21st Century Faculty Meetings

In 1998, when I first began teaching, communication between principals and teachers was limited to faculty meetings, but just as learning has evolved since then, so have communication methods.  Faculty meetings should no longer be a sit and get of information.  If it can be shared in an email, then valuable collaborative time, such as faculty meetings, should be spent on collaborative learning.

Studying 3.2 as a building PGP

 Through the year, the faculty will study A Mindset for Learning to support their work.

Time to read and time to discuss

 In small group discussion, teachers shared the need to ensure college and career readiness (even at the kindergarten level!) through such skills as persistence and empathy.  As teachers, we give students purposeful opportunities to learn these skills; they're embedded in the content we teach.

By using faculty meetings to further conversations about teaching and learning, we add to the learning climate of our schools and model the collaborative skills students will need to be successful in the world that lies before them.