PC 101 Life Skills
Gathering Agenda for Week 02
Why Education?
Gathering Purposes
Discuss the BYU-Pathway Worldwide devotional
● Understand each student’s responsibility to make each gathering great
● Review the Academic Honesty policy
● Review the structure of a paragraph
● Share the topic sentence you will include in this week’s writing assignment
Physical Preparation
● Prepare the room for groups:
o For face-to-face Gatherings, arrive early to setup the room, prepare any visual aids, and greet
students as they arrive.
o For virtual Gatherings, start the meeting early, share your screen with a message welcoming
them to the gathering and letting them know you’ll start soon.
▪ When the Gathering Agenda asks that students meet in small groups, use Breakout
Rooms.
▪ When the Gathering Agenda asks you to display things on “the board,” you use the
whiteboard.
● Make the Gathering Guide available to students, found in Student Resources in your course.
o For virtual Gatherings, open the document and be prepared to share it with the participants.
o For face-to-face Gatherings, print a copy for each student and bring them to the Gathering.
Also be prepared to pull the document up on a screen in front of the class, if possible.
o If you can’t make the Gathering Guide available to students, then write the following on the
board or someplace for students to see:
Three Steps to Being an Active Learner at the Gathering:
• Be Prepared
• Make Connections
• Communicate
Three Steps to Being an Effective Lead Student:
● Follow the Gathering Agenda
● Ask Follow-Up Questions to Dig Deeper
● Involve Everyone
Min Activities Teaching Tips
Welcome and Devotional
5 Welcome Welcome everyone to the gathering. Assure the class that you
are glad everyone is here and that everyone should feel welcome
and accepted.
Devotional Please sing one or two verses of a hymn. If you meet with a
virtual gathering, the lead student or another student should be
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, invited to share a brief spiritual thought. A volunteer will then
give an opening prayer.
BYU-Pathway Worldwide Devotional
10 Discuss Students were asked to watch the BYU-Pathway Worldwide Be sure to watch the
devotional this week at http://byupathway.lds.org/devotionals. devotional before the
They should have done this prior to the gathering. As a class gathering and review
discuss the devotional according to the information provided on the accompanying
the website. information on the
website, including
the questions.
Pose those same
questions to the class
and invite several
students to share
their insights.
Introduction to Gathering Guide
15 Note In this activity, students learn about how to be an active learner
in the gathering. They also learn about how to be an effective
lead student. Students should have read the entire gathering
guide to prepare for the gathering.
Read PathwayConnect gatherings are for all of us. As we share our Please read this
insights from the course, we can learn from each other and exactly as written.
deepen our understanding. The gathering guide gives important
information on how we can make each gathering a useful and
meaningful experience.
Discussion As a class, review the three steps to being an active learner as
well as the three steps to being an effective lead student.
Consider asking the class, “What are the three steps to being an
active learner, as discussed in the Gathering guide?” Write the
three correct answers on the board and invite members of the
class to share their insights about what each step means and/or
how it might apply to them. Do the same thing for the three
steps toward becoming an effective lead student. Ask the class,
“What three steps did the Gathering Guide suggest would help
you become an effective lead student?” Write the three correct
answers on the board and briefly discuss them.
Remind the students to refer back to the Gathering Guide often
throughout the program to maximize their learning experience at
the Gatherings each week.
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Gathering Agenda for Week 02
Why Education?
Gathering Purposes
Discuss the BYU-Pathway Worldwide devotional
● Understand each student’s responsibility to make each gathering great
● Review the Academic Honesty policy
● Review the structure of a paragraph
● Share the topic sentence you will include in this week’s writing assignment
Physical Preparation
● Prepare the room for groups:
o For face-to-face Gatherings, arrive early to setup the room, prepare any visual aids, and greet
students as they arrive.
o For virtual Gatherings, start the meeting early, share your screen with a message welcoming
them to the gathering and letting them know you’ll start soon.
▪ When the Gathering Agenda asks that students meet in small groups, use Breakout
Rooms.
▪ When the Gathering Agenda asks you to display things on “the board,” you use the
whiteboard.
● Make the Gathering Guide available to students, found in Student Resources in your course.
o For virtual Gatherings, open the document and be prepared to share it with the participants.
o For face-to-face Gatherings, print a copy for each student and bring them to the Gathering.
Also be prepared to pull the document up on a screen in front of the class, if possible.
o If you can’t make the Gathering Guide available to students, then write the following on the
board or someplace for students to see:
Three Steps to Being an Active Learner at the Gathering:
• Be Prepared
• Make Connections
• Communicate
Three Steps to Being an Effective Lead Student:
● Follow the Gathering Agenda
● Ask Follow-Up Questions to Dig Deeper
● Involve Everyone
Min Activities Teaching Tips
Welcome and Devotional
5 Welcome Welcome everyone to the gathering. Assure the class that you
are glad everyone is here and that everyone should feel welcome
and accepted.
Devotional Please sing one or two verses of a hymn. If you meet with a
virtual gathering, the lead student or another student should be
1
, invited to share a brief spiritual thought. A volunteer will then
give an opening prayer.
BYU-Pathway Worldwide Devotional
10 Discuss Students were asked to watch the BYU-Pathway Worldwide Be sure to watch the
devotional this week at http://byupathway.lds.org/devotionals. devotional before the
They should have done this prior to the gathering. As a class gathering and review
discuss the devotional according to the information provided on the accompanying
the website. information on the
website, including
the questions.
Pose those same
questions to the class
and invite several
students to share
their insights.
Introduction to Gathering Guide
15 Note In this activity, students learn about how to be an active learner
in the gathering. They also learn about how to be an effective
lead student. Students should have read the entire gathering
guide to prepare for the gathering.
Read PathwayConnect gatherings are for all of us. As we share our Please read this
insights from the course, we can learn from each other and exactly as written.
deepen our understanding. The gathering guide gives important
information on how we can make each gathering a useful and
meaningful experience.
Discussion As a class, review the three steps to being an active learner as
well as the three steps to being an effective lead student.
Consider asking the class, “What are the three steps to being an
active learner, as discussed in the Gathering guide?” Write the
three correct answers on the board and invite members of the
class to share their insights about what each step means and/or
how it might apply to them. Do the same thing for the three
steps toward becoming an effective lead student. Ask the class,
“What three steps did the Gathering Guide suggest would help
you become an effective lead student?” Write the three correct
answers on the board and briefly discuss them.
Remind the students to refer back to the Gathering Guide often
throughout the program to maximize their learning experience at
the Gatherings each week.
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