CYF PD

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📅 Sprint 1

Bad Interview Answers 🔗to Bad Interview Answers block

We have a lot of serious work to do, but let's start with some fun

Feedback 🔗to Feedback block

We will give each other feedback on the document we prepared before the session.

Goal of the Portfolio Module 🔗to Goal of the Portfolio Module block

Why are we here and what are we trying to achieve?

Non-Verbal Communication 🔗to Non-Verbal Communication block

You will learn about and practice non-verbal communication.

Prep for Feedback 🔗to Prep for Feedback block

This is the preparation work for the exercise that will be done in the next lesson, about feedback

Prep Non-verbal Communication 🔗to Prep Non-verbal Communication block

This prep is for you to learn about non-verbal communication.

Reviewing and improving goals 🔗to Reviewing and improving goals block

Everybody has different approaches to creating goals. Use this session to review goals as a group and share feedback with each other. Create an opportunity for dialogue about the challenges you may face in achieving these goals and how you can support each other to collectively achieve your goals.

Transferable skills 🔗to Transferable skills block

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📅 Sprint 2

Active listening 🔗to Active listening block

In this session you will practice active listening, so that you experience it and can use it in the future

Conflict Resolution 🔗to Conflict Resolution block

Conflict resolution promotes understanding, cooperation, and healthier relationships.

Demo Time! 🔗to Demo Time! block

All teams will show the amazing work they have done so far.

Difficult workplace conversations 🔗to Difficult workplace conversations block

This session discusses some potential difficult conversations in the workplace and offers tips for constructive outcomes following these conversations.

Let's get jobs 🔗to Let's get jobs block

In this session we will work on our employability skills. This means: improving our CVs, LinkedIn profiles, GitHub profiles, finding and analysing job descriptions, and preparing for interviews.

Population Block 🔗to Population Block block

Create all the skills and modules

Prep Conflict Resolution 🔗to Prep Conflict Resolution block

This is your prep work for the next lesson.

Prep Difficult workplace conversations 🔗to Prep Difficult workplace conversations block

Handling potentially difficult conversations in the workplace.

Prep your Demo presentation 🔗to Prep your Demo presentation block

The demo is an Agile ceremony. It celebrates your team's achievement during the past sprint, in our case, the past week.

Retrospective 🔗to Retrospective block

Retrospective is another important ceremony in the Agile framework. In the same way, you talk to users to gather their feedback and act on it; this is the time for your team to discuss what is going well and what isn’t.

User research 🔗to User research block

User research is a great way of building empathy towards the users of your products. The users will also be able to give your feedback and ensure you are going in the right direction with your development.

📅 Sprint 3

Demo your product 🔗to Demo your product block

Demoing your product is something you will always have to do - and practice makes perfect.

Developer Communication 🔗to Developer Communication block

In this lessons you will use the content you prepared with your pair and present it back to your cohort.

Prep CYF Blocks presentation 🔗to Prep CYF Blocks presentation block

This preparation work will ensure you are ready to present your CYF Blocks project to your cohort

Prep Developer Communication 🔗to Prep Developer Communication block

This prep exercise is for you to think about how to explain concepts to different audiences.

Present CYF Blocks project 🔗to Present CYF Blocks project block

Now everyone will present their CYF Blocks project

📅 Sprint 4

Asking good technical questions 🔗to Asking good technical questions block

As developers, we are always learning (new technology, languages, libraries, APIs, interfaces, platforms, methods, techniques…). As a result, there are always problems that we face that we can’t immediately understand. So as well as getting good at learning new things, we also need to get good at asking good questions that give us the answers we need to progress quickly. This module provides some concepts and activities that will help you ask better questions.

Prep - Asking Good Questions 🔗to Prep - Asking Good Questions block

This prep is for you to think of how to ask good questions and think of ones you might have.

Public Speaking / Circles of Influence 🔗to Public Speaking / Circles of Influence block

In this session, you will practice speaking confidently to your peers. You will also further develop the Circles of Influence you created in the prep work.

Teamwork Project Presentation prep 🔗to Teamwork Project Presentation prep block

In the next session, you will present your product’s brief, what you have learnt and how you have worked during the Teamwork Project.

Teamwork Project S4 🔗to Teamwork Project S4 block

In this session, each team will present their product brief, learning and work during the Teamwork Project