Outline
Planning a workshop
Before starting planning the workshop you need to know how much time you will have. Do you have an hour or two? Are you expected to hold the workshop during a lesson? Do you have the whole morning?Material
What material do you need for your workshop? If you are going to use a computer or a projector, make sure your contact person at school know about it and you have access to the equipment. You also might need paper, pens, tape. Think about it beforehand and bring things you need, in case they do not provide you with it at school.
Opening
The opening includes a welcome from your side and a little explanation what you are doing here.
Go on with expectations of the students and tell them what you have planned exactly afterwards.
Usually, you also have getting to know games and teambuilding games included. As you are going to be in a class of pupils that already know each other, this part does not have to be very long/ part of your work. Maybe it is a good idea for you as workshop leader to have little name tags for everyone.
Also talk about rules (adding new ideas, do not interrupt others, every idea is accepted at the beginning,...). If you have enough time, write them down so everybody can read them.
Main activity
After everyone knows what is going to happen, you can start what you have planned. You might get the best results if you alter between theoretical input and interactive tasks. If you are experiences enough to act adjustable, you can start the workshop with just a slight idea and react completely to the needs and knowledge of the students. At the beginning it is advisable to plan your workshop thoroughly, though. Have a look at the scenarios if you need some support.
Pay attention that no one is left behind during the activities and always try to find encouraging words to make them eager to work on.
Evaluation
Do not forget to sum up your results together with the students and let them tell you what they liked and what they disliked. You can prepare a little questionnaire, ask them to write it on paper or tell you directly. This is very important as it is the best way for you to improve yourself. Also give a feedback to them.
Closure
Sum up once more what you have done during the workshop and what the aim was. If you have any material to hand out, do so. Also inform the students about the online platform if you have not done already. Maybe it is necessary to give some instructions for the platform. Tell them how they can contact you if they have further questions and encourage them to register on the platform.
And finally, do not forget to send your evaluation of the whole workshop to your supporting YOUrope needs YOU team ;)