Step 7. Keep schools motivated
Perhaps the most important role a coordinator plays is to keep
school staff motivated. With all the pressures and demands made
on schools it is easy for their plans for your project to slip.
You will need to find a balance between being a useful reminder
to school staff involved in your project and being too demanding.
Generally, they will be very appreciative of prompting phone calls,
emails, letters and newsletters.
"I think it keeps you going. I'd probably
forget an awful lot if I didn't suddenly
get a friendly email through, and you'll think, 'I haven't done
that. Right,
I must do'. It prompts you to do it - it's not a pain, it just prompts
you to do it."
a school coordinator
Visits to schools for meetings and to provide practical support
are also a key part of a coordinator's job. See the tables on pages
20-21 for a list of the activities done by schools involved in the
Grab 5! pilot project. The coordinators provided practical support
in many of these activities, such as providing and preparing the
fruit for tasting sessions, demonstrating smoothie making, suggesting
organisations to contact for health weeks and coordinating theatre
group visits.
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