Scrum Beyond Software: Improving Parent-Teacher Conferences at Carroll School

About this episode

This episode discusses how Scrum can enhance the effectiveness of parent-teacher conferences at The Carroll School.

How can Scrum improve something as complex—and personal—as parent-teacher conferences? In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, Dave West is joined by Andrew Nimmer, Assistant Head of the Carroll Upper School, part of The Carroll School, an independent Massachusetts school serving students with language-based learning differences. Together, they explore how a cross-functional team of educators and data specialists used Scrum to streamline and improve the parent-teacher conference...

People in this episode

Host: Dave West

Guest: Andrew Nimmer

Topics covered

• Scrum
• education
• parent-teacher conferences
• cross-functional teams
• improvement processes

Keywords

• Scrum
• parent-teacher conferences
• education
• Carroll School
• cross-functional teams
• improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Carroll School

Places: Massachusetts

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