Great write up. Fellow community Collaborative member here, 9-10 year CISD sub/volunteer & 1 year staff member.
In terms of personal thoughts, I’ll add a couple of mine:
- greater investment in internal systems is overdue. When staff don’t have the right tools to do the job well/efficiently, it is extremely disheartening and draining. Yes we are a fiscally conservative district, but there becomes a point where it is ‘fiscally irresponsible’ to not invest in these things. With budget deficits on the horizon, we need to be looking at such investments to drive efficiency gains too, like any private sector company/organization would have to.
- job descriptions are extremely rigid. There is some flexibility in certain roles depending on how the school wants to use that role. It may help retention if schools could adapt job descriptions so candidates were clear on what they were applying for
- I LOVED the sound of the teacher mentor program. Would love to see some kind of mentor program for non-teaching staff too, even if less formal, to help those individuals find their way/come up with leadership plans
Great write up. Fellow community Collaborative member here, 9-10 year CISD sub/volunteer & 1 year staff member.
In terms of personal thoughts, I’ll add a couple of mine:
- greater investment in internal systems is overdue. When staff don’t have the right tools to do the job well/efficiently, it is extremely disheartening and draining. Yes we are a fiscally conservative district, but there becomes a point where it is ‘fiscally irresponsible’ to not invest in these things. With budget deficits on the horizon, we need to be looking at such investments to drive efficiency gains too, like any private sector company/organization would have to.
- job descriptions are extremely rigid. There is some flexibility in certain roles depending on how the school wants to use that role. It may help retention if schools could adapt job descriptions so candidates were clear on what they were applying for
- I LOVED the sound of the teacher mentor program. Would love to see some kind of mentor program for non-teaching staff too, even if less formal, to help those individuals find their way/come up with leadership plans