Family Meetings

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High School Family Meetings

Possible Goals for Meetings:

• Pass on important information (through “Announcements”)
• Share joys (through “Golden Shining Moments”)
• Solve problems (as a community, where the students create or help to create viable solutions)
• Plan for the future (plan, as a group, class trips, projects, activities, etc.)
• Community building skills (students learn to take responsibility for themselves and the group)
  
  

Roles students can play:

• Student chairperson/caller
• Scribe
• Timekeeper/timer
• Gatekeeper/focus person

Rules of Meeting:

• Raise hands (or, occasionally go around in a circle if it is an important issue in order to get everyone’s input)
• Try not to repeat what has already been said
• Respect your classmates; make it a safe place (everyone’s comments are respected; no one is laughed at)
• Everyone tries to stay focused

Rules for Group Problem Solving:

• The person who raised the issue goes first, describing/defining/outlining the problem
• Others may add new information
• When students speak:
      Don’t blame, just explain
      Speak from own experience only (I feel…I was)
• After problem is defined, propose solutions
• Students choose which solution to try

Possible Meeting topics:

• Announcements
• “Golden Shining Moments”
• “Compliments and Appreciation” – recognize self or others for positive things that are going on or have happened recently
• News
• Visitors
• Share songs, letters
• Make committees
• Larger questions: What is the ideal school? What is freedom?

Schedule: Every Friday afternoon from 1:00 until 2:45 p.m.

 

 

 

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