Pre-workshop+Planning

__Section II: Pre-workshop Planning __
 * Team Member D1 **

Describe any preparations that need to be made by the facilitator or students prior to implementing this instructional module. Also include any pre-requisite skills or knowledge that students need in order to participate. Suggested sections:
 * Preparing participants
 * Student Groupings
 * Giving participants advance information

Pre-workshop Planning
Team member D1: Melisa Cobb

To prepare for the training, the faciliator has many preparations to make. First, they need to make sure a classroom or conference room at the school building has been scheduled for use during the appropriate dates and times of the purposed training. It is also important that all participant materials have been printed and there is enough to pass out to all trainees. They will also need to ensure proper supplies are available, which may include note pads and pens.

To help the success of the training, we will be sure to meet with the facilitators and the supervisors of the school to give a brief orientation of the training. It is important that they understand the purpose of the training, how it will benefit them, and to bring their experiences and questions with them. This will help us address their current issues and perhaps be able to provide them with alternatives and solutions. To help each participant prepare for the class, we will provide a brief orientation booklet that discusses the issues present that will be discussed. The booklet will also have a notes section, where each participant can write their experiences during the week before they attend the training. This way they will have fresh examples and be able to understand the relevance of discussing this material. This may also help them brainstorm new solutions, in addition to the information we provide.
 * Preparing Participants**


 * Giving Participants Advance Information**

To help the direction of the training, each participant will complete a pre-training worksheet. On this worksheet, we will ask participants to provide their experiences with violence or tension in their classrooms between students and what they observe in between classes. We will also ask them how they respond to each situation. Based on their responses, this will give us a good indication on whether we need to focus more heavily on certain conflict resolution topics over others.


 * Student Groupings**

Based on each individual's experience with student confrontation and how they responded to the pre-training worksheet, we will seperate these individuals into small groups. During the training course, when we have our small group activities these individuals will be mixed with higher experienced individuals with those who may have no experience at all. This will help diversify the group so they can see situations on either end of the spectrum.