Who?

     How many people will be attending?

     What subject areas will be present?

     What prior knowledge do the paticipants have? What workshop experiences have they already had?

     What sort of pressure is on the participants to implement the information I am sharing?  Are there 

          any district- or school-level requirements?

     How many years have the participants been teaching?

     Which schools will be represented?

     What is the perspective of the participants?

     Who are my go-to people for information/resources?

     Will I be working with any colleagues or other presenters?

When?

     What is my timeframe?

     When in the school year is this taking place?

     What will the participants be coming from? (i.e. school day, prior in-service)

     Will there be any future meetings with this group of participants?

Where?

     In which school and room is the workshop scheduled to be held?

     What is the set-up of the room?

     Will technology be available - projector, laptops, internet, printer?

What/Why?

     What are the workshop goals, objectives, and outcomes?

     Will there be IDEportal access?

     What connections to other trainings and initiatives are there from my workshop content?

     What other concerns, including union issues, will be important to the participants and myself?

When planning a workshop, always build in:

     Lesson-Level Strategies

          Specific, practical classroom ideas which teachers can experience, grasp quickly, and easily apply to

               their teaching repertoire.

     Unit-Level Perspectives

          Big picture connections and applications, such as setting up the workshop experience as a PBL.

     Classroom-Level Structures

          Planning the time, resources and activity choices to model the Learner-Active classroom