Week Four – Sector Focused in the NYCIDY

As they say – this week is when the rubber meets the road. After all your exploring and attention to detail, you will now dig deep into the sector you choose. The purpose of this week’s activities is to get you into a space where you have enough information to create a list of priorities to make your budget recommendations. Then you and your team will begin to develop your project budget together. Remember you must explain each of the budget items, so choose carefully. And as you do this work, you will continue on the path of self-discovery.

Land Acknowledgment

In New York, we are on the ancestral land of the Lenape people.

We say this to acknowledge that, no matter when or how we personally arrived on this land, we each have a relationship to the life and the pain that this ground has been witness to.

Let us take a moment to reflect on the responsibility of that relationship.

Let us be stewards of this land and make a connection to it that allows us to leave it better off than when we arrived.

If you’d like to learn more you can go to these links to get a deeper understanding.

Tool ~ Mindfulness Check-in

Setting the Container – 

In our sessions together – we will always “Set the Container” and that means we will make commitments to each other on how we will work together.

Click the Group Commitments below to read through what to expect in our sessions together.

-You are here ~ Be present ~ Be Kind ~ Treat others how you want to be treated

-Embrace “The Circle Process” – As shared the way we work at NYCID is using the Restorative Circle – We will never force you to speak so understand you can pass and we expect that you will participate as you become more familiar with the how we work together.

-Let perfection go and share your experiences – We must work together and learn from one another in order for our process to be fulfilling.

-Remember impact over intention – As shared we often have the best intentions and we do not always realize the impact our actions have on others. When you get a reaction you were not expecting say “ops” and if you are on the receiving end say “ouch.”

-Notice our own biases and judgments – We all have them. Let’s not ignore them!

-Realize our privilege – It exists and is based on different seen and unseen identities we hold – we deepen our connections to one another when we acknowledge as much.

-Practice self-care and community care – Take care of yourself – when done right – you will take care of others!

Circle Up – How are MWe?

Check in with one another around how things are going for you this summer. Are you getting everything done? Is it the summer you expected?

Be prepared to share your answer to the from above in the circle.

Harvest

Upon returning to the main circle – we will harvest (share) some of what was moving in the smaller conversations.

The Question in the main circle is always: What is moving in me?

Remember: Exercise 168

In order to get to where you are going, you gotta know where you’ve been, right?

Last year we spent time considering how to prioritize those BIG ROCKS so we can Build or Rock. Let’s re-watch the previous year’s video and then look at what we are doing now with our time.

From sleeping to eating, from video games to riding the bus, investigate and layout for yourself what you do from day to day.

Search your Google Drive for “Exercise 168” to see what you had identified last year.

Pro-Action Plan Step Week 4 (1 of 3) –

Where is Your Time Going?

?? Complete Exercise 168! ?

Then on the “My Intentions” Page in your Pro-Action plan use the space provided to share your reflections.

Remember: you can choose any write your answers, or record an audio or video file to express your ideas.

Note: You will need to discuss your answers in our circles during our sessions together.

Getting to Know Yourself and Others

Now let’s get you a bit more information about people.

Needs-Interests-Positions (Strategies)

Pro-Action Plan Step Week Four (2 of 3)–

DISC Survey Assessment Reflection

  • Do you agree with the survey?
  • How did the video about fears make you feel?
  • How can you face your fears?
  • What might you try?

Consider how this process has been working for you and then on the “My Intentions” Page in your Pro-Action plan use the space provided to share your ideas.

Remember: you can choose any write your answers, or record an audio or video file to express your ideas.

Note: You will need to discuss your answers in our circles during our sessions together.

CHOOSE YOUR SECTOR!

Here is where– for a short while– your path will diverge from some of your team members. Here is where you will work with the few to help many.

Big Note: Your exploration should be done at the very beginning of the week because by the middle of the week, you will need to pick your sector and contribute to your team’s priorities by the end of the week!

Note: Each Sector Tile will take you to the specific workflow!

Arts and Humanities

Business and Information Systems

Health Services

Engineering and Technology

Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Human and Public Services

Making Decisions Together

No, you are not seeing duplicate!

What you are experiencing is the same process being used in several different ways, which will help you develop an essential skill!

We will use the Taking Sides process again for this task to get our project budgets off the ground.

For this activity you will:

  • Work together as a team to discuss the priorities that each individual team member presents
  • Work Together to complete the document title: Sector Focused Project Planning Document
  • Review Final Project Rubric for your District

This document should be completed by your Sector Focused Leader

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