Check-in | Check-out
This category includes tools and methods to start and close your meetings with simple activities that build connection, focus, and reflection.
🎨 Draw a painting together - a tool for creative collaboration
🎯 Bingo – It’s a match - get to know each other playfully
🐑 The sheep scale - a quick energy check‑in
🔤 Word associations - exploring key concepts with the acronym method
🎉 Celebrate each milestone - and make progress visible
✋ Five finger feedback - for structured reflection
⚡ What gives you energy after this meeting? - a positive check‑out
📰 Breaking news - key takeaways at a glance
💌 Postcard reminder - from learning to action
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Draw a Painting Together
A creative team activity where each participant contributes a specific element to a shared picture. The exercise makes collaboration tangible and highlights how different strengths come together to achieve a common goal.
Bingo – It’s a Match
A lively icebreaker that helps participants get to know each other through short conversations. By finding people who match simple statements, the group warms up quickly and naturally.
The Sheep Scale
A visual and playful check‑in that captures the group’s energy level at a glance. Participants choose an image that reflects how they feel, creating an easy and light start to any meeting.
Word Association (Acronym Method)
A reflective activity where participants explore a key concept by associating words or phrases with each letter of a chosen term. It supports shared understanding and activates prior knowledge in a creative way.
Celebrate Each Milestone
A method that makes progress visible by celebrating small and big successes along the way. Participants reflect on achievements, strengthening motivation, appreciation, and team spirit.
Five Finger Feedback
A structured feedback tool that guides participants through different aspects of reflection. Using the five fingers as prompts helps balance appreciation, learning, challenges, and wishes for the future.
What Gives You Energy After This Meeting?
A positive check‑out that invites participants to name what energizes them after the session. It creates a conscious and strengthening closure and reinforces group connection.
Breaking News
A reflective closing where participants share one key takeaway or insight from the meeting. Framed as a “news headline,” it helps highlight what was most meaningful and memorable.
Postcard Reminder
A powerful reflection and transfer method where participants write a personal intention to themselves on a postcard. Receiving it later serves as a reminder to apply learning in everyday practice.
Communication
In this category you can find tools and methods to strengthen open and effective communication within your group through practical and engaging methods.
Brainstorming | Decision-making
In this category you can explore tools that help generate ideas, structure discussions, and support collaborative decision-making.
Evaluation
Use these tools of this category to reflect on your process, assess progress, and make learning visible.
Other tools
This category contains additional resources, including a school development evaluation tool and other materials that extend and support your CoP work in different ways.
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Check-in | Check-out
Start and close your meetings with simple activities that build connection, focus, and reflection.
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Read more
Brainstorming | Decision-making
Explore tools that help generate ideas, structure discussions, and support collaborative decision-making.
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Read more
Communication
Strengthen open and effective communication within your group through practical and engaging methods.
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Read more
Evaluation
Use these tools to reflect on your process, assess progress, and make learning visible.
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Read more
Others
Explore additional resources, including a school development evaluation tool and other materials that extend and support your CoP work in different ways.
