Unit Notes - FDWO Week 1: The Big Picture
An introdction to the "big picture" of the course from the facilitator perspective, and exploring key pieces and skills
How do you prepare? (videos)
Facilitating the ISWO is a team sport.
The strength and quality of your co-facilitation partnership will make a huge difference in your experience, and in the quality of the learning opportunity you are providing.
Maybe, you'll be working with someone you know pretty well, and perhaps have "team taught" or co-facilitated with before, either online or face-to-face. So, you'll have a sense of their strengths and preferences. If not, it's a good idea to lean heavily on your common experience of being ISWO participants, and have some productive planning conversations (using the ISWO Facilitator Checklist or your adapted version of it) well before the course starts to decide who's doing what.
In addition to connecting with your partner, you also need to connect with the course - here are a few words from experienced ISWO facilitators about how they prepare: