I belive that faculty should do things together as a team, building a united team so that if students see faculty working together, I feel that students may want to work with other student in other classes building on the the whole school body not just part of the scholl body.
I am in total agreement, student need to see that staff and administrators respect and stand together.
Lisa, I agree that participation should be a requirement for new hires, but what do you do about people who are already in the organization and don't get involved? Is lack of engagement sufficient cause to dismiss a long term employee?
If the faculty members are informed of this "responsibility" before they are hired - they may be more apt to participate in "school activities." Particpation should not be a choice, it is a requirement. When students see that the staff/faculty is working together, they feel like they too are a part of something rather than just a paying customer. This promotes ownership & responsibility both to the school and to themselves.
You have to tie it to compensation - we have a number of things that we have as a checklist for facutly come review time that includes their participation in faculty meetings, training & contribution to the faculty newsletter. We also have established what we call "course owners" where one person has responsibility for continous improvements for a course - part of that is getting input from their peers who also teach the course - so participation in that exchange is also on the checklist.
