Protocols

The following list contains the protocols that we use in our meetings. These materials come from the National School Reform Faculty website and each link below (and all protocol links across our wiki) link directly to the .PDF versions of each protocol.


 * BOLD indicates that we have used the protocol in one of our meetings.**

  =**A** = = =  [|Affinity Mapping] [|All Aboard] [|Appreciative Inquiry: A Protocol to Support Professional Visitation] [|The Art Shack Protocol] [|ATLAS — Learning From Student Work Protocol] [|ATLAS — Looking at Data] [|Attributes of a Learning Community] [|top] = **B** = = =  [|Barriers or Bridges: A Matter of Perspective and Attitude] [|Becoming One Community] [|The Best Ever: a Constructivist Protocol] [|Blind Count] [|Blind Polygon] [|Blooming Questions] [|Broken Squares] [|top] =**C** = = =  **[|Chalk Talk]** [|A Change in Practice Protocol] [|The Charrette][|Check in Circle] [|Choosing CFG Tools and Strategies] [|Choosing a Question Protocol] [|Classroom Equity Writing Prompt] [|Classroom Meeting] [|Classroom Slice "Day In The Life" Teacher Journal] [|Classroom Slice of Student Work Check List] [|Collaborative Assessment Conference] [|Collaborative Ghost Walk] [|Columbus Slice Multi-age Groups] [|Community Agreements] [|Considerations for Responsive Facilitation] (This document aligns with the Zen of Facilitation article) [|Considering Evidence Protocol] [|Constructivist Learning Groups] [|The Constructivist Listening Dyad - "The Dyad"] [|Constructivist Protocol for Adult Work] [|Constructivist Tuning Protocol] [|Consultancy –– Adapted for Examining Student Work] [|Courageous Conversations Compass]  [|Cows, Ducks and Chickens] [|Student Observation Protocol: Court Reporter] [|Creating an Action Plan] [|Creating Metaphors] [|Critical Friends Groups Purpose & Work] [|Critical Incidents Protocol] [|Cycle of Inquiry] [|Cycle of Inquiry for Professional Learning Community Activities] [|top]  **D** [|Data Driven Dialogue] [|"Day In The Life" Student Journal] [|Describing Students’ Work] [|Describing Student Work: A Slice of Writing] [|Description of Open Space] [|Descriptive Consultancy] [|The Descriptive Review of A Child] [|Diversity Rounds] [|"The Dyad" - The Constructivist Listening Dyad] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **E** [|Equity Bibliography] [|Equity Perspectives: Creating Space for Making Meaning on Equity Issues] [|Equity Protocol] [|Equity Stances Activity] [|Examining Assessments] [|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] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **F** [|Facilitating Learning, Logistics and Longevity] (This is helpful in planning facilitation sessions, meetings, and PLC work) [|Facilitator Critical Friend Feedback Form] [|Facilitation Scenarios] [|The Feedback Carousel] [|Feedback Nightmares] [|Feedback Principles] [|Feedback Provided During Protocols] [|First Ask, Then Listen: How to Get Your Students To Help You Teach Them Better: A Teachers Guide] [|First Classroom Visits] [|The 5 Whys for Inquiry] [|The Focus/Framing Question Exercise] [|Observation Protocol #2: Focus Point] [| Student Observation Protocol: Focus Point] [| Focus Point Debriefing] [|Forming a Triangle] [|Fortune Cookie Warm-up] [|Framing Consultancy Dilemmas and Consultancy Questions] [|Further Thoughts About Learning from Student Work] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **G** [|Ghost Visit] [|Glossary of Common Protocol Terms] [|Goal Setting Protocol] [|Good Questions] [|Group Juggle] [|Guide for Bringing Student Work] [|Guide to Using 7 of the Student Work/Problem Solving Protocols] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **H** [|Hog Call] [|Honoring Differences] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **I** [|Ice Breakers and Warm-Ups] [|Individual Monthly Action Plan (I-MAP)] [|Individual Monthly Action Plan for Groups] [|Indoor Volleyball] [|Inquiry Circles: a Protocol for Professional Inquiry] [|Observation Protocol #3: Interesting Moments] [|Student Observation Protocol: Interesting Moments] [|Interrogating the Slice] [|Intervisitation] [|The Issaquah Protocol] [|It Takes a Village] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **J** [|Jumping Jack Flash] [|Jigsaw Description] [|Student Observation Protocol: Just My Kids] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **K** [|Keep It Up] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **L** [|Learning from Speakers Protocols] [|Learning From Student Work Form - Context] [|Learning From Student Work Form - Documentation] [|Learning From Student Work Form - Feedback] [|Learning From Student Work Form - Reflection] [|The Lens as a Paradigm] [|Let's Figure It Out.. Group Math] [|Liar's Poker] [|Line Up] [|Logistics for Open Space] [|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] [|Looking at Student Work: Building in the Habit of Looking at Equity] [|Looking at Student Work Team Report] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **M** [|The Making Meaning Protocol] [|The Making Meaning Protocol: The Storytelling Version] [|Methods for Learning From Student Work] Microlabs on CFG Purpose and Coach's Role <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> - temporarily unavailable <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Mine Walk] [|Missed Cues: A Reflective Activity] [|Mississippi Hot Chocolate Swamp] [|Modeling the Consultancy Protocol Using an Interactive Fishbowl] [|The Multiple Perspectives Protocol] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **N** [|Networking Protocol] [|Norms for LFSW Sessions] [|Notes on the Collaborative