Because they were classroom teachers without release time, teacher leaders took
advantage of faculty meetings that were part of their regular schedules.
These support teams would be more effective
use of faculty meeting since most of the information disseminated in faculty meeting could be presented in an email or a memo.
After seniors at Appomattox County (Virginia) High School walk across the stage to receive their diploma, «a
member of the faculty meets them at the bottom of the ramp and presents them with a dollar bill,» principal Michael S. Wills told Education World.
Another MTEA advisory warned: «Some administrators need to be reminded of the two - and - one - half - hour monthly
limit of faculty meetings / in - service.
Their Professional Learning Communities are consistently focused on the work of real PLC's (not simply a changed
label of the faculty meeting).
The teachers also «fought off a number of take - backs, including elimination of lifetime health benefits for new hires,
extension of faculty meetings, and new mandatory meetings and PD sessions,» UTLA reported.
At Hickory Flat Elementary School in Canton, Georgia, Principal Keith Ingram enjoys the Coke and a Smile segment that ends
each of his faculty meetings.