Through Teamwork We Understand Children

Abstract

AbstractThe “team process” was used to evolve this article. An appointed central committee was composed of a general subject matter supervisor, an art supervisor, a principal, two teachers, a psychologist, and a parent from Jordan School District in Utah. This Committee met many times and discussed the items under consideration. These same committee members acted as leaders for other groups of people who met to discuss the same topics. Parent and teacher personnel made up the other groups. Homeroom mothers, fathers and elementary faculty members were involved. Ideas in the article emerged from the combined thinking of everyone. There is probably nothing new in the ideas expressed; but to the group who met and shared, it was a rich and profitable experience. A greater faith in the teamwork process has been one result of the experience. The groups involved have a deep conviction that most problems can be better understood and solved if we will only get together, share together, plan together and act together.—The Team. Additional informationNotes on contributors The Jordan School District Team, Utah: Alta Miller, supervisor; Harold Ashman, principal; Roma Ganz, teacher; Evelyn O'Brien, teacher; H. W. Bartlett, art supervisor; Earl J. Thurman, psychologist; Nelda Donga, parent.