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Gallery of Good Signs
Name the small signs that would tell your team the year is moving in a healthy direction.
15–20 min3–100 peopleIndividual
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Facilitator prep · Do not project yet
Set the room up for success.
Materials
- Sticky notes
- Chart paper
- Markers
Before you begin
- Post headings such as Students, Colleagues, Learning, and Daily Life
- Choose categories that fit the group
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What to say
“Imagine the year is moving in a healthy direction. What small, observable signs would we notice in classrooms, hallways, meetings, or conversations? Ordinary evidence counts.”
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Facilitator notes · Do not project yet
Keep it comfortable and useful.
Make room for everyone
- Allow digital or dictated responses.
- Use observable language without demanding quantitative measures for every sign.
- Include signs related to access, belonging, and sustainable workload.
Watch out for
- Do not turn every good sign into a new data-collection requirement.
- Avoid framing student compliance or staff overwork as evidence of success.
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For the group
Here’s what to do.
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Give participants three minutes to write one observable sign per sticky note.
- 2
Post notes under the category charts.
- 3
In table groups, read and combine similar signs without making them more ambitious.
- 4
Browse the full gallery and mark signs the group wants to notice deliberately.
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For the group
Keep going.
- 5
Choose two or three signs to revisit during a future check-in.
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Prompt 01
What might students be doing or saying?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 02
What would colleagues notice in daily work?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 03
What small moment would make you think, ‘This is getting better’?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 04
What should become easier, calmer, clearer, or more connected?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Wrap it up
One last thought.
- Which signs are easy to miss unless we look for them?
- How could we notice progress without creating another reporting burden?