Students Speak Toolkit > II. The Focus Group Blueprint > B. Act > 2. Clarify the responsibilities for each logistics team memeber.

Before the facilitator training:

___	Help the facilitator trainers identify potential students to serve as facilitators
___	Invite the selected students to serve as facilitators
___	Send permission forms for the training and letters of explanation to parents

After the training:

___	Collect the names and contact information for the student facilitators and alternates chosen to facilitate each focus group
___	Send permission forms and letters of explanation to the parents of students who will be running groups, as well as to the parents of alternates
___	Send letters of agreement to facilitators and alternates
___	Arrange transportation to and from the focus group sites for the facilitators
___	Collect permission forms and letters of agreement from facilitators and alternates
___	Send confirmation letters to the student facilitators and alternates detailing the date, time, and place for the focus groups they will be conducting; also give students the names of and contact information for their co-facilitator and alternate
___	Alert teachers that student facilitators will be missing class
___	Make sure facilitators get to the right place on the right day at the right time