Synopses & Reviews
Are you attending more meetings and getting less done? This book is full of tools, strategies, tips, and advice from renowned meetings expert Ann Delehant. Delehant takes you through a step-by-step process, from deciding whether or not to have a meeting, to planning successful meetings that participants will look forward to rather than dread. Schools have a particular culture, and this book takes the unique context of schools, learning communities, and instructional leadership into consideration.
Rather than boring meetings that just impart information, the author shows how meetings can develop a collaborative spirit, provide an outlet for discussion, help groups make decisions and action plans, and change the environment and school culture for the better.
Demonstrating how effective groups and meetings sustain commitment and support, this tools-based guide covers:
- Setting ground rules
- Deciding when and when not to have a meeting
- Innovative alternatives to the traditional meeting
- Building the agenda
- Arranging the facility
- Establishing roles and functions such as facilitator, time keeper, recorder
- Making good decisions
- Taking action
Principals, teacher leaders, staff developers, trainers, superintendents -- any educator who leads or participates in meetings -- should read this book. Facilitators working with groups will find tools and tips to help groups work toward collaboration. This resource is also useful for school boards, professional organizations, advisory boards and committees, task forces, school improvement teams, grade-level teams, and department teams.
Synopsis
Provides school leaders with a step-by-step process for planning, setting ground rules, considering traditional meeting alternatives, making good decisions, and developing action plans.