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You may also want to read What are Protocols? Why Use Them?, part of our Critical Friends Group Coaches’ Handbook, in the meantime.
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ORIGINAL PROTOCOLS
Appreciative Inquiry: A Protocol to Support Professional Visitation
ATLAS — Learning From Student Work
Attributes of a Learning Community
Barriers or Bridges: A Matter of Perspective and Attitude
Choosing CFG Tools and Strategies
Classroom Equity Writing Prompt
Classroom Slice “Day in the Life” Student Journal
Classroom Slice “Day In the Life” Teacher Journal
Classroom Slice of Student Work Checklist
Collaborative Assessment Conference
Columbus Slice Multi-age Groups
Considerations for Responsive Facilitation
Constructivist Learning Groups
Constructivist Listening Dyad – “The Dyad”
Consultancy — Adapted for Examining Student Work
Courageous Conversations Compass
Critical Friends Groups Purpose & Work
Cycle of Inquiry for Professional Learning Community Activities
Describing Student Work: A Slice of Writing
Equity Perspectives: Creating Space for Making Meaning on Equity Issues
Examining Student Work: A Constructivist Protocol
Examples of Debriefing Questions at the End of a Looking at Student Work Session
Examples of Focusing Questions for Looking at Student Work Sessions
Facilitating Learning, Logistics and Longevity
Facilitation Scenarios Activity
Facilitator Critical Friend Feedback Form
First Ask, Then Listen: How to Get Your Students To Help You Teach Them Better: A Teachers’ Guide
Focus/Framing Question Exercise
Framing Consultancy Dilemmas and Consultancy Questions
Further Thoughts About Learning from Student Work
Goal Setting in CFG communities
Guide for Bringing Student Work
Guide to Using 7 of the Student Work/Problem Solvings
Individual Monthly Action Plan
Individual Monthly Action Plan for Groups
Inquiry Circles: A Protocol for Professional Inquiry
Learning From Student Work Form – Context
Learning From Student Work Form – Documentation
Learning From Student Work Form – Feedback
Learning From Student Work Form – Reflection
Longfellow “Day in the Life” Special Area Teachers Journal
Longfellow Slice Grade Level Session
Longfellow Slice Information Sheet
Longfellow Slice School Wide Session
Looking at Patterns in Student Work
Looking at Student Work Team Report
Looking at Student Work: Building in the Habit of Looking at Equity
Making Meaning: The Storytelling Version
Methods for Learning From Student Work
Microlabs on CFG Purpose and Coach’s Role
Missed Cues: A Reflective Activity
Mississippi Hot Chocolate Swamp
Modeling the Consultancy Using an Interactive Fishbowl
Notes on the Collaborative Assessment Conference
Observation #3: Interesting Moments
Observation #5: Observer As Learner
Observation #6: Person Observed as Coach
Observation #7: Silent Debriefing
Observation #8: Self Observation
Pair Communication: Active-Listening Exercise
Peeling the Onion: Developing a Problem
Peer Coaching: Observer as Coach
Ping Pong: a Consultancy for Groups
Pocket Guide to Probing Questions
Principles for Looking at Student Work
Proactive Behavior Change Interventions
Process of Developing Success a for Reflection and Analysis ATLAS Learning Communities
Process of Developing Understanding: a for Reflection and Analysis
Professional Learning Communities Survey
Professional Learning Communities Survey Exercise
Profile of a Student Activity small group
Profile of a Student Activity: Alternative Students
ProMISE: using the Courageous Conversation Compass with a Text
Protocol for “Columbus Family Academy Slice”
Protocol for “Day in the Life”
Protocol for “Longfellow Slice”
Provocative Prompts for Equity
Qualities of Educational Leadership Exercise
Questions and Assumptions World Cafe Style
Realms of Concern and Influence
Reflections on Adapting/Creating Protocols
Sample Sets of Questions for School/Grade Level Slice
SMP Guide to Good Probing Questions
SMP Probing Questions Exercise
Some Guidelines for Learning From Student Work
Standards in Practice: Standards and Looking at Student Work
Student Observation: Focus Point
Student Observation: Interesting Moments
Student Observation: Just My Kids
Student Observation: Observer Learner
Student Profiles for Profile of a Student Activity
Success Analysis for Administrative Teams
Success Analysis for Creative Learning Communities
Success Analysis for Individuals
Success Analysis for Leadership Teams
Success Analysis for Reflection and Analysis
Success Analysis with Reflective Questions
Suggestions for Bringing a Dilemma
Suggestions for Bringing Student Work
Tea Party – See Block Party: A Pre-Reading Text-Based Activity
Together We Can Make a Difference – Classroom Design for Beginning Teambuilding
MEMBERS’ PROTOCOLS
Ah-HA! Protocol
Block Party – Updated
Celebration Share Activity
Chalk Talk – Updated
Checklist for Effective Facilitation
Closing Quotes Activity
Closing Quotes Cards
Compass Points Activity – Updated
Compass Points II — Do Opposites Attract?
Compass Points III — Clockwise Round
Demands of Change Activity
Draw Your School Map
Education Metaphors
Education Pennies
Feedback Principles – Updated
Four A’s Text – Updated
General Facilitation Tips
Hopes & Fears Activity
Picture Metaphor Cards
Picture Metaphors Activity
Quote Cards for Intro Activity
Quotes Introduction Activity
Save the Last Word For Me-Updated
Text Rendering Activity-Updated
Text-Based Seminar-Updated
Three Levels of Text-Updated
Transitions Activity
Using NSRFs vs. Ongoing Critical Friends Group Work
Zones of Comfort, Risk and Danger-Updated
Zones Pie Chart Activity
COACHES’ PROTOCOLS
Affinity Mapping-Updated
Affinity Mapping-Updated Site Page Template
ATLAS Looking at Data Protocol
Chalk Talk for Planning
Coaching Scenarios Activity
Creating and/or Modifying Protocols Activity
Critical Friends Group Agenda Planning
Critical Friends Group Feedback Survey
Critical Friends Group Meeting Planning Worksheet
Critical Friends Group Survey
Data Analysis
Data Driven Dialogue-Updated
Dilemma Analysis
Dilemma Preparation Worksheet
Facilitation Tips for CFG Coaches
Feedback Carousel – Updated
Feedback Nightmares – Updated
First Classroom Visits – Updated
First Visits
First Visits + Worksheet
Fishbowl Technique
Focus Point – Updated
Futures Protocol – Updated
Ghost Visit
Ghost Visit – Worksheets only
Hopes & Fears for CFG Work
Interesting Moments Observation
Looking at Student Work-Updated
Microlabs – Updated
Microlabs — Example Questions
Notes Worksheet
Observation – First Visits
Observation #1: Video Camera – Updated
Observation #5: Observer As Learner – Updated
One Significant Reaction
Practicing Peer Observations
Preconference Tips
Probing Questions Approaches
Probing Questions Practice Activity
Quick Guide to Probing Questions
Reflections Sheets-Updated
Revealing Possibilities
Sample Reflection Prompts
Setting Agreements Activity
Speed Consultancy Triads
Speed Success Analysis
Speed Tuning
Structured Charrette
Student Work Analysis
Student Work Inquiry Rounds
Success Analysis-Updated
Tips for Forming CFG Communities
Transitions Starters Classrooms
Transitions Starters Meetings
Transitions Starters Multi Day
Tuning Carousel
Tuning-Updated
Understanding Probing Questions
Wagon Wheels Brainstorming – Updated
What are Protocols? Why Use Them?