
  • Watching the Notes
• Discuss how to avoid the "two captions" problem
• Run-throughs
  • The first \~5 and last \~5 minutes thing from above, but with roles determined
  • \~Whole lesson with the "follower" person not doing any leading [except during dedicated pauses, questions asked to them, and important questions they have]. Discuss how it went
  • Run through bits and pieces as needed
• Revise schedule
• Revise demos and exercises as needed.
• just go!

[samumantha]

Thanks everyone, this looks great! Looking forward to the episode.