Welcome & Self-Assessment
- 25 min
- One sitting
- Your Innovator will contact you soon
Tell us where you're starting from, so your Innovator knows where to begin.
In this stage
Stage 1 · Welcome & Self-Assessment
25 minOne sittingWhat this is for: Tell us where you're starting from, so your Innovator knows where to begin.
By the end, you can
- Say where you are starting from
- Know who your Innovator is and what happens next
- Know how STEP ON runs and how long it takes
What to do
- Step 1: Write it
- Step 2: Share it
- Step 3: Your Innovator will contact you soon
- You'll need:
- About 25 minutes in one sitting.
- How you'll know you're done:
- The "I can" check at the end.
Your starting point
What happens next
- Step 1: Write it
- Step 2: Share it
- Step 3: Your Innovator will contact you soon
Quick win
Next lesson: a task on the board, and greet learners at the door.
WalkThrus to use
- Rehearse routinesA calm, consistent start to every session.
- Positive relationshipsHow learners come to trust you.
Why this works
You are already an expert in your trade or profession. Teaching it is a second expertise. Research calls the trap the expert blind spot (Nathan and Petrosino, 2003). The more automatic a skill is for you, the harder it is to see the steps a beginner needs. STEP ON makes those steps visible.
Your toolkit for this stage
0 of 2 tried
WalkThrusPositive relationships
How learners come to trust you.
Next lesson: Learn every learner's name by your third lesson with them, and use it when you greet them at the door.
Rehearse routines
A calm, consistent start to every session.
Next lesson: Pick one start routine, such as a task on the board as they arrive. Do it the same way every lesson for two weeks.
Useful resources
Before you move on
By the end, you can
- I can say where I am starting from
- I know who my Innovator is and what happens next
- I know how STEP ON runs and how long it takes
Finish the stage, including the I can check, to complete it.