EP 48 : School Facilities & Staff Meetings in a Traditional School

2020-04-25

The traditional school prides itself on having a beautiful range of facilities. From a well maintained grounds, spacious sports pitches and a dining hall that is clean as a whistle to a fully stocked library. The benefits of having such a physical environment may be obvious. But in 2020 is it still possible and desirable to have this old school approach? Today we dig into the babies and bathwater of the security minded traditional school’s physical spaces. We also look at something that is cl...

The traditional school prides itself on having a beautiful range of facilities. From a well maintained grounds, spacious sports pitches and a dining hall that is clean as a whistle to a fully stocked library.
The benefits of having such a physical environment may be obvious. But in 2020 is it still possible and desirable to have this old school approach?
Today we dig into the babies and bathwater of the security minded traditional school’s physical spaces.

We also look at something that is close to our hearts - the staff meeting. Over the last 15 years Rob & I have attended hundreds of these meetings in traditional, mainstream and progressive schools. So what do they look like in the traditional school and does this form still serve the school?

In today’s episode, we refer to this Quartz article on great meetings & this BBC piece on how meetings may even function as a form of therapy.

Our “reverse sponsorships” today mention Rob's upcoming presentation at the Integral European Conference and the Joseph Campbell classic “The Hero with 1000 Faces”

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