Debriefing

Today we spent an hour visiting with teachers about their parent meetings yesterday. Reviewing how a new approach worked listing both the positives and the negatives is not done here in the school. This was done in an hour meeting which is supposed to be devoted to English instruction for teachers.
Because it was a new experience, it started off slow. As we asked some leading questions, the discussion took off and at times became fairly animated. We eventually came up with the positives, the negatives and several suggestions for changes next time. This also gave us an opportunity to congratulate the staff on a taking a new system and following it through to a successful completion. It is always good to use opportunities like this for encouraging the troops. Moreover, we hope that parents saw this experience as a positive thing to help their children. Hopefully, a debriefing will become a standard practice when new approaches are tried.