LAUNCH · Silver · Week 6 of 8

Pilot, Lead and Adapt

Teesside Art Studio Suite · Silver Arts Award

Progress SoW · Arts Aut 1 · 2026–27 · LAUNCH · Week 6🎨 Silver Unit 2C-2D · Pilot, Lead & Adapt

Enquiry: How can a pilot reveal whether my leadership, communication and practical planning actually work?

Success looks like

I can pilot my project with real participants
I can lead: brief, support and adapt in the moment
I can gather participant feedback honestly

Aspire · GOLD reach: change something DURING the pilot because of what you observed.

Teacher Print Tools — Week 6

Retrieval Quiz

Arrival Task – What Do You Already Know?

1. Plan (Last week)

Say your project aim.

Own answer.

2. Pilot (Recall)

Why pilot small before delivering big?

Cheap lessons — problems found while they're fixable.

3. Crew (Recall)

Who's on your crew + their role?

Own answer.

4. Signal (Think)

What's one signal a leader gives without words?

Position, calm, eye contact, the nod…

1. Retrieval (Last week)

Tasks delegate; accountability…?

Doesn't — stays with the leader.

2. 2C-D (Recall)

What do 2C-2D assess this fortnight?

Leading the project in action: communication, adaptation, working with others.

3. Pilot data (Think)

What should a pilot MEASURE?

Timings, choke points, the aim's counts at small scale, crew confidence.

4. Adapt (Recall)

Bronze's live-adaptation rule?

Read early, adapt from the plan — scaffold out, shrink, extend.

1. Retrieval (Last week)

Read one immunisation from your pre-mortem.

Own answer.

2. Load (Think)

Where does leader-overload show first in a running session?

Queues at the leader, crew idle, signals missed, time slipping.

3. Feedback (Think)

How do you get honest feedback from a crew you lead?

Ask for specifics, receive without defending, thank + act — power gaps need deliberate bridging.

4. Fidelity (Think)

Pilot small but faithful — what must NOT be simplified away?

The choke points: the real handover moments, the real timings, the real materials.

Starter

Starter: The Dress Rehearsal With Teeth

Key Question: Today your project runs small — real crew, real stations, friendly guinea pigs. The pilot's job is to BITE: every problem it finds today is one Week 7 won't.

🧪

Small but Faithful

Real handovers, real timings

Choke points included

⏱️

The Stopwatch

Every stage timed for real

Data, not vibes

👁️

The Leader's Eyes

Watching the ROOM, not one station

Your new job

🔄

Adapt Tonight

Plan v2 before Week 7

The pilot's payoff

Crew huddle: two minutes, role cards out, signals agreed. Guinea pigs arrive on the leader's call.

I Do

I Do: Leading a Running Room

Key Idea: The leader's station is the WHOLE room: position for sightlines, communicate in signals, intervene at choke points only, keep the clock.

👀 Look: pilots exist to wobble — a Silver leader adapts instead of abandoning.

Step 0 of 4

Position

I stand where all stations are visible, not AT a station. The leader glued to one table is a worker with a title.

Signals

Agreed in the huddle: raised hand = pause, tap the wrist = two minutes left, the nod = you've got this. Rooms run on signals; shouting is a system failure.

Intervene at chokes only

The inking queue jams: I don't take over the roller — I redirect two guinea pigs to drying first. Leaders fix FLOW; crew fix stations.

Keep the clock

The wrist-tap goes to the demo at minute eight, exactly as planned. Time kept calmly is the leader's quietest, most felt contribution.

We Do

We Do: Tap the Pilot Moment

How it works: The pilot's running. Tap each moment — the leader's move. Found: 0/6

🚇 Queue jams at inking

🧍 Crew member idle

🌪️ You're pulled three ways

😕 Crew member struggling

✨ A guinea pig does something brilliant

📉 Energy dips mid-session

I Do

I Do: Debrief and Adapt

Key Idea: The pilot pays out in the debrief: data read, crew heard, plan v2 written the same day — adaptation evidenced, not just experienced.

Step 0 of 4

Data first

The stopwatch says: demo 8:40 (planned 8), inking the choke (queue 4 deep), drying under-used. Numbers before opinions — the debrief stays fair.

Crew heard, undefended

'What did I miss?' — and I write their answers WITHOUT defending. J: 'your signals were clear; the ink ran low.' Received, thanked, actioned. Leading includes being told.

Plan v2, same day

Second slab ordered, drying gains the receipt job, demo trimmed to 7. The changes cite their pilot evidence — 2D's adaptation, documented in one page.

The nerve note

Honest line to self: 'The open was shaky; the script saved it.' Silver leadership includes knowing which crutches to keep for Week 7.

