PART TWO - DAY 2: PLAY WITH A PURPOSE

(30 MINUTES)

Discussion:

Compass Points

• Briefly explain the routine.

• Give people three minutes of silence to read over the questions and jot down their thoughts about some or all of the compass points. Alternatively, draw a compass on a large sheet of paper on a wall or table (or create a compass on jamboard, indicating E, W, N, & S, if you are online). Ask people to get up and write their thoughts in the relevant quadrant.

Invite people to choose one compass point they wish to share. You can either follow the compass points in order, and ask who wants to share their “East,” “West,” etc., or you can ask people to share from any compass point.

• Leave time for those who haven’t spoken to contribute.

• Reserve two minutes at the end to ask participants how the routine worked for them: What’s one thing that worked well? What could be changed? (If you are online, responses can be shared in the chat.)

The four compass points:

E= Excited: What excites you about these ideas? What’s the upside?

W = Worrisome: What do you find worrisome about these ideas? What’s the downside? Where are the barriers or obstacles?

N = Need to Know: What else do you need to know or want to discover about these ideas? What additional information would be helpful?

S = Stance or Suggestions for Moving Forward: What is your opinion of these ideas? How might you incorporate these ideas moving forward?

You could use the Connect-Extend-Challenge routine here instead.

(5 MINUTES)

Closing:

• Thank the group for their participation.

• Choose one of the following options:

• Invite participants to share one word, big idea, feeling, or emoji they are leaving with on a post-it note, or in the chat if you are online.

• Invite participants to respond to the following sentence prompts either on a post-it note, or jamboard or padlet if you are online:

“At our school, I wish we could ___” “ At our school, I’m glad we _____”