Welcome to

Play Higher Pioneers

Training Session 1!

Led By: Project Director Dr. Megan Gandy

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Research Assistant Sammy Leggett-Bradley

Introductions

1.) Name

2.) Where you’re located in WV.

3.) Brief description of your job and how you work with students.

4.) What is your knowledge around behavioral health?

Today’s Agenda

1.) Training Schedule

2.) What will you be doing as a PHP?

3.) FAQs

4.) Logistics

Training Schedule

What will you do as a PHP?

Receive your headset and all paperwork in the mail. Go through provided online tutorials to help you get familiar with your headset.

Send home parental consent forms with all students.

Have all students complete a pre-game survey

• Have all students play the Play Higher game and complete after-game survey.
• Complete the “teacher” post-game report for each student.

Mail back your collected consent forms and surveys quarterly.

Complete the end-of-year “teacher” report.

1. Receive VR headset

• Receive your headset and all paperwork in the mail.
• What’s in the package?

VR Headset

parent consent form

surveys

Return postage-paid envelope

2. Send home parental consent form

• Parental consent is for survey only!
• Students can still play the game if their parent doesn’t sign for the survey.
• 1 consent, 1 envelope
• Should be “blind” to you (i.e., returned to you in sealed envelope so you don’t know which students’ parents consented)
• If returned but not in sealed envelope, that’s ok, just put it in one without looking at the signature page.

3. Have all students complete pre-game survey

• 2-pages (front/back) (takes about 3-5 minutes)
• Must put their name on it
• We will match their survey to their parental consent form with their name, then will destroy it so it becomes anonymous in the research
• If they don’t understand a word or instructions, you can help them
• Can be completed any time before the game, i.e.:
• At the beginning of the year
• At your first meeting together
• Right before playing the game

4. Have all students play the game and complete the post-game survey

• Everyone plays the game (takes about 20 minutes).
• Alternative to VR version: If they don’t want to use a VR headset, use a computer-based version instead - usable on a Chromebook with internet connection, but you may need to get your IT person to make the website an “allowed site.”

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• This post-game survey is longer – 8 pages (takes about 5-10 minutes).
• You can help if they don’t understand questions/instructions.
• Survey should be completed immediately after playing the game.
• You will also immediately complete your post-game “teacher” report for each student.

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• All students can play the game, regardless of parental consent.
• All students must complete the post-game survey, regardless of parental consent.
• We will later match the completed surveys to the parental consent, and ONLY use the surveys that have parental consent. We will destroy the rest.

5. Mail back your completed surveys and parental consent envelopes quarterly

• You will have 4 pre-paid envelopes.
• Mail back after each school quarter, or if you don’t use quarters, mail back at approximately:
• October 25
• January 15
• April 1
• End of year

6. Complete end-of-year “teacher” report

• Complete this and send with your last quarterly envelope.
• Attend Required training session #4 to discuss your feedback and ideas.

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• CEU/Professional Development note.

Questions/Concerns?

Question 1

When the headsets are ready to be shipped, will the school address you provided work regardless of whether the shipping happens in July or August?

Question 2

For Play Higher Pioneers Training Session #2, do you have any days at the start of the academic year that you do not have students? (e.g., a planning period before the fiscal year begins)