We Do

We Do: Match the Leadership Move → Its Principle

Step 1: Tap a card, then its partner. Step 2: Watch the WAGOLL write itself. Score: 0/6

🧭 Position for sightlines

✋ Signals

🌊 Fix flow, not stations

🔀 'Ask J — she runs drying'

👂 Undefended debrief

📄 Plan v2, same day

Leading includes being told

Leaders route; crew operate

Adaptation evidenced, dated

The room is the leader's station

Train the room to use the system

Rooms run on them; shouting = failure

✋ Signals🌊 Flow not stations👂 Crew heard📄 Adaptation evidenced

Independent Work

Independent Work — Studio Time

Instructions: Work at your level. Evidence photos go in your Arts Award portfolio — pilot record: what the run revealed, what changed, crew feedback (leadership evidenced in motion).

Supported

Task: ⭐ Run your pilot with the leader card (position/signals/clock) + debrief with the frame; one change written for Week 7.

Steps: Huddle · pilot · stopwatch data · one cited change.

Standard

Task: ⭐ Full pilot cycle: faithful run, leader's room held (signals, flow fixes, the clock), data + crew debrief undefended, plan v2 same day with cited changes.

Steps: All moments logged · debrief fair · v2 dated today.

Stretch

Task: ⭐ Pilot + the leadership self-observation: track your own interventions (count + type), analyse the pattern (over-doing? under-signalling?), set ONE leadership target for Week 7.

Steps: All Standard · the tally honest · the pattern named · the target specific + checkable.

Lundy Loop

Lundy Loop — Your Voice in the Studio

Why: Article 12 — your view on this work counts, and it changes what the studio does next.

🚪 SPACE

Project HQs run the room today — furniture, stations, routes are yours to set and re-set; the pilot owns the space it needs.

📣 VOICE

The debrief question — 'what did I miss?' — is leadership voice at its bravest; crew answers are received, not rebutted.

👥 AUDIENCE

Friendly guinea pigs are still a REAL audience — their receipts count, their confusion is data, their gold is harvested.

⭐ INFLUENCE

Pilot findings re-spec Week 7 for the whole floor: shared bottlenecks (slabs, drying space) get pooled fixes — your data moves the budget.

Exit Ticket

Instructions: Answer independently. No sketchbooks.

1.

What did your pilot's stopwatch find?

Own answer.

2.

Name one signal your room ran on.

Own answer.

3.

What changes for Week 7, and why?

Own answer — cited.

1.

Fix flow, not stations — where did you do it (or miss it)?

Own answer.

2.

What did the crew tell you, undefended?

Own answer.

3.

Read your nerve note.

Own answer — crutches chosen.

1.

Your intervention tally + the pattern?

Own answer.

2.

Your Week 7 leadership target?

Own answer — specific, checkable.

3.

What gold did the pilot find, and where does it go?

Own answer.

Knowledge Organiser (LAUNCH W6): Pilot, Lead and Adapt

Teesside Art Studio Suite · Silver Arts Award · Silver Unit 2C-2D · Pilot, Lead & Adapt

Key Word	Definition
Pilot	Small, faithful run that finds problems cheap
The leader's station	The whole room — sightlines + signals
Choke point	Where flow jams; the leader's true work
Undefended debrief	Crew heard, thanked, actioned
Plan v2	Same-day adaptation, changes cited
Nerve note	Honest self-line: which crutches stay

Key Facts

Every problem the pilot finds is one delivery week won't.
Idle crew is a design fault, not their fault.
Rooms borrow energy from the front — spend yours deliberately.
Leading includes being told: the power gap is bridged on purpose.

Pilot, Lead and Adapt

Name: ____________________ Class: __________ Date:

This week's enquiry

How can a pilot reveal whether my leadership, communication and practical planning actually work?

Arts Award evidence

pilot record: what the run revealed, what changed, crew feedback (leadership evidenced in motion).

Arrival Task

1) Say your project aim.

2) Why pilot small before delivering big?

3) Who's on your crew + their role?

4) What's one signal a leader gives without words?

1) Tasks delegate; accountability…?

2) What do 2C-2D assess this fortnight?

3) What should a pilot MEASURE?

4) Bronze's live-adaptation rule?

1) Read one immunisation from your pre-mortem.

2) Where does leader-overload show first in a running session?

3) How do you get honest feedback from a crew you lead?

4) Pilot small but faithful — what must NOT be simplified away?

Starter: The Dress Rehearsal With Teeth

Key Question: Today your project runs small — real crew, real stations, friendly guinea pigs. The pilot's job is to BITE: every problem it finds today is one Week 7 won't.

