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Using open ended questions like..What are tou grateful for,  What would you like to focus on?

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Using open ended questions like..What are tou grateful for,  What would you like to focus on?

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Before every meeting we have a check in. How are we on a scale of 1-5? What is something positive that happened? Something like that.

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I do not see this used so much in my meetings. We try to keep them under an hour. However we do tend to slide into groups, so maybe opportunities for interaction?

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We would begin by sharing a success (professional or personal) that happened this week for us.

Meme/Emoji Check In

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I like using a placemat activity so people can jot their thoughts and questions. I use this to give kudos to those who share.

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At then end of each meeting there are shout outs given. It ends us on a positive note. We have a board in the office where we can write down shout outs as well, and it is a nice way to begin my school day!

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I ask what is something you learned or what to know more about? Also having people share at their tables a fact they gleamed.

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Sharing out one self-care goal for the week.

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Sharing thoughts via chat, Jamboard, or Padlet during the meeting.

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The beginning of the meetings would start with community building. A question would be given that was unrelated to school, yet allowed staff to express how they're currently feeling/what mood or picture each person connected or resonated with.

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-Join break out rooms in order to answer a problem presented, share strategies being used in the virtual classroom
-Padlet was used to share responses to questions/prompts

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"What is one thing you got out of this meeting?"
"Which cartoon/GIF reflects where you are after this meeting?"

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Group 1:  Social and Emotional Learning for Facilitating Meetings and Professional Learning Engagements:1.	 Welcoming inclusion activities: We very often see meetings start when the meeting leader asks everyone how they are feeling.  And then asking the group to share a success they recently had.   2.	 Engaging Strategies:  Stephanie shared:  Think Pair Share used less but used more in methodology class.	 3.  Optimistic Closure: We don't see this technique used much.               Mia shared:  Most PDs that I attend do use welcoming inclusion activities.  I do think it’s nice to get everyone on the same page and pull everyone together.  I dislike when it feels disconnected, redundant, or like it was included as an empty gesture or checkbox—just doing it to say they did it. In my own sessions, I’ve had pretty good results using some engaging strategies—e.g. think time, brain break, opportunities for interaction.  I didn’t do as well with optimistic closures, though—mostly because my PDs were one-off sessions unrelated to my primary/actual role within my building, so I didn’t have an opportunity to follow up and/or participants knew that any reflections or statements of intention were unnecessary (unless they were truly personally interested in the topic, of course).

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Group 1:  Social and Emotional Learning for Facilitating Meetings and Professional Learning Engagements:1.	 Welcoming inclusion activities: We very often see meetings start when the meeting leader asks everyone how they are feeling.  And then asking the group to share a success they recently had.   2.	 Engaging Strategies:  Stephanie shared:  Think Pair Share used less but used more in methodology class.	 3.  Optimistic Closure: We don't see this technique used much.               Mia shared:  Most PDs that I attend do use welcoming inclusion activities.  I do think it’s nice to get everyone on the same page and pull everyone together.  I dislike when it feels disconnected, redundant, or like it was included as an empty gesture or checkbox—just doing it to say they did it. In my own sessions, I’ve had pretty good results using some engaging strategies—e.g. think time, brain break, opportunities for interaction.  I didn’t do as well with optimistic closures, though—mostly because my PDs were one-off sessions unrelated to my primary/actual role within my building, so I didn’t have an opportunity to follow up and/or participants knew that any reflections or statements of intention were unnecessary (unless they were truly personally interested in the topic, of course).