Delete this text and type team members’ names MathScience UNITED Protocol Steps for Teaching Success This is your title slide. Enter your team name and your team members. Be sure to delete extraneous text and directions. REMEMBER to rename and save your presentation. Delete this text and type team members’ names

Unveil beliefs, vision, and mission UNITED Protocol Unveil beliefs, vision, and mission Beliefs guide our work, our words, our actions…what are your individual beliefs about teaching and learning? Name Role Individual Beliefs about Teaching and Learning Enter your name and your grade level. Add your individual beliefs to the table. Customize the table to best represent your team by deleting or adding text, columns, etc.

Unveil beliefs, vision, and mission UNITED Protocol Unveil beliefs, vision, and mission Your team’s shared beliefs are cornerstone of your collaboration as partners. These beliefs will guide your words and actions as a team and contribute to how you function as a cohesive unit. ~ Capture your team’s shared beliefs ~ The beliefs you have in common WE BELIEVE… 1. All can learn. 2. Different styles of learning = different methods of delivery 3. Learning best occurs in a ‘safe’ environment 4. With ownership on part of the student comes higher quality work and effort 5. Discuss commonalities in your beliefs. Identify a minimum of 3 beliefs you share. Different styles of learning = different methods of delivery Learning best occurs in a ‘safe’ environment Must instill a sense of ownership Relative to students life to insure interest

Unveil beliefs, vision, and mission UNITED Protocol Unveil beliefs, vision, and mission A vision statement is about significant improvement, the difference you want to make, and where you want to end up as a teaching team. OUR VISION Our vision is a teaching partnership with collaborative efforts to support the learning needs and styles of our students where we share ideas, strategies, and materials that will enrich our individual classroom instruction. Think about your shared beliefs and the teaching team you envision for yourselves. What is your partnership’s highest potential? What do you hope to achieve as a partnership? Consider these statements and enter your partnership’s vision on the slide: Our vision is a teaching partnership that … collaborates to support the learning needs and styles of our students Our vision is a teaching partnership where … sharing ideas, strategies, materials to enrich our individual classroom instruction How help each other meet our shared beliefs goals Math tutorial time meet needs of different learners, individualize flow of skills from grade to grade Consistency of… vocabulary, expectations, use of tools (calc, safety rules, equipment, manipulatives, …) that meets the students where they are academically providing them with the needs of each individual student

Unveil beliefs, vision, and mission UNITED Protocol Unveil beliefs, vision, and mission A mission puts your vision into practice. What will you do to bring forth your vision ? OUR MISSION meet regularly to share tools, strategies, and enrichment materials; discuss students needs; plan enrichment; map progression of material. Your mission is a concise statement of the action you will take to bring forth your vision. Discuss your mission as a partnership and enter on the slide. Meet regularly; share tools, strategies, and enrichment materials; discuss students needs; plan enrichment; map progression of material

Unveil beliefs, vision and mission UNITED Protocol Unveil beliefs, vision and mission The vision and mission should link together since the mission explains how you will realize your vision. OUR VISION and MISSION To form a teaching partnership in which we meet regularly to share tools, strategies, and enrichment materials; discuss students needs; plan enrichment; map progression of curriculum in an effort to provide a strong student centered education Link your vision and mission into a fluid statement of how you will move your partnership forward in the direction of your vision. REMEMBER to save your presentation so far.

Name operating standards UNITED Protocol Name operating standards A high performing teaching team is guided by core set of standards that promote positive interactions and efficiency. Operating standards foster a basic discipline for high performance teamwork. BOUNDLESS LEARNING TEACHING: Operating Standards Listen to understand. Complete activities on time. Participate and contribute to the team. Respect each other. Offer help willingly. Be organized and prepared. Show work. Put forth honest effort. Review the list of Operating Standard for the Boundless Learning Teaching Program. Discuss what these standards will look like and sound like for your partnership. How would an outside observer know these standards are in place in your team meetings and carried over to individual classrooms? Click on the text box and insert one or two additional standards that are important to your team.

