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TEACHING TIPS

If students are talking while you are talking or looking at their phone, you can...

• Just wait! If a student or students are talking while you are, wait them out. Stopping mid-sentence and waiting for students to stop talking will let them know you are waiting on them.

• Walk closer to them. Proximity will often bring attention to this so they will stop.

• Quietly remind them of the expectations. Try to say it so only they can hear as to not embarrass them.

• Try not to call students out publicly. Often, students find this embarrassing and do not react well to this.

If students are talking at the beginning of the session, to quiet them you can…

• Come to the front and begin your greeting. Make sure to wait until everyone is listening. If you keep talking while they are talking then they will think this is okay.

• Ask a question out loud “Who here currently has a job? Raise your hand.” “Who went to the movies this weekend?” Now that you have their attention you can begin.

• You can set up a call and response with them. Having them offer suggestions makes it more likely they will do it. “When I say fierce you say females” - “Fierce” - “Females”

• Flicker the lights.

• Countdown 5-4-3-2-1 or 3-2-1.

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ADDITONAL TIPS

• Turn a blind eye occasionally. High school students sometimes act out for attention or to test you. Try not to be phased by things they are doing just to get a reaction. Ignore what you can and reward the positive.

• If a student looks tired or puts their head down on their desk, ask them if they would like to go get a drink of water. It gets them out of their seat, wakes them back up and shows them you care.

• Avoid loading time. If there are links you know you want to pull up during the session, have them ready to go before the session starts. Down time will lead to distractions and get students off task.

HELPFUL TIPS TO KEEP IN MIND

• When you are explaining something new, especially a challenging topic, make sure to go slow, repeat yourself and consistently ask if anyone has questions. There are no dumb questions!

• Often, you can plan the perfect lesson and it either doesn’t go as expected or the timing is off. We try to make sure there are enough activities, but don’t feel pressure if you don’t get through everything. If you need to have students complete something on their own time or you need to push something to the next session, you can definitely do that.

• It’s important to be at the session 5 minutes early. This allows you to be able to get any last thoughts together before the lesson and do any prep work (writing something on the board, passing out name tags, pulling up Yahoo! Finance on the projector). This also helps with management and keeping students orderly.

• Greet students at the door so they feel welcome and know that you are excited to be there! It sets a positive tone for the session.

• Write the agenda on the board if possible. Students like to know what’s going on.

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• Try to get them involved in the lesson as much as possible. Whether this is by asking questions, having students explain the key term in their own words or sharing their initial thoughts on a topic. No one likes to be talked to for an hour straight so try to involve their voices as much as possible.

• Students like to be positively reinforced so if they are doing something great or had a really thoughtful answer, let them know! The more specific you are, the better so they know exactly what they did well and can do it again.

• If a student is being disrespectful or making you uncomfortable, have one of the volunteers reach out to or find the School Champion or reach out to your RTSWS Program Coordinator.

ESG Curriculum Workshop Sessions

ESG Curriculum Learning Outcomes:

• To play the role of a financial planner for Janella Sims, a 28-year-old female who is interested in investing in a company which is an environmental, social and governance leader.

• Define basic investment terms.

• To follow the price movements of Apple (AAPL) and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY).

• Learn about the growth of ESG investing across the globe and what are environmental, social and governance factors.

• Understand how investors react to corporations’ environmental, social and governance performance.

• Research and analyze a company’s environmental, social and governance impact and provide the company with an overall ESG rating.

• To become familiar with the various types of careers in finance.

Session Topics and Key Terms:

Please write in the day, time and location of each session.

Be sure to add these dates to your phone calendar as well to set reminders. The session dates and times are also available in your RTSWS app.