Shared Vision Requires Shared Input

The Mission of the School District of Beloit, committed to excellence and strengthened and enriched by diversity, is to prepare each student to compete, contribute and thrive as an admirable citizen in a rapidly changing world by engaging students in a wide variety of high quality, relevant programs in partnership with families, schools and the stateline community. Fulfilling this mission, in part, requires attracting and retaining high quality educators. Students and educators need access to tools and resources that will assist in accomplishing the mission.
Communication between, the board of education, administration, and professional educators is critical. Meeting and conferring about topics and issues impacting student achievement provides an avenue for all stakeholders to share input. When effective communication skills, such as those outlined in chapter 9 of the text, are used, this process can create a shared vision and fosters a sense of ownership for everyone involved. Districts that retain some avenue for professional educators to offer input about topics such as professional development, technology needs and the working environment as it pertains to student learning will be able to attract and retain quality educators.


One Sided Negotiations


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oKwg6W05MU

First Time Web 2.0 User

Today's assignment was to read the following WI Statutes:

111 - Employee Relations

115 - State Superintendent General Classifications and Definitions; Children with Disabilities

118- General School Operations

120- School District Government

Riveting! (insert sarcastic tone)

Then, selecting a Web 2.0 tool from http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools to summarize the standard. I chose to create a Glog using Pinboard. (Our instructor, Brad Saron, is teaching me a whole new tech language this week!)

Check out my Glog!