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Four Corners - SEL 3 Signature Practices Playbook

Four Corners - SEL 3 Signature Practices Playbook is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25), Small group (4-8)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In person, RemoteSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Learning Transfer This reflection and learning exercise strengthens Learning Transfer, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. Reflect on the current contexts and demographics of your participants and the purpose of this engagement.
  2. Debrief with the whole groupFor example:
  3. Ask participants to reflect on their experience of doing the activity. What did they notice about their own thinking and feelings?
  4. What do they notice about the size and composition of the groups?
  5. What SEL competencies/focal constructs were evident during the activity?
  6. Debrief with the whole groupFor example: Ask participants to reflect on their experience of doing the activity.
  7. Ask participants to reflect on their experience of doing the activity.
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Prompts to use +

Reflect on the current contexts and demographics of your participants and the purpose of this engagement.

Debrief with the whole groupFor example:

Ask participants to reflect on their experience of doing the activity. What did they notice about their own thinking and feelings?

Debrief with the whole groupFor example: Ask participants to reflect on their experience of doing the activity.

Ask participants to reflect on their experience of doing the activity.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Four Corners - SEL 3 Signature Practices Playbook. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Reflect on the current contexts and demographics of your participants and the purpose of this engagement.; Debrief with the whole groupFor example:; Ask participants to reflect on their experience of doing the activity. What did they notice about their own thinking and feelings?; Debrief with the whole groupFor example: Ask participants to reflect on their experience of doing the activity.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

Origin unverified

  • Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from CASEL; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including CASEL.)
  • What that means: we track where an exercise has been observed in public sources. We do not claim to know who created it, or how popular it is.
  • No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
  • Corrections: if you have evidence of an earlier or more accurate source, read our methodology and trust boundary and tell us.

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