Building Teamwork Skills Into Instructional Teams

Focus of our session  Learn about teaming  Experience different structures and tools to support teams  Explore tools and structures for collaborative teaching  Time to plan, discuss, collaborate

Morning Agenda  10:45 – Welcome & Check in  11:00 – What is Instructional Teaming?  11:20 – Defining YOUR Team  Big Picture of Teaming  Talking about the day-to-day  11:30 – Team Time  11:50 – Check Out

Afternoon Agenda  1:00 – Check In  1:10 – Structures for Co-Teaching and Co-Planning  1:50 – Team Time  2:05 – Wrap up & Check Out

Why did you go into teaching?

As you watch the video…. What aligns with your current thinking about Instructional Teams? What questions does this raise for you?

Defining Your Team Big Picture Who are we as individuals? What are our personal goals? What past experiences do we bring to this team? Day-to-Day Details Who is going to call parents? Who is going to do the bulletin boards? How will we keep track of student work?

Defining Your Team Big Picture Who are we as individuals? What are our personal goals? What past experiences do we bring to this team? Day-to-Day Details Who is going to call parents? Who is going to do the bulletin boards? How will we keep track of student work?

Check Out Please fill out the slip of paper and LEAVE it at your space for us to look at. Have a great lunch! See you at 1:00pm

Afternoon Agenda  1:00 – Check In  1:10 – Structures for Co-Teaching and Co-Planning  1:50 – Team Time  2:05 – Wrap up & Check Out

If I were in my classroom/school I would be….. But I’m HERE now!

Gallery & Graffiti Walk As you see the different teaching structures make comments about…… Positives & Negatives of the structure What would need to be planned for to use this structure? What curricular areas would make sense for us to use this structure?

Beat The Power Point As a team … fill your note card by responding to the prompts on the next slide. You have 5 minutes. GO!

Beat The PPT What structures are needed to be an effective team? What topics are important for you to cover? What school and meeting routines are important?

Now... Count the Points! If I share something that you’ve written on your note card, you get 1 point! If you have something on your note card I didn’t share … you get 2 points!! Now … count up your points … And the winning team is …

Co-Planning Structures Agenda Ways to generate agenda items –Post its through out the week –Generate it the week before –A Team Planning Notebook –At the beginning of the meeting –End of meeting & beginning of the next – s through out the week –Timeline for getting agenda items to facilitator –Your ideas?

More Structures & Format Ideas Roles / Responsibilities Roles / Responsibilities Assignment of duties Assignment of duties Time lines for completion Time lines for completion Establishing standing items for discussion Establishing standing items for discussion Creating a regular structure for note taking Creating a regular structure for note taking Creating a list of students who might need accommodations Creating a list of students who might need accommodations

Planning Formats / Styles By content area By unit For a period of time using assessment data

Things to Think About … Can you make accommodations for an area that is repeated throughout the year on a regular basis? (spelling, writing process) Do you need to have a regular time to evaluate your teaming? Have you built in reflection time to see if your lessons or accommodations need to be fine tuned?

Implementing the Plan Who is going to do what? Who is going to do what? Who will lead the lesson? Who will lead the lesson? What role will others play? What role will others play? Assign specific roles for an adult to do during the lesson Assign specific roles for an adult to do during the lesson Assign roles for support staff not in the meeting – SEA, BRS Assign roles for support staff not in the meeting – SEA, BRS How will this information be communicated to them? How will this information be communicated to them?

Communication Will we keep a record of our meetings? Where and how? How will we communicate with team members who are absent?

Contingency Plans  When there is a sub …  What if one of us are gone on a team meeting day?

Now... Count the Points!  If I share something that you’ve written on your note card, you get 1 point!  If you have something on your note card I didn’t share … you get 2 points!!  Now … count up your points … And the winning team is …

Focus of our session Learn about teaming Experience different structures and tools to support teams Explore tools and structures for collaborative teaching Time to plan, discuss, collaborate

Ways to Seek Support Julie Frentz Allis Elementary madison.k12.wi.us Amy Krauthamer-Maloney Huegel Elementary madison.k12.wi.us Who is in your building that can help you?

What is one thing that you are really excited about for this year?