Effective Practices : Community Life COMMUNITY LIFE MENU 1. Annual Meetings and Events 2. Communication with the School Community 3. Calendars and the Rhythm of the Year 4. Conflict Resolution 5. Committee and Task Group Activity 6. Meeting Culture
Effective Practices : Finances FINANCES MENU 1. Budget Development and Connection to the Strategic Plan 2. Billing and Collecting 3. Accounts Payable 4. After Care Billing 5. Capital Planning and Fund Management 6. Tuition Protection Plans 7. Tuition Contracts
Effective Practices : Working With Parents WORKING WITH PARENTS MENU 1. Parent Associations 2. Parent Education 3. Room Reps 4. The Parent's Role 5. Social Dynamics
Effective Practices : Report Writing & Documentation REPORT WRITING & DOCUMENTATION MENU 1. Report Writing in the Grades 2. Report Writing in the High School 3. Report Writing in the Kindergarten 4. Other Documentation, Interim Reports and Notices
Effective Practices : Long-Range And Strategic Planning LONG-RANGE AND STRATEGIC PLANNING MENU 1. Statements of Vision, Mission and Values 2. Strategic Planning 3. Annual Performance Objectives
Effective Practices : Enrollment ENROLLMENT MENU 1. Outreach and Promotion 2. Admissions 3. Transition from Kindergarten to Grade 1 4. Transition from Grade 8 to the High School 5. Registration 6. Wait List Management 7. Retention and Exit Interviews 8. Management Reporting 9. Re-Enrollment Introduction Educating students is the purpose of the Waldorf School and, […]
Effective Practices : Human Resources HUMAN RESOURCES MENU 1. Recruitment and Hiring 2. New Hire Orientation 3. Employee Handbooks and Procedure Manuals 4. Mentoring and Professional Development 5. Evaluations 6. Complaints, Corrective Processes and Termination 7. Conservation and Nourishment 8. Classroom Assistants 9. Immigration 10. Personnel Records 11. Workloads 12. Teacher Trainees
Effective Practices : Development DEVELOPMENT MENU 1. Publicity and Public Relations 2. Community In-reach 3. Fundraising Events 4. Annual Appeal 5. Alumni 6. Grants Introduction Development is a term that has various associations and meanings among people. In one sense, development means “developing relationships” with the various communities in which our schools exist. Many see […]
Lessons from Jazz Bands and the New Leaderless Symphony for Organizations Practicing Collaboration Both the creative “in the moment” improvisation of jazz bands and the studied and practiced leadership in the context of a leaderless symphony offer real and important insights into the practice of collaboration in any organization. While the product and the goals […]
Jorgen Smit, long-time Waldorf teacher and former head of the Pedagogical section in Dornach, Switzerland, offers his insights into the ways that teachers could focus their group work to create a living spiritual atmosphere that would permeate the school and engender improved collaboration. This excerpt is from the book, The Child, Teachers and Community, a […]