Last May, a large group of teachers from Fort graduated with our master's through UW-LaCrosse's Learning Community. (Has anyone else's done this program?) We meet one weekend per month for two years. We started and ended each day with a community circle. It had a powerful effect on all of us and we became a very close, tight knit community. Of course, we wanted to implement the community circle in our classrooms. Some of the teachers have meet a high level of resistance from administrators. It seems some of the administrators feel it is not a valuable use of time in the school day.
Yet it seemed to be a common thread in everyone's remarks after the tours this morning that employers are looking for people who can get along with others, are responsible and reliable, and are good at problem-solving. These are the qualifications they valued and at WPS, were listed before any specific skill set or degree.
I know community circle is a way to develop many of these skills. Maybe sharing the employers remarks will give the administrators enough to reconsider their position.
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