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Designing and facilitating staff meetings and PD days for school and training teams

A ready-made course you customise for your organisation, with a live session deck and two surveys. You only add the 8 details that are specific to your organisation.

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Length
35 min
Lessons
6 lessons
Frequency
Before the start-of-year or start-of-term planning cycle
Last reviewed
21 Oct 2026
Facilitating live and speaking up
What would you do?

A senior colleague turns every item into a debate on workload

Try it: this is one of 19 interactive activities in the course.

What's included

Three pieces that work together

Copy once, get everything. Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck.

Self-paced course

Short lessons with real workplace scenarios, not walls of text.

  • 6 lessons, about 35 minutes
  • Timeline, sorting activity, process, accordion and quizzes

Live session deck

An AhaSlides presentation to run after the course, in person or online.

  • 10 slides
  • Quiz, word cloud, poll, ranking slides
  • A closing slide for your contacts

Two surveys

Find out what landed, and whether people use it on the job.

  • Post-course feedback, about 2 minutes
  • 30-day check-in
  • Anonymous by default
  • Results feed your next refresher

Learning objectives

At the end of this course, learners can

Each objective and the lesson that covers it.

IDObjectiveSourceWhere it's covered
TO 410.0Achieve ≥ 80% on the final assessmentn/aWhole course
SO 410.1Decide whether a meeting, workshop, message or PD day is the right format for a purposeBest practiceWhole course
SO 410.2Design an agenda around outcomes, with timings, a mix of activities and a clear owner for each itemBest practiceWhole course
SO 410.3Choose polls, discussion, quizzes and reflection to engage adult colleaguesBest practice (adult learning)Whole course
SO 410.4Respond to common room problems: a dominant voice, a derailed item, quiet resistance, a hybrid splitBest practiceWhole course
SO 410.5Close the loop with actions, owners, feedback and a follow-up check; know where to send a welfare or conduct concern raised in a session + your infoOrganisation's concern routeWhole course

Your part: what a template can't do for you

  • Your workplace details: fill in the 8 highlighted fields so the course describes your own policies, contacts and locations.
  • Records: record completion in your own LMS or record system.

Course outline

6 lessons, about 35 minutes

Minutes per lesson are an estimate, shared out by page count.

ContentInteractiveVideoYou customise
1

Why the meeting could have been a message

3 pages

7 min
Before you beginNoteList
The 90-minute updateTextImage
What went wrongTimelineQuiz
2

Is a meeting the right format?

3 pages

6 min
Purpose firstTabs
Pick the formatSorting activity
CheckFlashcardsMatching quiz
3

Designing the agenda

3 pages

6 min
Six stepsProcess
Order the sessionTimelineTable
CheckChecklistQuizMulti-select quiz
4

Engaging colleagues as adult learners

3 pages

6 min
Choose the tool for the purposeAccordionNoteYour info
Match technique to purposeMatching quiz
Engaged or just busy?Sorting activity
5

Facilitating live and speaking up

3 pages

6 min
Keep it on trackAccordion
The dominant voice and the derailed itemScenario
The worrying remarkScenarioNoteQuiz
6

Closing the loop and final assessment

2 pages

4 min
After the sessionProcessYour infoYour infoNote
PracticeQuizKey factNoteButtonYour info

Live deck and surveys

10 slides to run live, two surveys to close the loop

Pink slides are interactive. Both surveys are anonymous; pink questions are written for this course.

ContentTitle, agenda, "every minute together should earn its place
Word cloudOne word for the last meeting you wish had been an email
PollWhat is your biggest meeting problem?
ContentThe right format by purpose and the six agenda steps in one picture
QuizA change needs no decision and affects everyone. Best format? A long meeting · A short written message ✔ · A workshop · A surprise item
QuizA colleague turns every item into a debate. You… (Acknowledge it, park it with an owner and date, return to the agenda ✔)
RankingOrder the five parts of a session
Content · customiseOur meeting norms, tools and contacts {{LEARNING_PLATFORM}}, {{CONCERN_ROUTE}}
Open-ended / Q&AA room problem you want help with
Content · customiseClosing {{LD_CONTACT}}, {{SURVEY_2_URL}}, {{COURSE_URL}}
Post-course feedback: 11 questions, about 2 min
  1. Overall rating 5 stars
  2. Relevant, realistic, right length, helpful activities agree/disagree grid
  3. What was most useful? multi-select
  4. Confidence before this course, and now 1-5 scale
  5. What best describes your last staff meeting? multiple choice
  6. Which part do you find hardest? ranking
  7. How comfortable are you handling a dominant voice? 1-5 scale
  8. I feel safe saying when a meeting is not working. 1-5 scale
  9. One thing we should change or add open text
  10. Would you recommend this course? NPS
30-day check-in
  1. Have you used what you learned since the course? multiple choice
  2. How confident are you today? Compare with day 1 1-5 scale
  3. Do you know where to find the approved session tools and the concern route? yes / no / not sure
  4. A moment where the training helped, or where you weren't sure open text
  5. Which topics should the next refresher focus on? ranking

Results show whether people use the training on the job, not just whether they finished it.

Make it yours

8 fields to fill in, and you're ready

Everything else is done. These are the details only your organisation knows; each one is highlighted inside the course.

  • Ld contact{{LD_CONTACT}}
  • Learning platform{{LEARNING_PLATFORM}}
  • Concern route{{CONCERN_ROUTE}}
  • Next course link{{NEXT_COURSE_LINK}}
  • LMS or record system{{LMS_OR_RECORD_SYSTEM}}
  • Survey 1 URL{{SURVEY_1_URL}}
Show all 8 fields
  • Survey 2 URL{{SURVEY_2_URL}}
  • Course URL{{COURSE_URL}}

FAQ

Common questions

Can I run designing and facilitating staff meetings and PD days for school and training teams training online?

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

How often is this training needed?

Before the start-of-year or start-of-term planning cycle; when a new team lead takes on meetings; as a refresher before a large in-service day.

Who needs this training?

Heads of department, team leads, trainers, instructional designers and staff-development leads who plan and run staff meetings, in-service days and professional development days; run by the head of staff development or the L&D manager.

What records should I keep?

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Can I edit the content?

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

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