California Labor-Management Initiative - December 2015 Emeryville Regional Convening
Team Time 2
11:45AM – 12:30PM
1. As a team, discuss and complete the table below, marking an “X” in the column that best represents the current status of each item.
Do Not
Exist
Item
Are Being
Discussed
Are Being
Developed
Have Been
Implemented
a. Regularly scheduled meetings between union presidents and the district/county office
superintendent
b. Regularly scheduled meetings between union leadership and district/county office cabinet members
c. Regularly scheduled meetings between union representatives and school principals/administrators
d. Union-management jointly planned and implemented meetings/trainings
e. Union-management joint communications (e.g., internal newsletters, memos, announcements,
external media messages)
f. Use of contractual language, memoranda of understanding and/or Board policy to institutionalize
district/county office-level labor-management collaborative structures
2. Are there other activities/structures we have discussed, are developing, or have implemented to support collaboration in our work?
3. What are our top 2-3 priorities for improving teaching and learning (e.g., design and implementation of the LCAP, revising curricula and
instruction to align with standards, extending learning opportunities/time for students, reflection/collaboration time for faculty and staff, etc.)?
a. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. For each of these priorities, to what extent are we designing and implementing them collaboratively (for example, by using the approaches listed
in question 1)? (Not at all, very little, somewhat, or to great extent)
5. Based on our responses to the questions above:
a. How would we like to improve or strengthen collaboration in our district/county office using the approaches listed in question 1?
b. What other ways would we like to build and/or sustain collaboration as a regular part of our work?
6. (If you have time) Reflecting on the ideas and takeaways from the morning sessions, how could these ideas be used to strengthen our labormanagement collaboration? What are our top 2-3 takeaways for strengthening collaboration?
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