What:

The exit ticket is simply a question that is posed to all students or participants after a class, activity, meeting, event, etc. It invites a quick response to capture immediate feedback.

How to do it:

1. Determine a topic or inquiry and create a question, problem, or topic that would generate feedback.

2. Create an electronic or hard copy of your exit ticket.

3. Set a specific amount of time for participants to complete the Exit Ticket and indicate how the “tickets”will be collected.

4. Examine and review the tickets. Look for particular themes and potential responses.

5. Determine if there are others who might review the results (which could include your students).

6. Share results and communicate potential next steps.

Things to Consider:

• This tool may be helpful when working with students who may be more reticent to speak up in large group settings.

• It is important, upfront, to let students know who will see their responses and how they will be used.

• If results will be shared beyond the class/group leader, it may be important to consider how confidentiality or anonymity may be provided.

• Many virtual options are available for use as exit tickets. For example: Kahoot, Padlet, Flipgrid, Google Forms.

• Some students may benefit from sentence stems to help jump start their thinking.

• Consider different means for students to respond, written, verbal, visual, etc.

• If this tool is used regularly, you may invite students to create an exit ticket journal or folder to house responses.

Take It to the Next Level

Leveling Up Towards the Leadership End of the Spectrum of Student Voice-Oriented Activity

• Engage students in identifying the topic, question, and/or prompt.

• Consider how students can provide leadership from facilitating the activity, making meaning of the data collected, and advising how the data is used.