Partnership for Kentucky Schools Turn Up the Volume: The Students Speak Toolkit
Students Speak Toolkit  >  II. The Focus Group Blueprint  >  A. Design  >  4. Draft a rough timetable. Schedule work team meetings and draft agendas.  >  Work Team Sessions

First Work Team Session
Agenda

2:00 PM
Welcome and introductions

Discuss purpose for entire effort

Define purpose for today’s meeting: Provide an orientation to the work, and make decisions about leadership

Refine research topic, if necessary

Outline key parts of this project

Explain why the project needs a carefully constructed work team

Decide whether to adjust the work team composition in any way

Talk about specific topics the work team will address

Provide background, if people want it, on focus groups

Answer questions

Designate leadership roles

Schedule future meetings

5:00

Adjourn

 

Second Work Team Session
Agenda

2:00 PM
Welcome and introductions

Discuss purpose for entire effort

Describe purpose for today's meeting: Make specific plans and decisions about carrying out the focus group research

Identify types of students to be recruited for the groups

Decide how and when to recruit the students

Develop main ideas for both research and interview questions

Decide time and place for focus groups and how sites will be managed

Decide how to choose and train facilitators and when and how to do the training

5:00
Adjourn

 

Third Work Team Session
Agenda

2:00 PM
Welcome and introductions

Define purpose for today's meeting: Make final plans and decisions about carrying out the focus group research

Discuss, improve, and select the interview questions for the focus groups

Complete decisions about the recruitment process

Make final decisions about the logistics and site management for the focus groups

Make final decisions about the facilitators for the focus groups

Make final decisions about recording the focus groups

Complete all other decision making and planning

Split into two subcommittees: a logistics team and an analysis/reporting team

5:00
Adjourn

Partnership for Kentucky Schools Turn Up the Volume: The Students Speak Toolkit