Mistakes We Made with Minute Meetings (So You Don’t Have To)

Minute meetings can be one of the most effective tools in school counseling, but only if you understand what actually happens when you try to implement them in a real school setting.

In this episode, we’re sharing the lessons we learned the hard way after rolling out minute meetings with intention, planning, and structure… and still running into challenges we didn’t fully anticipate.

We’ll walk you through the biggest adjustments we had to make, including:

• Why your schedule will need to be flexible (no matter how well you plan)
• How small changes in question wording can completely change your data
• The truth about how long “minute” meetings actually take
• Why getting through your entire school takes longer than expected
• What happened when we tried having teachers lead the meetings, and what we learned from it

This isn’t about doing it wrong. It’s about refining the process so it actually works in a busy, unpredictable school environment.

If you’re using minute meetings, or thinking about starting, this episode will help you plan smarter, adjust faster, and avoid some of the things we didn’t see coming.

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