You want your staff to further develop common understanding of a key idea. You know that if this happens, your staff will be able to work together even more effectively.
 
Question: How can you help your staff further develop common understanding?
 
Answer: Ask a question. Ask a question during a staff meeting regarding how a key idea is currently put into practice.
 
Here’s what happened at this morning’s high school staff meeting at Christian Academy in Japan, where Anda Foxwell, high school principal, focused her staff the a key idea by asking a question:

• Key idea: Anda introduced a statement from the school’s philosophy statement: We believe that students mature spiritually, intellectually, aesthetically, physically, emotionally, and socially.
• Question: Next, Anda had her staff respond to the following question: How have you provided opportunities for all of these to develop in your classes this year?

Ask a question. Pursue excellence. Today.