Draw the Connections That Actually Exist Among the Adults
Child-Centered Team Map
Companion to The Child Should Never Experience the Organizational Chart · Updated 2026-09-30
Use this to see who affects one child’s learning and how those adults are actually connected. Worked as Tool 1 in “Seven Prototype Tools Put the Ideas to Work in Real Meetings”, in “Make the Seams Disappear for the Child”.
Place one student or one defined student population in the center of a page. Around the center, list every adult role that directly affects the learning experience. Fill in one row per role.
Student or population:
| Adult role | Expertise the role contributes | Decisions the role makes | Information the role needs | Information the role creates | Other roles the work depends on | What the child experiences directly from this role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Role 1 | ||||||
| Role 2 | ||||||
| Role 3 | ||||||
| Role 4 | ||||||
| Role 5 | ||||||
| Role 6 |
Add rows until every adult who affects the child’s week has one.
Draw the Connections
Then draw the actual connections among the adults. Do not draw connections that should exist. Draw the ones that actually exist. Then list them here, one per line, so the gaps show.
| From role | To role | What actually moves (information, a decision, a plan, nothing regular) | How often |
|---|---|---|---|
Read the Gaps
The gaps are the beginning of the coherence agenda. List each pair of roles that depend on each other and have no regular connection.
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