Announcements:
Aims of the session:
- Build rapport in the group, self-awareness and group expectations
- Reflect on the past academic year and set intentions for the year ahead
Presence (20 mins):
Invite the students to reflect on a transformative educational experience
Transformative Educational Experience: each person will have a timed-2 minutes to share a transformative educational experience followed by 1 minute of questions from the group
Examples:
- a specific experience, achievement, or recognition at school
- an extra-curricular activity
- a special relationship with a teacher, mentor or family member
- something else
Integration (30 mins):
Invite the students to use the Miro board to reflect on key milestones from year 1 and think about what they would like to build on for the year ahead
Instructions:
- Scroll to your group’s board and use the post-its to share your responses
- Spend a few minutes thinking about each question and writing your reflections and then share your thoughts with the group
Next steps and Tracking Outcomes (10 mins):
- What 1 thing are you most excited about this year?
- What’s 1 thing you want to improve?