Gwangju Office of Education Successfully Completes 'Regional Consulting for Staff Associations'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] The Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 15th that it conducted ‘Regional Consulting for Staff Councils’ for 331 officers of staff councils from all kindergartens, elementary, middle, high, and special schools at the Gwangju Education Training Institute from the 9th to the 13th.

This consulting, conducted by forming 21 consultative bodies by school level and size, was prepared to guide the operation methods of school staff councils, share difficulties in operating the staff councils, and seek improvement measures.

During the consulting, the staff council operation workbook, ‘Try Operating the Staff Council Like This!’ was introduced, and the operation achievements of unit school staff councils this year were shared through school case presentations (5 elementary schools, 5 middle schools).

After the case presentations, the Brain Writing technique was applied to practice the processes of ▲opening minds ▲collecting opinions ▲explaining agenda proposals ▲selecting agendas ▲discussing agendas and decision-making ▲suggestions that can be applied to actual staff councils.

The Metropolitan Office of Education plans to analyze the current status of unit school staff council operations, supplement deficiencies, and produce a ‘Staff Autonomy Casebook’ to spread excellent cases.

Hyun Seok-ryong, Director of Policy Planning at the Metropolitan Office of Education, said, “A democratic staff council is the first step toward realizing school autonomy where students, parents, and staff participate together in school management, and we will continue to strive to establish a culture of staff councils with agendas and discussions.”

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