Project CRITICAL Workshop 1 Agenda

October 11, 2022

4:00 p.m. Welcome

· Overview of the Project

· Overview of the PPA

· Introductions/Icebreaker activity

4:55 p.m. Project CRITICAL Website and Contacts

5:05 p.m. Administrative Requirements

· Workshops

· W9 Forms

· Completion of Products

· Curriculum Restructuring Forms

· SCALES database: Identification of Talent Pool Students (Nov 2022)

· End of Year Teacher Perceptions of Student Technology Survey (May 2023)

· End of Year Teacher Survey (May 2023)

5:25 p.m. The Importance of Teaching Public Policy Skills

The PPA The Steps

5:30 p.m. BREAK

5:40 p.m. Group work (Breakout Rooms), modeling an example through the PPA steps

Group 1:

Group 2:

Group 3:

Group 4:

Step #1: Defining the Social Problem:

Input Shared Data

Step #2: Gathering Evidence of the Problem:

Input Shared Data

Step #3: Identifying the Causes of the Problem

Input Shared Data

6:10 p.m.

Step #4: Evaluating Existing Public Policies

Input Shared Data

Step #5: Developing Public Policy Solutions

Input Shared Data

Step #6: Selecting the Best Public Policy Solution

Input Shared Data

6:40 p.m. Looking ahead to the next workshop

Think of a problem from your school/community/curriculum that you would like to teach using the PPA steps.

Teachers create/define a social problem from their school/curriculum/community

· Curriculum Restructuring Form

· Developing a Social Problem for Presentation

6:55 p.m. Evaluation

7:00 p.m. Adjourn