WOOP Worksheet
Translate your hopes for yourself and your school into actionable steps to improve relationships.
The WOOP Technique is a goal-setting activity you can use to transform your hopes for educator relationships into action. The acronym stands for four steps—wish, outcomes, obstacle, and plan—and offers educators a template for reflecting on goals for educator relationships and for laying out practical steps to achieve them. You can use the instructions and worksheet below as a written form or as structured conversation.
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