Facilitators Institute

January 25-27, 2007

8:30am - 4:30pm

Williams Conference Center
Clearwater River Room

Lewis Clark State College

This interactive workshop will grow your skills in motivating and engaging students. You'll improve your performance inside and outside the classroom as you learn the art and practice of helping groups become successful. Dr. Daniel Apple, President of Pacific Crest, will be leading the event. In order to help prepare for a rewarding experience, please review the attached pre-reading materials.

Workshop Themes:

• Understand the role and benefits of structured activities in an active learning environment.
• Write effective inquiry/critical thinking questions.
• Establish clear performance expectations for strong learning outcomes.
• Integrate skill development and content mastery through activity design.

Workshop Documents:

MS Word Documents

• Master Workshop Journal - Notes taken during the workshop
• Table Journals - Observations of facilitation techniques
  • Table 1
  • Table 2
  • Table 3
• Key Resources
• Facilitators Guide
• Role of a Facilitator in a Change Process
• Case Study - Engineering Problem Solving Course Design

Activity Materials

• Faculty Buy-In (Marvin & Dan)
  • Facilitation Plan
  • Fishbowl Roles
  • PowerPoint Presentation
• Affective Management of a Challenging Environment (Tiffany & Ralph)
  • Activity
  • Case Study 1-3
  • Case Study 4-5
• Creating a Quality Facilitation Plan (Jane & Roger)
• Creating an Effective Learning Environment (Tom)
• Creating a Challenging Environment (Nan & Austin)
  • Facilitation Plan
  • Outcomes
• Formal and Informal Facilitation Processes (Dave)
  • Activity
  • PowerPoint
• Engineering Education Scholarship (Barb & Holly)
• Linking Bloom's Taxonomy to Facilitation (Steve & Don)
  • Key Learning Skills
  • Learning Actions (Maslow)

Pacific Crest PowerPoint Files

• Pacific Crest (~14 MB)
• Star Figure (~4 MB)
• Assessment vs. Evaluation (~2 MB)
• Effective Facilitators (small)
• Instructional Design (small)

PDF Files

• Efforts to Transform Higher Education
• Overview of Facilitation
• Theory of Performance