Week 5 is the turn inward. Schedule ownership begins. Learners get real choice over the order of work within blocks. Personal Working Guides get a v2 based on six weeks of lived experience. The studio is now self-aware enough to know what helps it learn - and trusted enough to act on that knowledge.
A full studio across two rounds is upwards of thirty one-to-ones, and nothing in the schedule holds them. The only candidates are arrival (8:00-8:25) and snack (9:50-10:20).
Two per day, five days a week, across Weeks 5 and 6 gets you about twenty meetings - one full round, with a little spare. That works. Two rounds does not, so either name the second round's hour or plan for one round and say so to the studio rather than quietly not doing it.
Post the rota so learners know when theirs is. A meeting a learner didn't know was coming is a meeting they arrive at with nothing to say.
PWG v2 and Trading Card v2, written on top of v1 in red pen. Schedule ownership starts, with a mandatory 11:20 plan check.
// day 02 · tuesdaySection Leads named and every join drilled until it's boring. The one Quest block where the guide actively directs - camera safety isn't delegated.
// day 03 · wednesdayThe studio reviews its own system; the guide gets no vote. Roles rotate by peer nomination. Two full runs - and they film for real tomorrow.
// day 04 · thursdayOne shot. The crew calls the takes and the guide watches. Every take kept; nothing chosen yet.
// day 05 · fridayThe studio votes on what families see - including whether to shoot again. Mentorship pairings named, arrows both ways.
We name the rules of the road. Core blocks happen. Order within is flexible. What counts as "earning" the right to schedule ownership? Trust.
Where: Day 1 Morning Launch
Specific. Measurable. Achievable. Relevant. Time-bound. The 5th grader version of goal-setting. Worked example together.
Where: Day 1, in the Habit & Character Goals block
The PWG gets rewritten with everything we've learned. What was wrong on Day 1? What's right now?
Where: Threaded through the week
Too much freedom too fast. Schedule ownership has rails - core blocks still happen. Some learners will hear "freedom" as "do whatever." Be specific about what's negotiable and what isn't.
Mentorship as caste. Returners aren't superior - they're further down the road. Frame mentorship as service, not hierarchy.
The PWG v2 becoming an essay. Keep it a working document. One page max. The point is usefulness, not depth.