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

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for heads. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 35 minutes, 6 lessons. Last reviewed 21 October 2026; not legal advice.

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Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 8 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's answers to the quizzes and activities in the course.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 35 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Why the meeting could have been a message · 7 min

    Before you begin · The 90-minute update · What went wrong

  • Lesson 2: Is a meeting the right format? · 6 min

    Purpose first · Pick the format · Check

  • Lesson 3: Designing the agenda · 6 min

    Six steps · Order the session · Check

  • Lesson 4: Engaging colleagues as adult learners · 6 min

    Choose the tool for the purpose · Match technique to purpose · Engaged or just busy?

  • Lesson 5: Facilitating live and speaking up · 6 min

    Keep it on track · The dominant voice and the derailed item · The worrying remark

  • Lesson 6: Closing the loop and final assessment · 4 min

    After the session · Practice

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Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
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  • Learning platform
  • Concern route
  • Next course link
  • LMS or record system
  • Course URL
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