PARTICIPANTS: Faculty
LENGTH: 24 hours, over a period of 4 days
FACILITATORS: Two trained ISW Facilitators
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 6

ISW/PSW Reservation Form

ISW is a four day experience open to all faculty geared toward:

• Providing a small group setting in which to work on improvement of instruction skills.
• Placing the responsibility for learning onto the individual participant.
• Encouraging experimentation and innovation in lesson presentation.
• Developing skills in providing effective and helpful feedback.

In addition, this workshop

• Is a non-intimidating teaching refresher.
• Provides an atmosphere for experimenting with innovative teaching styles.
• Is short, intensive, and exciting.
• Counts as 2 units for professional growth.

The basic elements of an ISW include:

• A small group (5 participants)
• Two facilitators
• Each participant presenting three 10 minute mini-lessons
• Participants providing feedback on what helped and/or hindered learning
• Videotaped feedback for immediate viewing
• Confidentiality
• A 24 hour time schedule (various options)

An ISW also normally includes:

• Identifying and discussing instructional & classroom issues
• Exploring learning & teaching styles
• Designing outcomes and objectives
• Planning lessons
• Learning how to use AV media

The traditional mini-lesson include the following elements - B O P P P S:

Bridge-in - provides a transition from an external focus to the lesson, and provides motivation

Objective (outcomes) - one format for stating a learning objective is:

• Audience - describe the participants
• Behavior - what performance will be observed
• Conditions - describe conditions of learning and testing
• Degree - describe the performance indicators or testing standards

Pre-test - assess participants' current skill level

Participatory learning - engage learners actively

Post-test - measure learning against the objective

Summary - anchor the learning into general life experience

The ISW can be offered in a variety of formats to suit scheduling needs:

• Four consecutive 6 hour weekdays
• Two single weekends (Fri-Sat)
• Four weekdays, non-consecutive
• Four weekend days (consecutive weekends or alternating)
• Six 4 hour evenings or partial days
• Eight 3 hour evenings or partial days

Want to be a Facilitator?
ISW graduates (or ISWans) may proceed to be certified as ISW facilitators by completing an ISW Facilitator Development Workshop (FDW)

** Special Note: Are you a manager, administrator or classified employee who wishes to learn effective presentation skills? If so, a replica of the workshop has been created called Presentation Skills Workshop (PSW).

ISW/PSW Reservation Form