We Do 1: We Do: Tap the Pilot Moment

🚇 Queue jams at inking, 🧍 Crew member idle, 🌪️ You're pulled three ways, 😕 Crew member struggling, ✨ A guinea pig does something brilliant, 📉 Energy dips mid-session

We Do 2: We Do: Match the Leadership Move → Its Principle

Draw lines to match:

🧭 Position for sightlines · ✋ Signals · 🌊 Fix flow, not stations · 🔀 'Ask J — she runs drying' · 👂 Undefended debrief · 📄 Plan v2, same day

Leading includes being told · Leaders route; crew operate · Adaptation evidenced, dated · The room is the leader's station · Train the room to use the system · Rooms run on them; shouting = failure

Scaffolding – Supported

Word Bank

signal, queue, time, heard, change, because

Debrief Frame

"The stopwatch says ___" | "My crew told me ___" | "For Week 7 I change ___ because ___"

Scaffolding – Standard

Pilot Cycle

Huddle (signals) → run (position/flow/clock) → data → crew heard → v2 same day (cited).

Scaffolding – Stretch

Self-observation frames

"Interventions: ___ (types: ___)" | "Pattern: I tend to ___" | "W7 target: ___ — checked by ___"

Independent Work – Supported

Pilot Record (framed)

Stopwatch data:

Crew feedback:

Week 7 change + citation:

Independent Work – Standard

Full Pilot Cycle

Run held (signals/flow/clock) □ Data logged □

Debrief (undefended) notes:

Plan v2 changes + citations:

Nerve note:

Independent Work – Stretch

Pilot + Self-Observation

Standard items □

Intervention tally + pattern:

Week 7 leadership target:

Exit Ticket – Supported

1) What did your pilot's stopwatch find?

2) Name one signal your room ran on.

3) What changes for Week 7, and why?

Exit Ticket – Standard

1) Fix flow, not stations — where did you do it (or miss it)?

2) What did the crew tell you, undefended?

3) Read your nerve note.

Exit Ticket – Stretch

1) Your intervention tally + the pattern?

2) Your Week 7 leadership target?

3) What gold did the pilot find, and where does it go?

Lundy Loop — this lesson

Space → Voice → Audience → Influence. The adult’s first job is Space: regulate before you educate.

Space	Project HQs run the room today — furniture, stations, routes are yours to set and re-set; the pilot owns the space it needs.
Voice	The debrief question — 'what did I miss?' — is leadership voice at its bravest; crew answers are received, not rebutted.
Audience	Friendly guinea pigs are still a REAL audience — their receipts count, their confusion is data, their gold is harvested.
Influence	Pilot findings re-spec Week 7 for the whole floor: shared bottlenecks (slabs, drying space) get pooled fixes — your data moves the budget.

Closing the loop: this one ends on paper — your own hand, or your words scribed by an adult. Saying it aloud starts the loop; writing it is what closes it. Pass is always allowed.

What I said, and what it changed:

Pilot, Lead and Adapt — Feedback Sheet

Keep with your sketchbook / portfolio.

Pupil name:	Date:
WWW (What Went Well):
EBI (Even Better If):
Level worked at: Supported / Standard / Stretch	Arts Award evidence filed: Yes / Not yet
Authorship — what I chose or decided myself:
Support given — prepared / scribed / modelled / hand-over-hand:
Pupil response — my next step:

Pilot, Lead and Adapt

Success looks like

Teacher Print Tools — Week 6

Arrival Task – What Do You Already Know?

1. Plan (Last week)

2. Pilot (Recall)

3. Crew (Recall)

4. Signal (Think)

1. Retrieval (Last week)

2. 2C-D (Recall)

3. Pilot data (Think)

4. Adapt (Recall)

1. Retrieval (Last week)

2. Load (Think)

3. Feedback (Think)

4. Fidelity (Think)

Starter: The Dress Rehearsal With Teeth

Small but Faithful

The Stopwatch

The Leader's Eyes

Adapt Tonight

I Do: Leading a Running Room

Position

Signals

Intervene at chokes only

Keep the clock

We Do: Tap the Pilot Moment

I Do: Debrief and Adapt

Data first

Crew heard, undefended

Plan v2, same day

The nerve note

We Do: Match the Leadership Move → Its Principle

Independent Work — Studio Time

Supported

Standard

Stretch

Lundy Loop — Your Voice in the Studio

🚪 SPACE

📣 VOICE

👥 AUDIENCE

⭐ INFLUENCE

Exit Ticket

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Pilot, Lead and Adapt — complete!

Pens down — quick partner check!

Knowledge Organiser (LAUNCH W6): Pilot, Lead and Adapt

Key Facts

Pilot, Lead and Adapt

This week's enquiry

Arts Award evidence

Arrival Task

Starter: The Dress Rehearsal With Teeth

We Do 1: We Do: Tap the Pilot Moment

We Do 2: We Do: Match the Leadership Move → Its Principle

Scaffolding – Supported

Word Bank

Debrief Frame

Scaffolding – Standard

Pilot Cycle

Scaffolding – Stretch

Self-observation frames

Independent Work – Supported

Independent Work – Standard

Independent Work – Stretch

Exit Ticket – Supported

Exit Ticket – Standard

Exit Ticket – Stretch

Lundy Loop — this lesson

Pilot, Lead and Adapt — Feedback Sheet