How Unpacking Connects to Future Team Meetings

The unpacking meeting is your first team meeting each week. It sets the direction for everything that follows. Your team reviews the rubric expectations together and discusses where evidence is likely to appear in the materials. You also review the publisher's QRCs. These show where the publisher believes the rubric expectations are addressed.

This does three things:

It builds a shared understanding of the rubric language;
focuses your evidence collection on what matters most; and
gives your team clear action steps for the week.

After unpacking, reviewers collect evidence independently. That evidence feeds directly into the consensus meeting, where your team aligns on scores. From there, the drafting meeting is where you shape those scores and evidence into the final report.