Final Decision

I think that one of the most important comment that I took from c lass was, "Always let people know they have a say but let them know that they do not have the final say.I agree with the idea that people want to be heard. Whether or not you can do anything about it, they just want you to listen. By letting people have a voice in a major decision, it gives them the opportunity to share their thoughts and ideas. For example, I am on the District RtI committee and part of the Staff Development Team. We are looking at various universal screeners for our district. After our class discussion, I went to my meeting today and we came up with an idea to create a rubric and let the teachers rate each screener. When it comes down to choosing, the RtI team will have the final decision but all of the teacher are going to be able to share their thoughts on each. I think that when the screener needs to be implemented next year, it will be given with integrity because we will have more buy-in from all staff. Thanks for the advice! Sara Dail