tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post4816759181186682202..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Work Session on District Vision todayMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-64105414645967310422012-10-31T06:55:37.754-07:002012-10-31T06:55:37.754-07:00The Board still can't seem to distinguish betw...The Board still can't seem to distinguish between vision and management.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-44526639790846516912012-10-30T20:17:46.140-07:002012-10-30T20:17:46.140-07:00I'm terrible at notes but I liked Director Pea...I'm terrible at notes but I liked Director Peaslee's suggestion to forestall negotiating the CBA until a new SPS Strategic Plan is in place. I agree, otherwise it's putting the cart before the horse.<br /><br />Another commenter said we can't come up with anything unless we find the money to take from somewhere else. Wrong. Define the vision, then build your org from scratch (without sending the retreads out to schools as APs) and build a zero-based budget. Then every function and role is analyzed for its purpose and necessity. <br /><br />All they do now is, well, we gonna to be over on this so we gotta cut that, so sorry.<br /><br />The vision discussion started getting drowned in minutia like "how 'bout some elementary teachers only teach math, or only teach science then we only have to provide PD for some." Or how the "digital natives" are the ones to teach 21st Century life skills. Sometimes I gotta wonder how the U.S. became the leading industrialized nation in the 20th century without an IPhone app for that. <br /><br />The asst supts and EDs were there. Everyone felt compelled to say something, even if it wasn't vision-y. Frankly, I think staff (but for Banda) should sit there and listen; when it's over they salute and say "whatever you say boss."mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-66258735884715256992012-10-30T17:29:12.764-07:002012-10-30T17:29:12.764-07:00HMM peremptorily asks "whad ah we doin' h...HMM peremptorily asks "whad ah we doin' heah? Fuhgeddibahdit!"<br /><br />A vision exists. End of story.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.com