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Retreat introduces QSSSA and active-classroom prompts for staff use
Summary
Staff reviewed the QSSSA structured conversation strategy and classroom STEM prompts (Stem/Question/Signal/Share/Assess) as practical tools to engage students and to center discussions on sovereignty and identity.
The retreat presentation introduced the QSSSA pedagogical routine (pronounced "Q Triple S A") and repeated classroom prompts designed to scaffold student discussion and assessment. The slides instructed staff on activity sequencing and included explicit classroom directions such as asking students to indicate readiness by standing up.
Slides included procedural guidance (for example, "When you've got an idea, or know how you could answer the question, Show me by standing up") and a strategy for selecting share partners and order. The materials paired these routines with suggested video prompts and small-group work to connect content on sovereignty and Indigenous histories to classroom practice.
