Staff Development

Proposals and ideas from our faculy retreat at Tohon Chul in July of 2009

∙ More Green

Paperless
Grade books/assignments online
Turn off lights and computers

∙ Give academics priority over extracurricular activities.

∙ Advertise.

Word of mouth is important

∙ Service to community.
∙ Recycle.

-Collect from student’s binders & paper before they throw it away.

CANNOT FORGET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS

Spiritual

∙ Preserve Lasallian charism.

-Not be hesitant to use ministry resources (split Lasallian collection between Library and campus ministry).

∙ Advocacy for parents supported by school.

- Outreach to families.

- Offer days of recollection

- Create ownership and welcome to families.

- Training and inservice for volunteer teachers to augment staff.

∙ Balance between faith and action

∙ Embracing everyone

∙ Constant journey

∙ Stewards of Lasallian ideas: “being called”

Role of being partners with the brothers

∙ Plant seeds to carry on mission.

∙ Responsible for formation to carry out the mission (local, district, and regional level).

∙ Lasllian formation for parent association.

∙Expand Lasallian ideas throughout the curriculum.

∙ SOCIALS!! Eat and drink to form community.

∙ Vocational ministry emphasis.

How do we continue to improve?

∙ Consistent accountability (with students & faculty).

∙ Create student buy-in (i.e. help create lessons with their ideas).

∙ Make real world connections in lessons/units.

∙ Preparedness, organization, and rules.

∙ Higher expectation of students.

∙ Weekly faculty check-ins.

∙ Have Lasallian Schools at the middle school level.

∙ Open to establishing curriculum.