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Gear Up

Overview

Turing's mission is to unlock human potential by training a diverse, inclusive student body to succeed in high-fulfillment technical careers. Our vision is a world powered by technology where the people building it represent the people using it. We're here to build a movement.

In order to advance this mission and vision, our curriculum transcends technical training. We also present students with opportunities to grow as individuals, members of a team, and members of a community.

Gear Up provides a forum for students to develop self-awareness and interpersonal skills.

  • Curriculum spans 4 modules
  • Each module includes 3 Gear Up sessions, one each on personal growth, team dynamics, and social responsibility
  • Sessions are targeted at developing specific student competencies in each area
Theme Competencies Session Names
Individual
  • Self-awareness
  • Strategies for managing stress
  • Comfort with being uncomfortable
  • Self-efficacy
  • Strengths Assessment
  • Learning Difficult Things
  • Resilience
  • Vulnerability
Teamwork
  • Work with diverse set of personality and communication styles
  • Developing empathy for people who are different
  • Developing tactics to deal with conflict
  • Developing courage to use tactics to deal with conflict
  • Managing and participating in team continuous improvement
  • Feedback and Difficult Conversations
  • Communication (identifying different styles, gender and micro-aggression subtext)
  • Effective retrospectives
  • Agile team management (Agile and Kanban)
Community
  • Communicating a contrary opinion
  • Holding space for controversial conversations
  • Applying self-awareness and adapting to community needs
  • Demonstrating leadership in your ability to facilitate difficult conversations
  • Gender and Affirmative Action
  • Income Inequality
  • Tragedy of the Commons: Voting, Sustainability, Cleaning
  • GearUp and Social Justice Agenda