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Welcome Wagon Questions
New and returning staff swap the practical answers people usually have to discover the hard way.
15–20 min4–100 peopleTable groups
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Set the room up for success.
Materials
- Prompt cards or slides
- Optional shared FAQ document
Before you begin
- Seat groups with a mix of new and returning staff
- Choose questions whose answers are helpful but not confidential
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What to say
“This is the useful local knowledge tour. Returning staff are not expected to know everything, and new staff are not expected to have figured anything out yet.”
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Facilitator notes · Do not project yet
Keep it comfortable and useful.
Make room for everyone
- Provide questions and final answers in writing.
- Do not make new staff identify themselves publicly.
- Avoid gossip, personnel history, or jokes that depend on insider knowledge.
Watch out for
- Verify logistical answers before publishing them.
- Do not let the session become a complaint list about people or departments.
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For the group
Here’s what to do.
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Form mixed groups of four to six.
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Give each group three or four practical question cards.
- 3
Ask groups to discuss what they know and clearly mark anything they are unsure about.
- 4
Have each table add one missing or confusing piece of information to a shared list.
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For the group
Keep going.
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After the session, assign someone to verify answers and update the staff resource.
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Prompt 01
Who can help when a classroom technology issue cannot wait?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 02
What is one calendar rhythm or deadline that surprises people?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 03
Where can staff find supplies, forms, or answers without sending five emails?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 04
What local place or school tradition should new people know?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 05
What acronym deserves translation?
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Wrap it up
One last thought.
- What information should never have been left unwritten?
- What can we make easier for the next person who arrives?