In Search of a Sustainable Class Charter Creation Day!

​Starter

Today's starter is an out-of-your seat brainstorm activity meant to propel us into designing our grade level charter. As you brainstorm, remember Ghandi's words: "Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny.”
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1. Sustainable Class Charter Brainstorm Guidelines:
   1. 5 minutes at each station. When music stops, rotate.
   2. Anything goes here! Don’t shoot down your or others’ ideas. Just get it all down!
   3. “Yes! And…” Build off others ideas.
   4. Don’t stop until time is up. Even when you think you’re done having ideas, keep thinking deeply until I call time!
2. There will be 4 stations, each with one prompt, either on: 
   1. Rules
   2. Behaviors
   3. Out of the Box Ideas
   4. Rituals and Routines ​

​Agenda​

Discussion and Advocacy (40 min)

1. Sit in a circle (all of us!)
   
2. Take a look at the ideas that people came up with
   
3. Discuss how your favorite ideas reflect your personal values
   
4. Now is the time to advocate for the ideas you love, and to challenge the ideas that you are not in love with.  
   
5. Don’t worry too much about coming to conclusions or narrowing just yet, this is the time to flesh out all the ideas and hear the reasoning behind them
   
6. Evidence and/or personal anecdotes is encouraged!
   

Narrowing

1. Now, as a class, decide on the TOP THREE ideas in each category.  You could use post-it notes, put it to a vote, combine ideas, etc.  Group decision making challenge AND a leadership opportunity.
   
   1. What values underlie your choices?
      
      1. Consensus = inclusivity
         
      2. Majority rules = efficiency
         
      3. Advocacy = Advocate for the ideas to keep before voting process
         
      4. Combine ideas= Is there a way to combine like-ideas under umbrella terms/practices?
         
2. We need 2-3 representatives to present and advocate for our charter with the rest of the senior class the last 30 minutes of 6th period in the Commons.
   

Bring Representatives Together (in Tina Hott's classroom) (30 min???)

1. Share out/present their top three in each category, explain why it is awesome
   
2. Look for overlapping/similar ideas
   
3. Decide on top practices/ideas in each category. It’s up to your group to determine how many you think is appropriate/manageable/attainable/sustainable (remember, too many, and we might fail!?)
   
4. Report back to your classes
   
5. Choose artists to create our class charter for all the school to behold. To be posted in the hallways/bathrooms, etc..