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from student needs…”So how are the kids doing?”
Opportunity Number 3 Use the Power of Collaboration
Bring in Different Perspectives One of the fundamental shifts in education in the past decade has been a movement from isolation to collaboration. One of the many benefits of this change has been increasing the problem-solving abilities of the group. By working with a team, we can often gain valuable insight. Sometimes hearing the challenges and strategies of another colleague can help us with similar struggles.
Be Willing to Rethink the Way We Do Things
Why do we have to (insert project here)? If the answer is, “Because that’s the way we always have done it,” it may be time to reconsider whether it’s important enough
“…carefully examine some of the genuine opportunities that we may not have considered in years past.”
to continue. There has never been a time when so much is on the table and up for discussion. I encourage you and your colleagues to itemize the largest projects that you work on that take the most time, money and effort. Then, rank them in the order of educational importance for students. Then have a discussion about whether the things that have always been done need to continue in the same format. Hopefully, we will learn that most things will remain priorities. However, we may
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find some things that are less important or that can be restructured in a way that is more representative of how much our students benefit from them.
Are programs thriving despite historic reductions to educational support? Yes. Are programs faced with challenges never before seen? Yes. I deeply wish I could promise that every child in every district will continue to enjoy having a high quality musical experience as part of his or her comprehensive education. If any group of educators can make this happen, I’m confident our music teachers can! It may require, however, that we carefully examine some of the genuine opportuni- ties that we may not have considered in years past.
Steve Michaels is principal of Hamilton/SOTA 1 Schools and fine arts supervisor in the School District of La Crosse. Email:
smichael@lacrosseschools.org
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