Unit 6: Information, Advice or Guidance Work with Groups
Planning a group work session plan for information, advice and guidance
As part of the information, advice or guidance work with groups unit assessment, you will be required to plan and deliver a detailed information, advice or guidance group session.
Below we have suggested a collection of example lesson plan formats which can help with your planning.
| The 5 Minute Lesson Plan | |
| Group work session: | Session date: Session time: |
| Session objectives | By the end of this session the learners will be able to: |
| The Big Picture | |
| How am I engaging the clients? | |
| What do I want to stick by the end of the session? | |
| What assessment, feedback and evaluation techniques will I use? | |
| How am I differentiating? | |
| What resources do I need? |
| The big picture: How does the session fit into your longer term plan/s? What knowledge are clients coming to the session with already? What links have you made / can you make? Describe the session in 30 seconds! |
| Objectives: Your objectives for the session. Try to incorporate at least 2 different levelled objectives. |
| Engagement: What’s the hook? How will you gain client attention at the start and throughout the session that is exciting and meaningful that you’ll be using to draw in pupils into learning? |
| ‘Stickability’: What will stick in clients’ minds as they leave your session? What key point(s) do you want them to remember. |
| Assessment and evaluation: How will you assess where your clients are at during the session, so as to know how to take them where you want to go? What strategies are you going to use? What key questions will help you to attract clients into the group work activities? |
| Differentiation / Groupings: Plan – at a glance – what activities, information, advice or guidance you will provide for the different needs of your clients. What sorts of groupings are needed, what are they doing and when? |
| Resources: What resources and in which formats are required for the session. |
The definition of facilitate is “to make easy” or “ease a process.” What a facilitator does is plan, guide and manage a group session to ensure that the group’s objectives are met effectively, with clear thinking, good participation from everyone who is involved. To facilitate group work well, you must first understand the group’s desired outcome, and the background and context of the meeting or event. A group facilitator will :
Design and plan the group process, and select the tools that best help the group progress towards that outcome.
Guide and control the group process to ensure that there is effective participation, clients achieve a mutual understanding and have their contributions considered and included.
Ensure that outcomes, actions and questions are properly recorded and actioned, and appropriately dealt with afterwards.
