This resource is designed to support facilitators who wish to engage teams in meaningful learning based in teachers’ daily practices. Facilitators can use this resource to employ strategies and structures to move teams to deeper levels of thinking and reflection. Meetings that are structured with the support of protocols tend to be more productive and efficient. Using protocols assists teams to build a trusting culture for collaborative work. Protocols, when used consistently, have the power to shape a team’s culture since they promote behaviours and habits that eventually become adopted as norms. When appropriate protocols are selected to guide teacher talk, the resulting dialogue is more likely to inspire teacher action and to impact change in teaching practices.

Supportive Structures Are Critical -- About This Resource -- What’s Inside -- How To Choose A Protocol -- Facilitator’s Toolkit (Tight and Loose) -- Main Purposes of Protocols -- Embedding A Protocol Into Collaborative Inquiry or the Teaching Learning Critical Pathway -- Aligning Protocols with the Team’s Professional Learning Goals -- Co-Constructing Professional Learning Goals -- Sample Professional Learning Goals -- A Change in Practice Protocol (Modified) -- Assessment Analysis Protocol (Modified) -- Atlas Protocol (Modified) -- Consultancy/Tuning Protocol (Modified) -- Data Analysis Protocol -- Describing Student Work: A Slice of Writing Protocol (Modified) -- Drilling Down Protocol -- The Multiple Perspectives Protocol (Modified) -- Questioning Circle Protocol -- Success Analysis Protocol -- Surfacing Key Ideas Protocol -- Text Rendering Experience Protocol -- Wagon Wheel Brainstorm Protocol -- World Café Protocol (Modified) -- Protocols -- Resources.