Also in response to last year’s working groups, greater attention was paid to how the groups were facilitated. For the 2005 working groups, goals and outcomes for the working groups were drafted. Facilitation guidelines were emailed to working group facilitators in advance. In addition to sharing ACE resources, participants were also asked to discuss strategies for continued sharing, to review two proposed, large-scale strategies, and to wrap up the discussion by identifying next steps.

See Appendix C for the Guidelines for Facilitators.

See Appendix D for the two strategies.

Administrative support staff were asked to focus on the accurate tracking and follow-up of students – especially OBS students. They could submit:

1. a description of their process for collecting information or doing student follow-up, or
2. a form that they use as part of their LBS intake or ongoing tracking processes.

This plan proved very successful as you will see in the next section. In the words of one participant, “The sharing in the working group was much more effective and useful than last year.”

SAFARI SCENES

CSC Executive Director Lynne Wallace
in African Attire