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Borrow My Best Routine
Trade one dependable classroom or work routine another educator could try tomorrow.
10–15 min2–100 peoplePartners
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Facilitator prep · Do not project yet
Set the room up for success.
Materials
- None
Before you begin
- Choose whether to focus on classroom, family communication, planning, meetings, or any useful routine
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What to say
“Think of one routine that quietly earns its keep. It does not have to be innovative—just dependable enough that someone else might want to borrow it.”
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Facilitator notes · Do not project yet
Keep it comfortable and useful.
Make room for everyone
- Allow participants to share a routine they have observed rather than one they created.
- Keep a seated pairing option.
- Provide the four guiding questions in writing.
Watch out for
- Do not frame borrowing as copying without context.
- Remind participants that a routine may need adaptation for different students, roles, and settings.
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For the group
Here’s what to do.
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Give everyone one minute to choose and mentally outline a routine.
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Pair participants and give each person two minutes to explain the routine and when it helps.
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Listeners ask one question beginning with ‘What makes that work?’
- 4
Rotate partners once or twice.
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For the group
Keep going.
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Invite everyone to write down one routine they may borrow, adapt, or ask about later.
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Prompt 01
What routine saves you five minutes or five headaches?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 02
What do students or colleagues know exactly how to do in your space?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 03
What simple system keeps something from falling through the cracks?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 04
What is the first step someone would need to try it?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Wrap it up
One last thought.
- What idea are you most likely to adapt?
- What patterns showed up across useful routines?