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Figure Five : Extract from Minutes

Agenda item 2: Choice of project
To use extra ESF funding to improve teacher’s pedagogical knowledge and skills.
A decision is needed of the best way to go.

Main arguments:
 Give each teacher a certain amount for own use.
 Allocate money to subject departments to determine priorities.
 Organise a whole school event to cover generic improvement strategies.

Decision:
Take a whole school approach to improving approaches to teaching.

Action:
Set up committee to plan 2‐day workshop. Contact committee nominees and
get initial plan by 23rd December.

Summary:

Too make meetings in the school or department successful:
 Inform others of what took place.
 Highlight the decisions taken.

 Monitor agreed actions.
 Tell your employees clearly what the purpose is.

 Make sure everyone had done his or her homework.
 Prepare an agenda with items in the right order.

 Prescribe a certain amount of time for each item, and stick to it.
 Only let people talk if they have something useful and relevant to say.

 Do not invite everyone just because they have always attended.
 Make sure you achieve the purpose of the meeting.
 Make action plans and name people who are to do things.

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