Guiding+Questions

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Hey Everyone I have included the questions here. If you have come up with some ideas for any of the questions please use this page as a brainstorming page. If you are including an example from the book cite the page. As we add information to the page I will keep a master file on a word document for later editing that can be shared via email.

1. How can you get staff members to develop their full potential and encourage their full participation in a school-improvement process? What are the characteristics of a job that provides and supports opportunities for development and advancement? The staff member need to see each other as part of a team where their opinions are heard and they feel valued.

2 . If power means the capacity to mobilize resources, influence other, and “get things done,” how can different staff members be given power so they can develop the credibility needed to be respected and ultimately “get school reform done”? Research shows that the more opportunities for growth, development and promotions people are given, the more positive attitudes and aspirations for growth and professional development one will have. This knowledge leads to power and the opportunities for growth within the school need to come from administration and the district. Allowing teachers and staff to continue their professional development through trainings and 'moving up' will bring excitement to these individuals. It is important that these opportunities are provided for all teachers and staff equally in order for the positivity to continue throughout the school. School reform will happen naturally if all involved are on the right track to learning new things and growing in their own professional development and in their own ways. I think that providing opportunities for more leadership would give staff members the power and credibility they need. Perhaps having staff work on teams, which mixes older with younger, and each working together to present a topic of how to work more effectively or a topic about school reform would be beneficial to get them working together but yet also feel empowered. Having teachers do teach-backs to each other at meetings will help show off the skills the teachers have and this could help build respect.

3. What are the sources of order, power, and purpose within the school?

4. What types of efforts will facilitate complex learning, creativity, experimentation, and continuous improvement of the school?
 * The sources of order, in my opinion come from administration . Administration makes the final decisions on what is to be done when determining school reform. **
 * Power, I feel is in the hands of the teachers becasue they are the ones who will either embrace the reform or reject the reform causing the school to struggle. Administration does have the "final" power to let go of those who challenge their decisions. **
 * The purpose within the school should be developed amongst all stakeholders when developing the vision and mission statements for the school. After the development of these statements, goals should be developed to then solidify the purpose of the school. **

5. How will you know that you are nurturing potential and capacity? Providing a framework that allows for communication regarding individual, team and school accomplishments/frustrations will help administrators gauge how teachers are performing. This framework should also include a place for reflection, this will allow teachers to express their concerns or regards for programs that are working. Teachers feel successful when their students succeed, therefore administrators who provide teachers with the necessary tools to help their students will know they are nurturing potential and capacity of both their teachers and students.