Success Protocol
Success Protocol
The purpose of this protocol is to analyze a particularly successful academic endeavor that was highly effective in
achieving an outcome important to the presenter. Such an academic endeavor might include designing a project
with your discipline colleagues, structuring group work in your class, assessing authentically, leading a particularly
engaging lesson, incorporating technology to better student learning, getting students to think critically, etc…. For
this protocol, two participants in your PLC will present on their successes from related topics to better analyze what
makes these endeavors more successful than routine work.
Prior to the PLC meeting, both presenters should write a short description of their success and, if possible, obtain
an exemplar to represent this success. Reflect on the specifics of the success, as they will help in the analysis. Be
sure to answer the question, “What made this experience so different from others like it that I’ve had?”
1. Introduction (1 min)
The facilitator briefly introduces the protocol and the general topic that the two presenters will share. The
facilitator should remind the group that the purpose is the analysis of what made the endeavor successful, not to
just provide feedback or praise for the success.
8. Connections (5 minutes)
The members of the group who did not present share how what they have heard and learned from this analysis
may apply to all of their work as educators. Each member should give one concrete example and avoid being
too generic in their comments.
9. Debrief (3 mins)
The facilitator leads a discussion of this success protocol experience. What worked, and what needs work?
What adaptations to this protocol might improve the process? How did this experience compare to the
experiences your group has had with the tuning protocol?