The Board of Trustees for Paris ISD held their regular meeting of agenda on April 16, 2018, beginning at 5:30 pm in the Elaine Ballard Administration Office. There were seventeen subjects that were to be discussed or considered or upon which any formal action may be taken approached on during the meeting including the adjournment. Also, majority of the subjects contained subpoints that were to be discussed within a main topic. And unless removed from the consent agenda, the items that were listed on the agenda handout were acted on at one time. The board meeting’s first order of business was the Call to Order. At this time the public would be able to speak to the Board of Trustees by signing up at the regular meeting for the Open Forum preceding …show more content…
I had never realized all the dealings that had to occur for things to get fixed and dealt with in the school district. It’s shocking how much money and skill in presentation it took to get an agenda passed by the board. During this meeting I heard of two agenda task attempt to be passed. The presenter of the Budget Amendments had amazing presentation skills and the ability to clearly present the amendments and was able to get their amendment accepted by the board. While the presenter for the Local District Update, affecting local policies had a much weaker presentation and was unable to get the board members to understand the purpose of the proposal and got their decision suspended until the next meeting. These two presentations made me understand the importance of being able to present you materials to a group of people. If you can’t properly explain your purpose and goal of your agenda to someone they are less likely to support whatever it is that is being presented to them. It makes it seem as if you are not entirely sure of your proposal, yet even if you are not sure in it confidence sales. The meeting was interesting enough that I would go to a second meeting if I had nothing else to do. Something interesting I saw while in the meeting was that most of the people in attendance weren’t paying attention to the items being presented. One guy was playing a baseball game on his phone and one of the presenters was doodling the entire
Therefore, this article suggests a communicative solution based upon impression management. According to Abz Sharma and David Grant, impression management involves four phases; framing, scripting, staging, and performing (Sharma & Grant, 2011). Implicit within this framework is the view of management as a communicative relationship between people within the organization. Leaders are actors who perform in front of their employees (audience). What follows is an explication of the four phases of impression management and their application to Carole’s circumstance. To begin Katherine Miller defines framing as, “ a way of managing meaning in which one or more aspects of the subject at hand are selected or highlighted over other aspects” (Miller, 2015). The leader is dictating how the organization views events that occur within the organization. Carole must do this in the situation she finds herself. Carol’s next step should be to contact all those involved within the previous meeting and attempt to setup a “town-hall”. Rather than viewing the “state of the school” incident as contentious, she can frame it as an opportunity to create meaningful dialogue. This is an appropriate next step because, currently, the staff may view the event as a last straw; an occurrence that completely undermined Carol’s authority. However, if Carole frames it correctly, it becomes an opportunity to regain control. Following framing is the act of scripting. Scripting, as told by Sharma and Grant, “identifies the actors, the use of rhetorical devices (dialogue), as well as the physical and emotional cues that supply meaning to the communication event” (Sharma & Grant, 2011). Scripting concerns itself with what is being said as well as how it makes the audience feel. During this town-hall meeting, Carol must engage in aspirational dialogue. She must talk about how they are shaping the future of the
By having school board meetings, it helps to see what the school’s needs. This is very important for the reason that this may be the only time that a concern parent or person voice might be heard. From this meeting, it was learned that the school board members are willing to help people that have concerns. An example, of this, was when the concern Pre-K parent was worried that she heard that Pre-K has been just a daycare. However, someone from the board mentioned to her that she would personally go with the parent the next day and show her how Pre-K is running during the day. This made the parent so happy because her concerns were being met. I have learned that school board members look out for the students and that they are the number one source that community members should go to if they have a concern or a suggestion to better their children’s
In Neuse Charter School there is a crisis going on with students. Some of the students are not happy with the new lunch schedule the administration has put in place.
The format of the meeting was extremely organized and much more formal than I anticipated. The meeting opened up with the “we” version of the serenity prayer. Following this
...evision. I feel there are several simple things could be done that would make the meeting more accessible to not only first time attendees but also citizens in general. First of all by giving a very brief introduction to who the Council members are and why they are on the Council, as well as the who the people on the side bars are and what their purpose for being there. Just a brief background, five minutes at the tops, would give a background enough for newcomers to have a basic understanding of what is going on. Another thing that could be done to make it more accessible would be to explain the purpose of the meeting or to give out an agenda at the beginning. By attending this public meeting, I was able to see that the grandeur that is portrayed on television is very fake, but the importance is vastly downplayed.
