Planning Next Steps II
This next round of work focused on taking another group of specific focus areas and working out the next steps in each area. Several teams worked to synthesize the work from the previous round while several additional teams looked at the preliminary results from the online survey of students, teachers and parents/patrons. Use the links here as short-cuts to see the results of each team's work.
Group 1: Transportation Programs
Context
This round of work is focused on bringing the work we’ve done so far into perspective and planning the next steps. Your group will focus on transportation programs. Remember the goals of the Boards are to:
- Maintain a school in every community
- Maintain a quality education program for all students
- Operate in the most cost efficient manner possible
Objective
The objective for your group is to develop a timeline with key milestones and next steps for transportation programs for the four communities. Discuss and outline the next 2 years (to summer 2010) of the major activities and next steps for transportation programs in each community.
- List the key activities that will happen over the next two years for transportation programs in each community?
- When will each key activity happen?
- What obstacles need to be overcome to be successful with this transition?
- Include in your plan options for overcoming these obstacles.
- If there are major questions that need to be answered please include them in your final output and show when they are answered if they cannot be answered here.
Process
Find your group and your breakout area. Use the white wall and markers provided to brainstorm your ideas and to develop your final product. You have 60 minutes for this activity.
Exchange
Following this activity you will have an opportunity to share your work with some of the other groups.
If you cannot access the video through YouTube, you may click here to view this video (it will open in this same browser window - click the back button to return here).
Context
This round of work is focused on bringing the work we’ve done so far into perspective and planning the next steps. Your group will focus on staff sharing. Remember the goals of the Boards are to:
- Maintain a school in every community
- Maintain a quality education program for all students
- Operate in the most cost efficient manner possible
Objective
The objective for your group is to develop a timeline with key milestones and next steps for staff sharing for the four communities. Discuss and outline the next 2 years (to summer 2010) of the major activities and next steps for staff sharing in each community.
- List the key activities that will happen over the next two years for transportation programs in each community?
- When will each key activity happen?
- What obstacles need to be overcome to be successful with this transition?
- Include in your plan options for overcoming these obstacles.
- If there are major questions that need to be answered please include them in your final output and show when they are answered if they cannot be answered here.
Process
Find your group and your breakout area. Use the white wall and markers provided to brainstorm your ideas and to develop your final product. You have 60 minutes for this activity.
Exchange
Following this activity you will have an opportunity to share your work with some of the other groups.
If you cannot access the video through YouTube, you may click here to view this video (it will open in this same browser window - click the back button to return here).
Context
This round of work is focused on bringing the work we’ve done so far into perspective and planning the next steps. Your group will focus on resource sharing (including equipment and all resources). Remember the goals of the Boards are to:
- Maintain a school in every community
- Maintain a quality education program for all students
- Operate in the most cost efficient manner possible
Objective
The objective for your group is to develop a timeline with key milestones and next steps for resource sharing for the four communities. Discuss and outline the next 2 years (to summer 2010) of the major activities and next steps for resource sharing in each community.
- List the key activities that will happen over the next two years for transportation programs in each community?
- When will each key activity happen?
- What obstacles need to be overcome to be successful with this transition?
- Include in your plan options for overcoming these obstacles.
- If there are major questions that need to be answered please include them in your final output and show when they are answered if they cannot be answered here.
Process
Find your group and your breakout area. Use the white wall and markers provided to brainstorm your ideas and to develop your final product. You have 60 minutes for this activity.
Exchange
Following this activity you will have an opportunity to share your work with some of the other groups.
If you cannot access the video through YouTube, you may click here to view this video (it will open in this same browser window - click the back button to return here).
Group 4: Facilities and Grounds
Context
This round of work is focused on bringing the work we’ve done so far into perspective and planning the next steps. Your group will focus on facilities and grounds. Remember the goals of the Boards are to:
- Maintain a school in every community
- Maintain a quality education program for all students
- Operate in the most cost efficient manner possible
Objective
The objective for your group is to develop a timeline with key milestones and next steps for facilities and grounds for the four communities. Discuss and outline the next 2 years (to summer 2010) of the major activities and next steps for facilities and grounds programs in each community.
- List the key activities that will happen over the next two years for transportation programs in each community?
- When will each key activity happen?
- What obstacles need to be overcome to be successful with this transition?
- Include in your plan options for overcoming these obstacles.
- If there are major questions that need to be answered please include them in your final output and show when they are answered if they cannot be answered here.
Process
Find your group and your breakout area. Use the white wall and markers provided to brainstorm your ideas and to develop your final product. You have 60 minutes for this activity.
Exchange
Following this activity you will have an opportunity to share your work with some of the other groups.
If you cannot access the video through YouTube, you may click here to view this video (it will open in this same browser window - click the back button to return here).
Context
This round of work is focused on bringing the work we’ve done so far into perspective and planning the next steps. Your group will focus on communication and community relations programs. Remember the goals of the Boards are to:
- Maintain a school in every community
- Maintain a quality education program for all students
- Operate in the most cost efficient manner possible
Objective
The objective for your group is to develop a timeline with key milestones and next steps for communications and community relations programs for the four communities. Discuss and outline the next 2 years (to summer 2010) of the major activities and next steps for communication programs in each community.
- List the key activities that will happen over the next two years for transportation programs in each community?
- When will each key activity happen?
- What obstacles need to be overcome to be successful with this transition?
- Include in your plan options for overcoming these obstacles.
- If there are major questions that need to be answered please include them in your final output and show when they are answered if they cannot be answered here.
Process
Find your group and your breakout area. Use the white wall and markers provided to brainstorm your ideas and to develop your final product. You have 60 minutes for this activity.
