Breakfast and Chats In Louisiana, Milton Skorlich keeps his school family together by having breakfast every Thursday morning. A continental breakfast is served as issues large and small are discussed. He thinks it's amazing how well this works to get all grades and departments solving problems together. At the end of every semester, he has lots of roses delivered to his school just outside of New Orleans. In a very informal, unstructured process, these are given to the staff members to recognize or thank each other.
Goals are shared and issues are discussed.
Clark finds out how she can help her staff with their needs. However, as all these award-winning principals stressed, communication with staff is the key to high morale. In her school in El Paso, Morales is very visible on a daily basis, and has monthly meetings by grade level, where teachers can talk about problems and be listened to.