LOOKS LIKE..SOUNDS LIKE..FEELS LIKE UNITED Protocol Identify six high performance teaming principles LOOKS LIKE..SOUNDS LIKE..FEELS LIKE POSITIVE INTERDEPENDENCE “Sink or Swim Together” Demonstration of an understanding that all members of the partnership are vital to reaching the team’s goals Support of one another to maximize your individual and team potential INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITY “No Free Riders” Demonstration of an understanding that all team members share equal responsibility in all aspects of planning for classroom instruction. PERFORMANCE MONITORING “Check it out” Assessment of the teaching team’s progress in reaching team goals and demonstration of teaming principles and operating standards Shared decision making about areas of improvement and change ENGAGEMENT & MOMENTUM “Energize and Execute” Active involvement of all team members in every aspect: planning, implementation, assessment Frequent and purposeful interactions Collaborative data analysis, problem-solving, and exchange of information and resources Energy, involvement, interactions of the teaching team benefits students COLLABORATIVE COMPETENCE “All for One and One for All” Competence and cooperation in planning, implementing, managing, and evaluating teaching Positive conflict resolution TECHNOLOGY OPTIMIZATION “Power Up and Produce” Use of technology to fulfill teaching responsibilities Shared responsibility for integrating technology tools that improve student performance and learning Review each high performance teaming principle and the “Looks Like…Sounds Like…Feels Like” description. Ensure that both you and your partner have a solid understanding of each principle. Consider how these principles will guide your collaborative partnership. Which principles do you demonstrate now? Which can you strengthen as a partnership? Which will have the greatest impact on your students?

SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE TARGETS UNITED Protocol Target goals Goals direct planning and teaching activities and provide benchmarks for teachers to assess progress throughout the year. Specific with clear outcomes of what you want to accomplish Measurable indication of what you accomplished Attainable through a series of action steps Results-oriented toward targeted change Time-bound with clear action steps across a manageable timeline TIMELINE SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE TARGETS RESULTS November 4 Bi-Weekly planning meetings Support for planning lessons in grade levels October monthly usage of manipulatives Multisensory input for students September Material checkout process Accountability GOALS: (example) By November 4, our collegial consultation partnership will meet bi-weekly to help support each other as we plan lessons for our grade level as evidenced by our weekly calendars and lesson plans. Discuss two attainable goals for your partnership in the coming months. Use the goal template above to develop your goals. Type in your goals into the template. Discuss how you will monitor your progress on reaching these goals. How often will you review your progress? REMEMBER to save your presentation. Regular Meeting time, student discussion, material checkout plan, monthly new usage of manipulatives,

Seek student understanding UNITED Protocol Establish team identity S Share 3 – 5 interests, activities, work style, etc. Problem solving Hands-on-approach Seek student understanding I Identify commonalities & differences Math/science/teaching styles/ G Generate team name that reflects your beliefs Math Muckers N Notify stakeholders (administrators, students, colleagues, parents ) of your team identity Use this slide to establish your team identity. The SIGN Protocol provides a structure for completing this activity: Share 3 – 5 things you enjoy, interests, activities, work styles, etc. Identify commonalities and differences between your team members Generate a team name that reflects your team’s beliefs, commonalities, and content expertise Notify others of your identity by entering your team name on the UNITED Protocol Use a variety of technology resources to create a representation of your team (photos, illustrations, logos, etc.). Make sure that your final slide includes: Team Name, Team Logo, Team Members, Vision/Mission, Goals for the first quarter, and any additional operating standards that are important to your team. REMEMBER to save your presentation.

Determine logistics for working together UNITED Protocol Determine logistics for working together Logistics is about managing the flow of information, resources, and people’s needs in order to meet the goals of a group/team or organization. It is developing a support system that moves a program forward. Come up with one creative way for meeting and supporting each other as we implement the LIFT initiative. Logistics *outdoor meetings Save and exit this your presentation.