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
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- Strengths Assessment
- Learning Difficult Things
- Resilience
- Vulnerability
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| 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
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- Feedback and Difficult Conversations
- Communication (identifying different styles, gender and micro-aggression subtext)
- Effective retrospectives
- Agile team management (Agile and Kanban)
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| 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
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- Gender and Affirmative Action
- Income Inequality
- Tragedy of the Commons: Voting, Sustainability, Cleaning
- GearUp and Social Justice Agenda
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