Shifting Staff Meetings
Dr. Sunaina Sharma is the Program Leader for English, French and Canada and the World Studies at MM Robinson High School. Rebecca Newcombe is the Vice Principal at MM Robinson High School. Together, they wondered about how to make staff meetings at their school better. Read on for their reflections on a worthwhile journey. I see you at the staff meeting secretly marking. I hear you saying, “this all could have been said in an email.” I feel your exhaustion from a day of supporting students and know that you have an evening of assessing their work and contacting parents. Sensing all of this inspired a new way of doing staff meetings last year at MM Robinson High School. What Research Says We knew we wanted to invite change and innovation in the way we were doing staff meetings, but before deciding on how to do that, we began with looking at the existing research. There is a lot of research out there, but the ideas below are what resonated most with us. What We Tried Staff Meeti