Your Educational Your Educational JourneyJourney

What was your educational What was your educational journey?journey?

Facilitating the Ed Journey Facilitating the Ed Journey ExerciseExercise

Your Educational Journey (Hand-Out)Your Educational Journey (Hand-Out)The workshop begins with an interactive exercise The workshop begins with an interactive exercise “Your Educational Journey”“Your Educational Journey” that helps teachers/educators focus on the positive and negative messages they that helps teachers/educators focus on the positive and negative messages they received as regards their potential to go to college. This information is helpful as received as regards their potential to go to college. This information is helpful as a way to talk about the similarities and differences between their experience and a way to talk about the similarities and differences between their experience and the experience of their students and families.the experience of their students and families.

Group participants break-out into groups of 2-3 and individually answer Group participants break-out into groups of 2-3 and individually answer the Ed Journey questions (for themselves, not for their child—this can the Ed Journey questions (for themselves, not for their child—this can also be used with parents) and then pair share.also be used with parents) and then pair share.

Group Questions:Group Questions:Were you the first in your family to go to college?Were you the first in your family to go to college?Did you have an advocate in your family? Outside of your family?Did you have an advocate in your family? Outside of your family?Did you work to pay for school?Did you work to pay for school?When you were in high school, did you easily see yourself as a college When you were in high school, did you easily see yourself as a college

student?student? Journey Questions: posted up in the roomJourney Questions: posted up in the room

Any surprises about your partner’s Ed Journey?Any surprises about your partner’s Ed Journey?What messages do you think your students are getting? Are they What messages do you think your students are getting? Are they similar/different to the messages you received? How many of you have similar/different to the messages you received? How many of you have children? What messages are you giving your children? How is that message children? What messages are you giving your children? How is that message similar of different than the ones we give to our students.similar of different than the ones we give to our students.