Thursday, January 12, 2006

Schools that Learn - School Vision Ch 9

School Vision: p289-324 3 purposes: address pent-up tensions over current problems and concerns; be generative = be able to talk about deepest hopes and desires for children and community to find a sense of hope and mutual trust; in herent satisfaction of re-creating the school together, with one another’s support (including the support of those whom they have mistrusted in the past)
p. 59 Draw forth Personal Vision
9-year conversation process involving meetings with parents – 1-2 meetings a week every week in the fall visiting people in their homes
Exercises to draw forth mental models – see activity p293-295
25-year conversation process for educators in a school- after parent sessions, hold half-day workshops and divide into subgroups, based on key themese
Community vision meetings to bring the whole school community together
An implementation and follow through process

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