Thank you kindly - To all the people who commented, for the very helpful questions posed and the number of useful suggestions that were made. All your responses are going to help me stay busy in unpacking what preparation is required prior to facilitating OS, the impact of psychosocial and developmental stages on individuals and group dynamics, the principal's and teachers' input and in particular my part in all of this.
To begin with, I can now see in hindsight that I was way too ambitious in what the participants were capable of and the principal really wanted to believe that she was leading a community that did want to take responsibility, so much so that the students were probably too enthusiastically encouraged to accept the invitation. The parents were probably the true barometer of the community as they did not show a significant interest and trust to turn up. It seems that much more is needed at the consulting and planning stage with all parties to determine their interest, willingness and capacity to be part of creating a better community prior to the OS event. Regards Rose Tassone * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
