Thursday, July 19, 2007

Puente "Focusing Resources" v1

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Although my original intent was to focus this clip on resources, this seems to be more focused on telling the story of El Puente. I think this is ok since the birth of this school does illustrate a very creative use of resources and an investment in human resources, and it's story is unique. With that in mind, I wonder if we should tell the story in a more linear way. Here's a suggested order if you think that approach will work:

Frances comments: "what we were looking at was a model of community schooling.....seamless experience of support and development that started at 7 in the morning, right through 7 in the evening"

Hector: "none of us had really run a school before, but we had the audacity to think we could run a school"

Joe: comments re: Hector, Frances, and himself and youth empowerment through the arts and young people's passions

Frances: "El Puente...founded 1982..entry points for them to really engage in their own growth and their own empowerment"

Hector: wheel analogy and legacy of effort

Joe's comments re: mural and costs

Hector's comments regarding his high school (do we also have him in his office describing his elementary school in DR and how it was founded by the villagers?)

Joe's comments re: cbo's and support for garden projects

end with Frances "we really started to adapt this concept of holistic development....body, mind, and spirit and to connect that growth to the community" (from beginning of this clip)

Think something like this will work? Thx.

Unknown said...

Also, I think we should title this "Maximizing Human Resources"

Thx.