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Design Team Guiding Questions
Design Team Structure and Stakeholder Input (Part III)
Our Division Transition Team was comprised of various Cross-Functional Planning Teams (CFPTs), which led to updates to specific portions of the reopening Playbook. The table below details our Project Work Team structure and the guiding questions they worked to answer during more than seven collaborative planning meetings.
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Cross-Function Planning Teams (CFPTs)
Executive Sponsors Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. Dr. Terri H. Mozingo
Team Name/Co-Project Managers
Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning (SEAL)
Dr. Julie Crawford and Dr. Gerald R. Mann, Jr.
Human Resources (HR) and Facilities Management
Dr. Stephen Wilkins and Sandra Hardeman
Health and Safety
Dr. Alicia Hart and Dr. Marcia Jackson
Financial Management
Dominic Turner and Robert Easley
School and Community Relations
Julia Burgos and Kurt Huffman Offices Project Work Team Leads
Instruction and Improvement Accountability English Learners (ELs) Professional Learning Specialized Instruction Student Support Services Technology Dr. Gerald R. Mann and Dr. Anthony Sims Dr. Clinton Page Dr. Bethany Nickerson Cory Kapelski Terry Werner Darrell Sampson Dr. Elizabeth Hoover
Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Facilities HR Erika Gulick John Finnigan Sandra Hardeman and T. Michael Carson
Cleaning and Maintenance Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) School Nutrition Security Student Health Transportation Anita Cordova Mark Carlson Cynthia Hormel John Contreras Dr. Elaine McSorley-Gerard E. Scott Merriman
Budget Payroll Procurement Robert Easley Michael Covington Dyanna McMullen
Communications Family and Community Engagement Partnerships Kathy Mimberg Krishna Leyva Kurt Huffman
Design Team Guiding Questions
Seven questions guided the work of the Design Teams, as indicated below. Each meeting focused on essential questions designed to ensure a successful reopening of schools in the Fall.
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Design Team Guiding Questions
Team Name
Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning (SEAL)
Human Resources (HR) and Facilities Management
Health and Safety
Financial Management
School and Community Relations Guiding Questions for Fall Reopening 2021
How might we …
Support our staff’s ability to teach in the “new normal”? Support the social, emotional, and academic needs of our diverse populations of learners? Ensure the use of appropriate technology?
How might we …
Organize our people, time, and resources for a successful return?
How might we …
Support the physical, mental, and social-emotional well-being of our stakeholders and the nonacademic needs of our students? Ensure that safety is a continued priority?
How might we …
Ensure our budget supports reopening priorities? Manage the changing landscapes of school operations and financial constraints?
How might we …
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