[Winona Online Democracy] I just want to highlight something Scott says regarding what I believe is a key point about site teams. Leadership, recruitment, training, staffing of the groups and coordination among them in the District by the Board/Administration. Of those training, up front and on-going, is most important. If you do not follow a consistent, proven process, results will be few and far between. Effective process can be taught. Teaching a group how to operate as a team can be done. Teaching problem solving can be done. And teaching how to make group decisions can be done. I just wish our schools could do more to teach children those things as well and that our elected bodies were also required to go through such training. Craig Brooks
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Lowery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 10:57 PM Subject: [Winona] site team discussion > [Winona Online Democracy] > > I'm enjoying reading about the many inclusive decision-making experiences > with WAPS site teams, and I'm encouraged to hear from Eric Bartleson that > improving site team policy is on the agenda for the District Policy (Meet & > Confer) Committee. Since that committee met last week, maybe Eric could > update the list on how that discussion is developing. > > During my tenure on a site team, I had the same question as Craig Brooks > about broadening the involvement from community members. Of course, if that > question is answered affirmatively, it leads to a bunch of new questions: > How would community members be chosen? If they would be elected, who gets > to vote? If they're invited, who chooses who gets invited? Which groups of > "stakeholders" (sorry for the annoying buzzword but it seems to fit) should > be represented on the site team? I'd think it would be valuable to get a > discussion going between the various district site team participants on how > to become more inclusive in terms of membership, then add that to policy. > > Another of my questions continues to be this: what individual or group is > responsible for assuring that all site teams are being allowed to function > effectively? And when conflict occurs (I assume it's inevitable) who can > team members go to for help with conflict resolution? > > ---------- > "There are years that ask questions and years that answer." > Zora Neale Hurston > > sent by: > > Scott Lowery > 461 Sunnyview Drive, Rollingstone MN 55969 > home phone: (507)689-4532 > school phone: (507)454-9573 > home email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > school email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This message was posted to Winona Online Democracy > All messages must be signed by the senders actual name. > No commercial solicitations are allowed on this list. > To manage your subscription or view the message archives, please visit > http://mapnp.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/winona > Any problems or suggestions can be directed to > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you want help on how to contact elected officials, go to the Contact page at > http://www.winonaonlinedemocracy.org > _______________________________________________ This message was posted to Winona Online Democracy All messages must be signed by the senders actual name. No commercial solicitations are allowed on this list. To manage your subscription or view the message archives, please visit http://mapnp.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/winona Any problems or suggestions can be directed to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you want help on how to contact elected officials, go to the Contact page at http://www.winonaonlinedemocracy.org
