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Tomorrow-Morning Tweak
Choose one small change the team could realistically try with students tomorrow.
5–10 min2–50 peopleWhole group
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Set the room up for success.
Materials
- None; optional whiteboard
Before you begin
- Name one real, bounded instructional or student-support challenge
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What to say
“We have a few minutes, so let’s identify one small change we could actually test tomorrow. We are not solving the whole problem today.”
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Facilitator notes · Do not project yet
Keep it comfortable and useful.
Make room for everyone
- Provide the decision statement in writing.
- Allow anonymous or silent preference signals.
- Clarify that a preliminary lean is not a binding vote.
Watch out for
- Do not use this format to manufacture consent.
- Be explicit about who actually holds decision authority.
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For the group
Here’s what to do.
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State the decision as a choice between two or more concrete paths.
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Ask everyone to silently choose the option they currently lean toward.
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Collect one benefit and one cost for each option.
- 4
Ask what is preventing a responsible decision: information, authority, alignment, or time.
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Keep going.
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Name the smallest next step and its owner.
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Prompt 01
What would we like students or staff to experience differently?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 02
What is within our control tomorrow?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 03
What could we try once without overcommitting?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 04
What evidence would tell us whether it helped?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Wrap it up
One last thought.
- What became clearer?
- What is the smallest responsible next move?