Slide 1

How Do We Ensure That All Teachers

Are Committed to the School to

Work Program?

Slide 2

Our Values Determine Our Likely Level of

Commitment.

Slide 3

Teachers Need to Understand the Potential Significance of the

School to Work Program

Slide 4

Activity:The Blasphemy Game

Slide 5

What Would You HATE to Hear Someone Say About the School to

Work Program at Your School?

Slide 6

What Were Our Blasphemies?

Slide 7

Identifying the Common Blasphemy

Slide 8

Example: Banking Blasphemies• They Give No Service and the

Tellers Are Rude• There Are Always Long Queues

• They Keep Closing Down Putting in Machine

COMMON THEME …“They give lousy service”

Slide 9

What Values Are These Blasphemies Reflecting?

Slide 10

Banking Example … Common Theme Was: “They Give Lousy Service”.

.

The value held is…We value friendly and efficient

customer service.

Slide 11

…And Ensure Planning and Resourcing Are Congruent With

These Values

Effective programs have staff who subscribe to a common set of values, underpinning teaching and learning

Slide 12

Walk the Talk!

Slide 13

• What Are the Values That We Think We Stand for?

• Who determines them?

• How do we articulate them?

•

• When the going gets a bit chaotic what do we fall back on?

Slide 14

How Do We Tie These Values Into

Our School to Work Program?

Slide 15

How Do We Write a School to Work Plan That Is ‘Real’ to Our

Needs and Has Input From Everyone?

Slide 16

Not Another Plan?

Will Anyone Actually Use It!

Slide 17

Evaluating Current Practice

Slide 18

What Were the School to Work Highlights and Successes in 2002?

Refer to page 56

Slide 19

What School to Work Strategies Would You Like to Improve or Add to Your Current Program?

Slide 20

Sharing the

Success Stories

Slide 21

The Next Step…

Slide 22

School to Work PlanSchool Value:Planned Actions Who is

involved?When will it

happen?Resources Evaluation/

indicators of success?

Refer to page 57

Slide 23

Transcribe our values

Refer to the Sample Plan on page 58

Slide 24

What will happen?

…. should be related to the value stated

Slide 25

The rest is up to you.

We will show you examples of resources and strategies

developed to support the program.