Let's talk about delivering student transformations at scale

How do you ensure 150-200 students all experience a transformation in your online course?

6 things to focus onπŸ‘‡
πŸ”° Nail your transformation

Before you can do ANYTHING, make sure you get this right

Who are you transforming?

Where are they now?

What will they be able to do differently after your course?

πŸ”° Beginner's Mind

Once you have the journey of A to B from the previous step, reverse engineer every step of the way

Use a Beginner's Mind to ensure you don't make any leaps of understanding your green students won't be able to make right away

πŸ”° Signpost

Now that you have your journey mapped out in detail, signpost it

Create a visual that shows students the map of the way

Show this to them early and often

Remind them of where they are, where they've been and where they're going

πŸ”° WWHW-N

For each step of the journey answer these questions:

1) Why?
2) What?
3) How?
4) What Next?

And weave this into a narrative

πŸ”° Milestone Check-ins

Conduct a survey at the beginning of your course

Check-in throughout to monitor and visualize progress for your students

Show your students how much they improved at the end

(see the work @CharlotCrowther is doing around scaling this)
πŸ”° Groups

Finally, to achieve true scale, be meticulous about your group structure

If you want week-by-week guidance on implementing all this join us on April 4th by applying now to join our first-ever cohort

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