Supporting Schools With Next Steps

Overview

Following Design Experience 1, your district transformation team will play a key role in supporting school teams as they transition into post-work and prepare for what’s ahead. In this step, you will check in with each school-based lead to offer encouragement, identify potential challenges, and coordinate any needed support. You will also align with the facilitation partner to ensure clarity around school progress, next steps, and communication flow.
This is an opportunity for you to help maintain momentum, surface and clear hurdles, and reinforce key priorities as teams begin to deepen their community engagement and prepare for inspiration visits.

Outputs
  • A pacing check-in summary or meeting notes documenting school team progress
  • Light-touch feedback on evolving school artifacts (e.g., comments, or a short email summary)
  • An update for the facilitation partner

Goal
Support school teams to sustain momentum and take action on post-experience next steps.

Owner(s)
District transformation team lead

Contributor(s)
Facilitation partner,
district transformation team

Resources

Bold School Concept Drafts and Design Journey Notebooks
Draft versions of each school’s in-progress Bold School Concept as well as their central hub for team plans, community engagement activities, collected input, design reflections, and next steps between Design Experiences.

Bold School Concept Rubric
A tool for providing light-touch feedback on draft Bold School Concept artifacts.

School Step 5: Preparing for Design Experience 2
School Step outlining school team activities expectations.

Design Experience Scope & Sequence
A shared view of the timeline, upcoming milestones, and pacing expectations.

Putting It Into Practice

1

Connect with school-based leads:

Check in to learn what teams are focused on next, where they may need help, and how the district can be supportive.

2

Identify and clear hurdles:

Surface any logistical, operational, or staffing challenges that could slow progress. Coordinate across departments if needed to remove barriers.

3

Coordinate with the facilitation partner:

Align on where each team stands, how post-work is progressing, and any adjustments needed to keep momentum.

4

Reinforce key priorities and timelines:

Ensure school teams have the clarity and support needed to move toward community engagement and inspiration visits with confidence.

Go to Next Step
Preparing for Design Experience 2