Training Activities 1
The first ice-breaker in the CIS 101 deck asks learners to craft one of these persuasive pitches.
What is an elevator speech?
Maximum recommended length of the elevator pitch.
What is under one minute?
This norm reminds us to review documents beforehand and check local news.
What is Come prepared (Accountability)?
This norm asks you to smile, ask questions, and look for things to appreciate.
What is bring positive energy?
In the CIS Community Scavenger Hunt activity, new SCs are intentionally paired with this group.
Who are the returning Site Coordinators?
The Scavenger Hunt main purpose is to familiarize everyone with this online platform.
What is the CIS Community?
“Jump in and help!” is tagged with this core CIS value.
What is Collaboration?
The norm that reminds presenters to keep their laptops closed when not leading.
What is be present and engaged?
The sample goal in East ES focuses on improving this ABCS.
What is Attendance?
In the data collection activity, this is the 4-step.
What is the School Improvement Plan?
Staying in the room, closing laptops, and modeling engagement align with which value?
What is Excellence?
When a co-trainer quietly signals that learners look restless and you immediately swap to an energizer, you’re living out this norm.
What is the “trust & pivot” norm?
During the Monitoring & Adjustment game, participants decide what data to collect and how they will do this follow-up action.
What is adjust the support?
Teams brainstorm 2–3 of these specific thresholds, collectively called __
What are referral criteria?
The norm about tailoring examples to trainees’ input promotes this equity-focused practice.
What is honoring trainees’ interests and input?
This Excellence-focused norm tells trainers to jot down what lands well—or not so those insights go into the post-session reflection.
What is the pay attention and take notes?
The referral criteria task uses three sample school profiles; name any one of those schools.
What is Maple Grove Elementary / Roosevelt Middle School / Lincoln High School
This group includes the advisor, specialist, trainer, and program manager, who take the lead in finalizing the training deck for each licensed partner.
Who is the Facilitation Team?
This daily wrap-up norm calls for discussing tweaks, challenges, and successes after each training day.
What is the Debrief of the training?
Giving a sincere “Thank you for being here” at the start and end of a session is one way to live out this expectation
Daily Double: What is showing verbal appreciation for participants’ time?