Assessment Conference][|Notes on Open Space] [|NSRF Mission, Core Beliefs and Journal Prompt] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **O** [|Observation Protocol #5: Observer as Learner] [|Student Observation Protocol: Observer as Learner] [|Open Space Technology Materials] [|Orchard Cove Protocol] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **P** [|Pair Communication: Active-Listening Exercise] [|The Paseo (or Circles of Identity Activity)] [|"Passing on" Good Advice] [|Passion Profiles] [|Passion Profiles Activity] [|Peeling the Onion: Developing a Problem Protocol] [|Peer Coaching: Observer as Coach] [|Observation Protocol #6: Person Observed as Coach] [|The Ping Pong Protocol: a Consultancy for Groups] [|A Pocket Guide to Probing Questions] [|Pre-Conference Guide] [|Pre-Conference Protocol] [|Principles for Looking at Student Work] [|Proactive Behavior Change Interventions] [|Probing Questions Exercise] [|The Process of Developing Success a Protocol for Reflection and Analysis ATLAS Learning Communities] [|The Process of Developing Understanding: a Protocol for Reflection and Analysis] [|Professional Learning Communities Survey] [|Professional Learning Communities Survey Exercise] [|Profile of A Student Activity] [|Profile of A Student Activity (for small groups)] [|Profile of a Student Activity: Alternative Students] [|ProMISE Protocol: Using the Courageous Conversation Compass with a Text] [|Protocol for "Columbus Family Academy Slice"] [|Protocol for "Day In The Life"] [|Protocol for "Longfellow Slice"] [|Protocol Matching Activity] [|Provocative Prompts for Equity] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **Q** [|Qualities of Educational Leadership Exercise] [|Quality Quest Protocol] [|Questions and Assumptions] [|Questions and Asuumptions World Cafe Style] [|Quinn’s Six Questions] [|Quotes for Closings] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **R** [|A Rationale for Protocols] [|Realms of Concern and Influence] [|Reflections on Adapting/Creating Protocols] [|Reflections Sheets] [|Reflective Guide] [|Resources for Creating Community and Building Capable People] [|The Right Family] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **S** Sally Friendly: see "[|Microlabs on CFG Purpose and Coach's Role]" [|Sample Sets of Questions for School/Grade Level Slice] [|School Walk Protocol] [|Scrambled Sentences] [|Observation Protocol #8: Self Observation] [|Ship Into Port] [|Observation Protocol #7: Silent Debriefing] [|The Slice] [|The SMP Guide to Good Probing Questions] [|SMP Modified Consultancy] [|SMP Probing Questions Exercise] [|Some Guidelines for Learning From Student Work] [|Spider’s Web] [|Standards for Classroom Instruction] [|Standards in Practice: Standards and Looking at Student Work] [|Student Profiles for Profile of a Student Activity] [|Student Staffing Protocol] [|Student Work Context Sheet] [|Student Work Gallery] [|Success Analysis Protocol] [|Success Analysis Protocol for Administrative Teams] [|Success Analysis Protocol for Creative Learning Communities] [|Success Analysis Protocol for Individuals] [|Success Analysis Protocol for Leadership Teams] [|Success Analysis Protocol with Reflective Questions] [|The Success Analysis Protocol a Protocol for Reflection and Analysis (Project Version)] [|The Success Analysis Protocol a Protocol for Reflection and Analysis (Extended Form)] [|Suggestions for Bringing a Dilemma] [|Suggestions for Bringing Student Work] [|Suggestions for Bringing Student Work (Equity Version)] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **T** [|Talking Stick Ceremony] [|Tangrams] [|Observation Protocol #4: Teaming] [|Ten Tips for New Critical Friends Group Coaches] [|Text-Based Seminar] [|Text-Based Seminar Guidelines] [|Thinking out of the Box] [|Thirty-Minute Protocols] [|"Together We Can Make A Difference" Classroom Design for Beginning Teambuilding] [|Tool for Assessing the Purposes & Features of Protocols] [|Touch My Can] [|Tower of Brahm] [|Traffic Jam] [|Tuning for Equity Protocol] [|Tuning Protocol] [|Tuning Protocol Guidelines] [|The Tuning Protocol—Narrative] [|The Tuning Protocol—Tuning a Plan] [|"Twelve Perspectives on Equity" - Equity Perspectives: Creating Space for Making Meaning on Equity Issues] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **U** [|Uranium Mine] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **V** [|Observation Protocol #1: Video Camera] [|Village of 100 People] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **W** [|Wagon Wheels Brainstorm: Facilitation Notes] [|Warp Speed] [|Water Balloon Volleyball] [|Why Activity] [|Why Protocols?] [|Writing Workshop Feedback Protocol] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|top] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **Z** [|Zones of Comfort, Risk and Danger: Constructing Your Zone Map]
 * [|Block Party: A Pre-reading Text-Based Activity]**
 * [|Compass Points Questions]**
 * [|Connections]**
 * [|Consultancy]**
 * [|Consultancy Dilemmas]**
 * [|Continuum Dialogue]** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * [|The Final Word]**
 * [|Forming Ground Rules]**
 * [|Four A's Text Protocol]**
 * [|Future Protocol (a.k.a. "Back to the Future")]**
 * [|Microlabs]**
 * [|Microlab Guidelines]**
 * [|Microlab Suggestions]**
 * [|North, South, East and West: an Exercise in Understanding Preferences in Group Work (Compass Points)]**
 * [|Save the Last Word For ME]**
 * [|The Text Rendering Experience]**
 * Tea Party - see [|Block Party: A Pre-reading Text-Based Activity]**
 * [|Three Levels of Text Protocol]**
 * [|The What, So What, Now What Protocol]**