Continue to share technology tools and research strategies with staff through
time at staff meetings, department meetings and workshops.
One suggestion is to host «exhibition nights» that allow for Q&A and follow up discussions
at staff meetings on how such innovation can be infused into the DNA of the school.
Parents have been notified by a weekly newsletter and staff is informed regularly
at staff meetings about the progress of the school's response.
As my research and interactions with the lead teachers progressed, one teacher would present her research
findings at each staff meeting and field comments and questions from the larger group.
I also asked them to provide brief updates of their
progress at staff meetings and to engage colleagues, including me, when they found programs they believed had promise.
Was mentioned
at a staff meeting after the first month after my residency because some of the staff were so impressed with how much I had already learned.
In another gesture of welcome, one or two teachers would
arrive at staff meetings to find one of the favorites — candy, food, or book — waiting for them.
We have used the online course in a variety of
ways at staff meeting PD sessions and teachers are able to access the information again, whenever they want.
This «good talk» has resulted in teachers requesting time to visit each other's classrooms, teachers presenting new
strategies at staff meetings, and teachers presenting at local and state conferences.
Pick two
names at a staff meeting, and encourage staff members to either write a note of appreciation or make a positive comment about those selected.
The one thing noted
already at our staff meeting is that there are no translations of directions, for example, in any of the African languages.
In your firm, if certain individuals usually do not speak up and
contribute at staff meetings, I believe they are not adequately doing their jobs.
Regular
time at staff meetings, recorded in your Quality Improvement Plan, and connected to other learning you have done can really help.
During 2016 we have nearly completed professional learning in component one and two by looking at the videos in our own time and in breaks, making some notes and doing some activities - and then
discussing at staff meetings.
Instead, select information to
share at staff meetings, handouts to give to someone on your team and come up with at least three ideas you can incorporate into your company.
In addition, «Every year I have teachers who are willing to experiment with new software, Web sites, or innovative ways of presentation,» says Kostick, who makes time
at each staff meeting for those teachers to share the results of their experimentation.
Uber disclosed the terminations on
Tuesday at a staff meeting at its San Francisco headquarters, according to an employee who attended the event but was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.
Their inner grinch whispers to them that the mug with candy they give, the few words of faint
praise at a staff meeting or the token gift card for the local gas station will fully satisfy the recipient.
Olivia's high - waisted skirt and silk tank wouldn't get a second
glance at a staff meeting (just top it off with a tailored blazer).
Sure, had you known you were going to be offered the promotion at work, you might have thought twice about having an onion
bagel at the staff meeting.
They enjoyed whatever he
pitched at the staff meetings, they printed his fictions just because they were entertaining, and they paid a heavy price for that in the end.
It can be something big — a new team - oriented process for problem solving — or something very small, like reaching out to a colleague that you have noticed has been
quiet at staff meetings.
As our fourth graders took the first round of MCAS tests, one of our most effective teachers burst into
tears at a staff meeting and proclaimed, «No more Lone Ranger!»
Post-it notes reacting to an idea
given at a staff meeting or thanking another educator for his or her effort are casual but meaningful ways to build trust and a collaborative spirit in a school.
Now they draw the name of a
colleague at their staff meeting each week, observe the colleague throughout the week, and share the appreciation at the start of the following week's meeting.
The students loved her, the parents loved her so I got her to share some of her ideas
at a staff meeting so others might have a chance to be more successful in their classrooms.
I emphasize this in the beginning of the school year, but the message is extended repeatedly throughout the
year at staff meetings and in weekly bulletins and individual conversations.
Although it can be a daunting task, sharing your
practices at staff meetings, online, at conferences, etc. can help enlighten others about the wonders of PBL.
In these studies, teacher leaders with no - time release or limited (one hour per week) part - time release fulfilled administrative duties such as ordering textbooks and purchasing supplies (Spillane et al., 2001), explaining the
curriculum at staff meetings (Moore, 1992), serving as a liaison between the district and the school (Doyle, 2000), or participating in a school - wide decision making council (Ryan, 1999).
We explained our vision for the Learning
Commons at a staff meeting just before the holiday break and shared some of the characteristics of a modern Learning Commons:
During the entire time I was involved with discussions about
cuts at staff meetings and informal discussions around the lunch room, not once had I heard any teacher or staff member desiring the cutting the Art, Music, PE, or Science teaching positions.