Trainers’ Toolkit – Status check

	Exercise nr 15: Status check
Duration	10-20 min
Type of activity	Social / Body / Emotional / Cognitive
The goal of the exercise	Integration of the group by sharing their successes and dreams for the near future. Also, a perfect practice for the team meetings
Group size	1-10 participants
Hashtags	#successe #dreams #teambuilding
Materials and tools necessary for the activities	No additional materials are needed.
Exercise agenda	Ask each participant to share one success from the passing week and one dream for the upcoming week. Success: This can be a very big or a tiny thing that they are happy about, or that they achieved. Ask them to think of a situation they are proud of, their behavior, and their feelings about it. Dream: this can be any small or big plan they intend to put into action in the very near future. It can be something they want to accomplish, learn or experience. Remind the group to keep their statements short and concise, up to 2 min. At the end of each speech, the presenting participant suggests a relaxation exercise for the rest of the group. It can be a funny face to repeat or face yoga to relax the face muscles, taking a deep breath by one nose hole and exhaling by the other one, some gestures with shoulders to release the pressure of sitting in front of the camera. Keep the exercise at a good pace and rhythm, and don’t forget to check if everybody had their opportunity to perform. Go first: show the structure as the first person to give an example for the others, and set the tone of openness and trust.
Possible modifications	The exercise can also be a good closure for the meeting. You can perform it as a part of a short meditation, and ask participants to think of their successes and appreciate them or think of their dreams for the next week and listen to their bodies while they reply to those thoughts. Ask participants to think about what they would like to share with the group and write it down in the chat room.
Credits	Compiled by Fundacja Culture Shock for TRENDSS – Transnational Roadmap for Educators in Digital Soft Skills (https://trendss.eu/)Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Co-funded by the Erasmus+Programme of the European Union