Teaming for Success

“Individual commitment to a group effort--that is what

makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work”

Vince Lombardi

The Role of Teacher Teams• Improve Student Achievement– Developing strategies to help students– Extra help, second chance opportunities– Interdisciplinary planning

• Maintain School Climate – Supporting school policies, rules, and procedures– Developing incentives that encourage good behaviorImprove Student Attendance- Parental Involvement- Developing plan and ideas

Advantages of Teacher Teams

• Personalized the learning experience for students

• Share accountability• Motivate each other • Provides support for new teachers• Opportunities for Interdisciplinary

Collaboration

The 4 Stages of Team Development

1. Forming-coming together2. Storming-initial conflict3. Norming-overcoming

obstacles4. Performing-working together

First Signs of Ineffective Teaming

• Teams don’t gel together• Teams are not cohesive in their approach• Teams don’t see eye to eye• Teams can't resolve conflict or disagreements

Shared Leadership – Teams supporting school vision for instruction, tiered student response, and climate

Each group will look at the following two stems:What is the current level of impact of your teams around this pillar and your school goals?If your teams had high levels of efficacy, what would they be doing next around this pillar?