Cohort 1 · 2026 · Session 5 of 8 · Agenda
My Future and My Plans
Thursday 18 June 2026 · 11:00–13:00 · Akaltye Room, Desert Knowledge Australia
Timeline
| Time | What | Who leads |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00–11:10 10 min | Welcome + Acknowledgement Standard open · CRR-001 holding wording | Mandy (welcome) + agreed reader (Acknowledgement) |
| 11:10–11:20 10 min | Welcome back + roadmap + icebreaker From M8 · connect Keeping Strong (S4) to My Future | Metia (roadmap) · Mandy (icebreaker - goes first) |
| 11:20–11:30 10 min | What is a goal? From M8 · four statements + three sizes of goals | Metia (Mandy adds the 'three sizes' line) |
| 11:30–11:50 20 min | Two leaders' stories — Joelle + Vivienne From M8 · CA Leadership Stories 4 + 7 · read aloud, closed activities | Reader per Mandy's pick · Mandy leads both discussions, Metia listens |
| 11:50–12:00 10 min | My Future (P7) — intro + start From M8 · two boxes: most important / big dreams | Metia (intro) · Mandy (models one answer per box) |
| 12:00–12:15 15 min | Break + lunch Catering on at ~12:00 · extend to 20 min if cold or the story block ran heavy | All |
| 12:15–12:25 10 min | My Future continues + transition to My Plans From M8 · finish P7 · staged handout of P8-9 + EXAMPLES | Both walk the room · Mandy offers scribing |
| 12:25–12:40 15 min | My Plans (P8-9) — three domains + leader goals From M8 · Health & Fitness / Hobbies / Learning & Work + leader-goals row | Metia (intro + examples) · both walk the room, offer scribing |
| 12:40–12:50 10 min | Share-back (optional) From M8 · one thing from any worksheet · pass allowed | Mandy (shares first) |
| 12:50–13:00 10 min | Wrap-up + feedback + Appreciations + next-session preview Going-out ritual · PATH Plan day flag is non-negotiable | Mandy (Appreciations) + Metia |
What we keep vs hold over
What we keep
- Single module this week - no two-module fold, but M8 is the heaviest module of the program (21 slides + 2 stories + 4 worksheets); the crunch risk is internal pacing, not module count
- Both stories read aloud in full - the module's pedagogy is two different goal-shapes (recovery-plan, slow-mastery); shorten the discussions before you ever touch the readings
- My Future P7 writing time - protected; this is the page the PATH Plan day builds on
- My Plans P8-9 writing time - protected; at least one domain started per participant
- Leader-goals beat (slide 16) - survives even as one spoken line referencing Joelle + Vivienne
- Wrap-up PATH Plan day flag - non-negotiable; some participants don't realise the plan day happens individually after the group sessions
- Appreciations + Mandy thanking each person by name at the door
Held over to next session
- Inclusion NT 'Goals quiz' - already cut in the DAS rebuild (the session is heavy enough and a closing quiz reads as testing); the wrap-up reflection + Appreciations cover the same closure beat
- Slide 15 CA examples - first cut: one row per domain instead of three (the heat-day trim works for any time crunch)
- QUESTIONS handout - optional by design; goes unmentioned if the room is full or time is short
- Share-back - shrinks from a full circle to two or three volunteers if behind at 12:40
- Story discussions - compress from 5 min to 2-3 min each before anything else moves
- Icebreaker - trim to ~30 seconds each; P7 does the same future-facing work in writing
- Unfinished P7 / P8-9 - booklet pages: 'finish at home' or pick up at the PATH Plan day; don't force completion in-room
Materials needed
- Laptop + projector with S5 deck preloaded (21 slides, built from M8_deck.md) - do not depend on cloud
- My Future worksheet (P7, blank A3) - 12 + 2 spare, laid out at seats
- My Plans worksheet (P8-9, blank A3) - 12 + 2 spare - held back, handed out in stages after the break
- My Plans EXAMPLES handout - 12; Learning & Work column includes the lowercase 'learn more about my country' option (pending cultural review - CRR-005)
- My Plans QUESTIONS handout - 12, optional - only for participants who want prompts
- What is a goal A3 — pending photo sourcing (Phase 4.5) - if not produced by 18 June, slide 6 carries the same four statements; don't apologise for the missing handout
- CA Leadership Stories printout - Story 1 (Joelle) + Story 7 (Vivienne), one set each for Metia + Mandy
- Per-session feedback forms - 1 per participant
- Pens, pencils, textas, large-grip pens
- Hot drinks on arrival - tea / coffee / hot water (June-August, per the heat-and-climate guide)
- Tissues - 1 box on the table (soft permission for emotional moments)
- Group Agreement poster (from S1, on the wall)
- Catering for ~12:00 per dietary requirements - confirmed headcount day-before
- First aid kit
Participant flags + needs are on the Emergency contacts and Run sheet (facilitator-only) — kept off the agenda to keep this one scannable.
Adapted for Central Australia by DAS, in partnership with Inclusion NT under the PATH MOU 2025–26. Original curriculum © Inclusion NT.