Foundational+Questions+from+Previous+Meetings


 * 1) ====How can we build on our successes?====
 * 2) ====How important are vision and mission statements?====
 * 3) ====Should we be more specific in our vision and mission?====
 * 4) ====What does the data say about our efforts to improve learning and teaching so far?====
 * 5) ====What are the non-negotiables? What must we do whether we like it or not?====
 * 6) ====Do we, as a staff, decide on the non-negotiables, or are they inherent in the job of educating young people? (Like inalienable rights.)====
 * 7) ====We educate, but is the fundamental purpose of our organization to teach or to learn?====
 * 8) ====What is our future? What will we look like 5, 10, 15 years from now?====
 * 9) ====What commitments are we willing to make to get there?====
 * 10) ====If we merge with another district, will we have any say in where we go and how we get there?====
 * 11) ====Are we willing to hold ourselves accountable for achieving our goals and, if so, how will we do that?====
 * 12) ====Literacy – is it working? How do we know?====
 * 13) ====How can we use literacy/collaborative decision making to unify us as a faculty?====
 * 14) ====What about the math teachers? Is numeracy a form of literacy? (This seems to imply a much broader question about improvement of instruction and the value of initiatives.)====
 * 15) ====Is this effort to begin collaborative decision making supported by administration and faculty?====
 * 16) ====How do literacy & collaborative decision making tie in with the district vision? The school mission? (Do the vision & mission need to be revisited?)====
 * 17) ====Are we willing to do “whatever it takes”?====
 * 18) ====What is the difference between a learning strategy and a teaching strategy?====