There was a ton of information received throughout the weekend, but I am going to focus on the session on effective team meetings. Dt. Hauser had many great tips for when we run meetings. I feel my principal does a pretty good job keeping meetings on task, though they do go a little long sometimes. People tend to get a little sidetracked and side conversation then occurs. The agendas have a list of the items we are going to cover, but they do not go into too much detail. There were a couple of ideas that stood out to me.
First, I love the idea of having a "parking lot" poster in the room. If someone brings up an issue that is not on the agenda, it is to be written on the "parking lot" poster. This means it will be discussed at a later time. This keeps the staff meeting on task and keeps it from running long and people getting frustrated.
I also liked that agendas are to be more detailed. Breaking down the minutes. allows people an idea of how long the meeting will be. If certain topics are going long, the agenda can be used to focus people back on topic. I feel these two ideas will help save a lot of frustration and wasted time at meetings.
Matt,
ReplyDeleteI agree with your comment about the "parking lot" because it helps to keep a meeting going in the right direction, but also lets people know that you are concerned with something they bring up.
I am not sure who made the point about the pre meeting can take longer than the actual meeting. as leaders we have to know what we want to say, what we want people to hear and know what to expect from our staff. the parking lot concept helps in this manner
ReplyDeleteThe agenda presentation really helped me to focus meeting organization ideas within our grade level. Great points Matt.
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