8.15.2008

24 Hour Blitz

Our junior high team is away for a 24 fall planning retreat. Fine-tuning and clarifying roles, planning the fall calendar of events and teaching topics, and creative brainstorming are all part of our schedule.

So far we have talked about what real teamwork looks like, added a few really exciting events and activities, made a little tweak to our small group schedule and eliminated a highly successful sacred cow (after at least an hour of seriously passionate conversation and debate). We have three hours together this morning to finish the tasks at hand.

In my opinion, this fall is shaping up to be fairly different than any in the past but quite a bit more exciting, too.

5 comments:

Mariah Snyder said...

I am so curious...

joeldaniel said...

me too...any chance of turning the "eliminated a highly successful sacred cow" into a public group study?

Anonymous said...

I agree with the decision, it has gotten out of control.

Kurt Johnston said...

joeldaniel...
yes, but I'm not sure what that means!

joeldaniel said...

i guess it was kind of a cryptic comment. i meant can you share what the sacred cow was and why you decided to kill it, even though it was successful? those can be hard decisions to make & it'd be interesting to hear/discuss the process if possible.