Norms and ground rules

What are norms?

Together, we proposed norms and ground rules to guide our interactions, which we collated into the following shared commitments.

Norms for everyone to follow

• Be respectful and encouraging of each other, including of diverse knowledge, learning styles, experience, background, perspectives and opinions
• Create an environment that facilitates learning for everyone; for example,
  • Nothing is “obvious”; all questions are welcome
  • Arrive ready to focus and engage
  • Share the learning space; step up and step back

Additional norms for the STAMPS instructional team

• Demonstrate humility and respect for learners, for example,
  • by checking in with the room, and adjusting speed and goals for the sessions
  • by being available and approachable, and also giving people space to work through their own challenges
  • by elevating and supporting, and avoiding diminishing/dismissing ("it's easy", "just do this")
  • by offering multiple pathways to learning