Best Practices for School Based Teams Presented by: Sheepshead Bay Team New York, Newtown Team New York, Chicago Talent Development Charter High School Team

Outline:  Introductions  Teambuilding  Scheduling  Implementing the model  Collaboration around initiatives  Questions for the panel  Team planning time

Teambuilding  Roles and responsibilities  As individuals, as a team, within the school  On-boarding late members  How do we build strong teams when members begin at different points in the year?  How do we start the year strong will all members on board?

Scheduling our Time Together  Weekly Meeting schedules and informal check-ins  How do our meetings support team building?  Who is included in each meeting?  Other teams share meeting schedules

Scheduling Examples  Sheepshead Bay:  Monday: Cohort Leader Meeting  Tuesday: DN Team Meeting, EWI selection and follow-up meeting  Wednesday: EWI Meetings  Thursday: Tier 1 Meeting  Newtown:  Monday: Meeting with Principal, DN team meeting  Tuesday: EWI meeting group 1  Wednesday: DN team check in  Thursday: EWI meeting group 2  Chicago Talent Development:  Tuesday: EWI meetings  Thursday: DN Team meeting

Implementing the Model  Goal setting  What are our common goals? What are the school’s goals? What are our individual goals?  Using the STP  How do we use this document as a team? When do we use it? How is it updated? How is this document connected to our goals? Who do we present it to?

Implementing the Model continued: Student Support  EWI meetings  How do we use EWI meetings to spur collaboration?  Use of data  EWI data  Implementation data  What do we use to measure positive teaming?

Collaboration around Initiatives  Collaboration with School  How do we present DN to our school?  Including other partners in the school  How do we plan initiatives and events?  How do we support our partners work?  On the Cheap

Questions for the panel?

Team work planning time!