Re: Faculty meetings

[Sequoyah JHS <gdd025@SOL1.SOLINET.NET>]

John Goodlad asked the question,  "How long has it been since instruction
was on the faculty meeting's agenda?"  My answer is, "Not since I can
remember unless we had a special guest speaker."e I am certainly not
suggesting that, however.  Making teachers sit through that after a hard
day in the trenches is cruel and unusual punishment.  How about a series
of short skits (maybe one per meeting) demonstrating one successful
teaching strategy such as comparing and contrasting to teach higher level
thinking skills. Or, a short testimonial from a teacher who has used a
technique successfully with a "see me later for the details." Just a
thought.
In our hour and a half faculty meeting yesterday, we spent a good 15
minutes
discussing daily dismissal procedures and the number of students in
the halls.  Were the teachers releasing them before their bus number was
called?  Heaven forbid!  An alien from another planet visiting our faculty
meetings would think that "control," not instruction, was our mission.

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Patricia (Pat) W. Pickard               e-mail: sequoyah_jhs@solinet.net
Library Media Specialist                by phone: (404) 451-0616
Sequoyah Junior High
3456 Aztec Drive
Doraville, Georgia 30340



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