Instant Challenge Training for Rising Star Team Managers John Stromp & Nikhil Dhoble Challenge Masters for Instant Challenge November 9, 2015 .

Instant Challenge Training for Rising Star Team Managers

John Stromp & Nikhil DhobleChallenge Masters for Instant Challenge

November 9, 2015www.next.texasdi.org

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Agenda• Team formation and Challenge Selection• What to expect on Tournament Day• Rising Stars Instant Challenge• What is an Instant Challenge?• Why Practice an Instant Challenge?• When to practice Instant Challenges?• How to practice Instant Challenges?• What to Practice• Debriefing – 6 questions• Instant Challenge best practices

Team Formation – Challenge Selection• Teams formed from enrolled students• Ages pre-K through College• 6 competitive STEaM challenges for K through College

– Can be any combination of ages on a team– Level determined by oldest member

• 4 levels: – Elementary (EL) Kindergarten through 5th grade– Middle (ML) 6th through 8th

– Secondary (SL) 9th through 12th

– University (UL) Full time post-secondary• Rising Stars – preschool through 2nd grade

– Noncompetitive (RS)– In Texas DI we follow rules of the road– All teams scheduled for an Instant Challenge

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RS Instant Challenge Example

• Instant Challenge activities• See the handout for a couple of Instant

Challenges for the Team Managers to perform

• Reading the Instant Challenge• No Score – just positive feedback

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Instant Challenge for Rising Stars Teams

• All teams will have a time scheduled for their Instant Challenge at the Regional Tournament on February 20th

• Team Manager helps appraise their own team• All competitive teams do an Instant Challenge• Good practice – no score – positive feedback• Better prepares team when they move to the Elementary

level and compete• Lots of fun• Helps improve team in all areas• Since teams are not scored, and if you know you will not

be showing up, please let us know

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What is an Instant Challenge?

• Secret…teams take pledge of secrecy• Types – creative problem to solve

– Performance based– Tasked based– Combination

• Timed event - 5 to 8 minutes• Usually has materials, might make props,

imaginary props, could be silent

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Why practice Instant Challenges?

• Fun, Fun, Fun• A nice change of pace• Teaches

– Spontaneity– Creative Problem Solving– Teamwork– Time Management

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How to Practice Instant Challenges

• “Perfect Practice makes Perfect”• Practice DI skills

– Brainstorming, critical thinking, creativity, communications, collaboration, improvisation, presentation, story telling, problem solving, material use and management

• Simulate tournament conditions– Secret, keep time, no advance notice, score

• Always debrief

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When to Practice Instant Challenges• When the team needs a change of pace• Older teams practice at least 25% of meeting time• Enroll your team in our Winter Workshop

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When to Practice Instant Challenges• Enroll your team in our Super Saturday

What to Practice?

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What to Practice

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What to Practice?

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Debriefing – 6 Questions

1. Did you work as a team?

2. Did you finish?

3. Did you have fun?

4. What could you do differently?

5. Did you try something new?

6. What did you learn?

Tournament Day and IC• Each team is scheduled

for their central challenge and for their Instant Challenge

• Half of the teams do IC first

• Half do IC after their Central Challenge

• IC Check-In is located in a special place – follow the purple signs

• Teams check in 15 minutes prior to IC time – only ONE team manager and no spectators

• Teams escorted to holding room, then to IC room, and then to Cool Down room

• During IC, the TM will be an appraiser

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Thank you for coming!Any Questions?

John Stromp, [email protected], 214-316-0300Nikhil Dhoble, [email protected], 214-764-6932

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