Question: During staff meetings, how can you provide accountability and provoke reflection?
 
Answer: By asking questions. Here’s what happened at this morning’s high school staff meeting at Christian Academy in Japan:
 
To provide accountability, Anda Foxwell, high school principal, asked her staff to write a journal response to 1 or more questions:

• How have you applied what we talked about in past divisional meetings?
• How have you helped students use effective reading strategies?
• How have you helped students become more self-disciplined?
• How have you helped students become more proficient learners, thinkers, communicators, collaborators, or caretakers?