Being on a Tech Team Is Educational-Change Work
I recently had the opportunity to serve as the tech team lead for my RC Community’s Area workshop. It was my first time leading a tech team, and it occurred to me that being on a tech team is educational-change work.
Especially when hosting on Zoom, we on a tech team must think quickly and do tasks with which we have varying levels of experience. And we do this publicly, while the workshop waits for us. It can feel like being in school—like being put on the spot [expected to do something] and asked to show our skills and abilities—and remind us of having made mistakes in front of others in the past.
Workshop leaders and attendees are generally relaxed, patient, and calm. They allow the tech team to take the time they need to do their tasks. This is a big contradiction to the hurts that many of us experienced as learners.
I’m looking forward to more Co-Counseling sessions on having been under pressure to not make mistakes and learning in front of others as a young person.
Seattle, Washington, USA
Reprinted from the RC e-mail discussion list for leaders of educational change
(Present Time 206, January 2022)