The area high school had undergone a large amount of change in the last seven years and has continued to revamp their current curriculum to meet the recent changes in the education laws. The previous administration had been in office for several years and had a track record of being well organized and supportive of their staff. Seven years ago, the majority of the administration retired/left along with a bulk of the tenure faculty, causing a number of inexperienced individuals to take over key positions. Therefore, the faculty left to replace the head of the science department lacked the inexperience and may not have been the best person for the position.
On Friday November 20, I went to a lunch with honors, where we met with Chancellor Jim Schmidt to discuss current and upcoming issues on campus. I found this experience to be highly beneficial and learned a lot about how the campus is run and the changes that will be taking place over the next few years.
However, I did notice that there were a few faults in the presentation, one being a fault that I personally consider may have negatively impacted our presentation. It seems to me that I was not able to deliver the presentation to the best of my ability as I had let my nerves get the best of me when talking to the staff. The reason for this was that I was not comfortable with taking on the speaking role that I was given and that there were last minute changes made to my slides right before presenting. Bruner, (1996) stated that the learning process for staff relies on the “meaningful dialogue” that is presented by the presenters. In this case, I think that my speech was not strong enough to grab the audience’s attention, thus not being able to portray my message about what an Ofsted inspection is and what the results from an Ofsted inspection mean. Nevertheless, although I was not able to present to the quality that I had wished, the feedback received was reassuring that I had not done terribly bad. I was able to see myself grow as a presenter as I noticed that my
Conducted on February 19, 2014, the Board of Education Meeting was run by Ronald Goldstein while board members Donald Kennedy and Mary Tomasi were also present. Because Superintendent Jeff Mathieu was out of state, Barbara Gilbert, Director of Teaching and Learning, was designated Acting Superintendent. This meeting did not focus on the upcoming budget proposal, but rather addressed current and upcoming projects and ideas, and recognized achievements of members within the school community. Based solely on the meeting held on February 19, the responsiveness of the board to meet the needs and requests of citizens was commendable. Among the major projects and proposals addressed were the Building Project at William J. Johnson, the tuition policy at Bacon Academy, and Joseph Hage’s proposal to build a bridge behind Bacon Academy.
The Assistant Principal not following through on her duties based on personal feelings. This was shocking because I believe that even if you disagree with an action if your job states to follow the caution through that is what should be done. You do not always get to do what you like sometimes it just what you have to do. The AP not attending the IEP meeting was a bad call of professional and ethical judgment. Just because you feel a situation is concluded does not mean that you bend protocol to not deal with the repercussions on the decision. Not being in attendance of the meeting allowed a child that did not need special education services to utilize them to achieve his/her own agenda. The other repercussion to the AP action was that
Hold group members accountable to the plan - and have it written down in this document!!!
This workshop would most likely have to be at least three to five days. On the first day, each administrator will be place into a small group of about 2-3 administrators and express their grievances in a workshop that will aim to compile and highlight the most pressing issues. This, in the broad process of the workshop, will establish common intentions ad norms (Schirch 36). Once the group of administrators can come to a consensus on the top three most pressing matters of this conflict they will present their ideas to the large group, which will help each member explore the diversity and commonalities that all exist in the same district (Schirch 46). After the first day, the mediators of the workshop will compile a list of the top ten most pressing issues of the group as a whole. The next day, the group as a whole will decide on the top five most pressing issues through a popular majority vote from the previously compiled
Imagine, if you will: you are a student at Collinsville High School, occupied with homework in your study hall. Your study hall teacher gets the class’s attention, and with a somber look tells the class that all of the ideas we were hoping for in our school were struck down by the school board. This is the possible outcome of our school if the school board is not fixed with new and more experienced people. Many people have been talking about the possibility of modifying who is in our school board. CHS should have more experienced people on their school board because the choices made by the board do not always relate to CHS in particular, points made by the government are not met by showing how important they are, and the people on the board have little to no experience with the kids or teachers and their struggles in the school.
...t 1:00 p.m. we will be meeting in the auditorium to go over more details and give you more information.
The meeting began when the school board members entered the large group instruction room and took their seats at a panel table angled to the side of the audience. The school board consists of nine elected members from the community. The members are as follows: Paul Ridley (President), Pat Vigliotta (Vice President), Helen Cumminskey (Secretary), Carla Manion ( Asst. Secretary), Timothy Bean (Treasurer), David Feely (Board Member), Keith Hatch (Board Member), Shane Oschman (Board Member), and Joseph Troutman (Board Member). Three members of the board were missing; however because of where the seats were located I could not see who was missing. Also, the member did not introduce themselves and left before people could address them.