Exchange
Following this activity you will have an opportunity to share your work with some of the other groups.
If you cannot access the video through YouTube, you may click here to view this video (it will open in this same browser window - click the back button to return here).
Context
This round of work is focused on bringing the work we’ve done so far into perspective and planning the next steps. Your group will focus on the work completed in the last round by the three vision groups. Remember the goals of the Boards are to:
- Maintain a school in every community
- Maintain a quality education program for all students
- Operate in the most cost efficient manner possible
Objective
The objective for your group is to synthesize the work completed in the last round and develop a consolidated, integrated, vision of where the four communities will be in three years (2011).
- What will we look like in 2011?
- What will we have accomplished?
- What does each school look like now?
- What are the major milestones we’ve achieved and when were they achieved (what happened and when did it happen)?
Process
Find your group and your breakout area. Use the white wall and markers provided to brainstorm your ideas and to develop your final product. You have 60 minutes for this activity.
Exchange
Following this activity you will have an opportunity to share your work with some of the other groups.
If you cannot access the video through YouTube, you may click here to view this video (it will open in this same browser window - click the back button to return here).
Context
This round of work is focused on bringing the work we’ve done so far into perspective and planning the next steps. Your group will focus on synthesizing the work completed by groups 5 through 12 in the last round. Remember the goals of the Boards are to:
- Maintain a school in every community
- Maintain a quality education program for all students
- Operate in the most cost efficient manner possible
Objective
The objective for your group is to discuss the work completed by the groups in the last round and synthesize their work into a 2 year roadmap (through summer 2010) of the major activities and next steps for each community.
- What are the key activities that will happen over the next two years in each community?
- When will each key activity take place?
Process
Find your group and your breakout area. Use the white wall and markers provided to brainstorm your ideas and to develop your final product. You have 60 minutes for this activity.
Exchange
Following this activity you will have an opportunity to share your work with some of the other groups.
If you cannot access the video through YouTube, you may click here to view this video (it will open in this same browser window - click the back button to return here).
Context
This round of work is focused on bringing the work we’ve done so far into perspective and planning the next steps. Your group will focus on the survey data we’ve received from students. Remember the goals of the Boards are to:
- Maintain a school in every community
- Maintain a quality education program for all students
- Operate in the most cost efficient manner possible
Objective
The objective for your group is to review the survey data we’ve received from students and develop a list of opportunities for improvement based on this data.
• What are the major messages they are sending us?
• What areas can we improve?
• What challenges are they posing?
Process
Find your group and your breakout area. Use the white wall and markers provided to brainstorm your ideas and to develop your final product. You have 60 minutes for this activity.
Exchange
Following this activity you will have an opportunity to share your work with some of the other groups.
If you cannot access the video through YouTube, you may click here to view this video (it will open in this same browser window - click the back button to return here).
Context
This round of work is focused on bringing the work we’ve done so far into perspective and planning the next steps. Your group will focus on the survey data we’ve received from teachers. Remember the goals of the Boards are to:
- Maintain a school in every community
- Maintain a quality education program for all students
- Operate in the most cost efficient manner possible
Objective
The objective for your group is to review the survey data we’ve received from teachers and develop a list of opportunities for improvement based on this data.
• What are the major messages they are sending us?
• What areas can we improve?
• What challenges are they posing?
Process
Find your group and your breakout area. Use the white wall and markers provided to brainstorm your ideas and to develop your final product. You have 60 minutes for this activity.
Exchange
Following this activity you will have an opportunity to share your work with some of the other groups.
If you cannot access the video through YouTube, you may click here to view this video (it will open in this same browser window - click the back button to return here).
Group 10: Parent / Patron Survey Data
Context
This round of work is focused on bringing the work we’ve done so far into perspective and planning the next steps. Your group will focus on the survey data we’ve received from parents and patrons. Remember the goals of the Boards are to:
- Maintain a school in every community
- Maintain a quality education program for all students
- Operate in the most cost efficient manner possible
Objective
The objective for your group is to review the survey data we’ve received from parents and patrons and develop a list of opportunities for improvement based on this data.
• What are the major messages they are sending us?
• What areas can we improve?
• What challenges are they posing?
Process
Find your group and your breakout area. Use the white wall and markers provided to brainstorm your ideas and to develop your final product. You have 60 minutes for this activity.
Exchange
Following this activity you will have an opportunity to share your work with some of the other groups.
If you cannot access the video through YouTube, you may click here to view this video (it will open in this same browser window - click the back button to return here).
Group 11: Professional Development
Context
This round of work is focused on bringing the work we’ve done so far into perspective and planning the next steps. Your group will focus on Professional Development. Remember the goals of the Boards are to:
- Maintain a school in every community
- Maintain a quality education program for all students
- Operate in the most cost efficient manner possible
Objective
The objective for your group is to develop a timeline with key milestones and next steps for professional development for the four communities. Discuss and outline the next 2 years (to summer 2010) of the major activities and next steps for professional development programs in each community.
- List the key activities that will happen over the next two years for transportation programs in each community?
- When will each key activity happen?
- What obstacles need to be overcome to be successful with this transition?
- Include in your plan options for overcoming these obstacles.
- If there are major questions that need to be answered please include them in your final output and show when they are answered if they cannot be answered here.
Process
Find your group and your breakout area. Use the white wall and markers provided to brainstorm your ideas and to develop your final product. You have 60 minutes for this activity.
Exchange
Following this activity you will have an opportunity to share your work with some of the other groups.
If you cannot access the video through YouTube, you may click here to view this video (it will open in this same browser window - click the back button to return here).
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