I've done OST with a mix of homeschoolers and Board members and others where there was quite a bit of passion in the room including grieving by the homeschoolers about how the school culture and policies are so different from their own values.
All is well in Open Space. Those who many not be familiar with the method may not know but you do: Open Space *is* the activity. To my mind getting people right to work in Open Space allows everyone to heal and grieve and discover and realize and share. So in my experience at the closing you may well hear homeschoolers saying 'this is the first time I felt listened to'; administrators saying 'I used to think you were an adversary now I think you are a partner', etc. Gee, if they have to be reminded of anything I'd help them focus on the children and young they both serve and the gifts that learning brings to both teacher and learner... My two school vouchers, Lisa L i s a H e f t Consultant, facilitator, educator O p e n i n g S p a c e 2325 Oregon Berkeley, California 94705-1106 USA (+01) 510 548-8449 [email protected] (coming soon: www.openingspace.net) * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
