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Got Data…Where’s the Team? Seven Qualities of High Performing Groups

Maintain a clear focus Today we will address: Coordination vs. Collaboration Seven Qualities Share Ideas

Coordination

Collaboration

from Late Latin collabōrāre, from Latin com- together + labōrāre to work to work jointly with others, to co-labor To collaborate

A mutually beneficial relationship between two or more parties who work toward common goals by sharing responsibility, authority, and accountability for achieving results. David Chrislip & Carl Larson Collaborative Leadership To collaborate

A process through which parties who see different aspects of a problem can constructively explore their differences and search for solutions that go beyond their own limited vision of what is possible. Barbara Gray Collaborating: Finding Common Ground for Multiparty Problems To collaborate

Collaboration

Seven Qualities of High Performing Groups

High Performing Groups Maintain a clear focus

Clear and measurable goals

Maintain a clear focus Clear and measurable goals Hold long-term vision

Maintain a clear focus Clear and measurable goals Hold long-term vision Minimize distractions

High Performing Groups Embrace a spirit of inquiry

Ask genuine questions

Embrace a spirit of inquiry Ask genuine questions Avoid quick conclusions

Embrace a spirit of inquiry Ask genuine questions Avoid quick conclusions Develop novel solutions

Quick Write Improve Discuss the following questions:

Maintain a clear focus In what ways do we... ? Embrace a spirit of inquiry Given your group’s target goals, think about some “what if’s?”, “why not’s?” and other novel questions that might support your work. Are your group’s mission and goals clear to all? What are some things that keep your group focused? What are some ways you handle distractions?

Put data at the center High Performing Groups

Put Data at the Center Data focus conversations

Put Data at the Center Data focus conversations Formative & summative

Put Data at the Center Data focus conversations Formative & summative Data drive all decisions

High Performing Groups Honor commitments

Honor Commitments Learners and learning

Honor Commitments Learners and learning Melding of individual agendas

Honor Commitments Learners and learning Melding of individual agendas Consideration of all students

Quick Write Stregnth Discuss the questions that follow:

Put data at the center In what ways do we... ? Honor commitments What are some data sources tapped by your group? How is data used to focus your conversations; inform your progress? What is most important to your group? How are priorities selected and maintained?

High Performing Groups Cultivate Relational Trust

Presume positive intentions

Cultivate Relational Trust Presume positive intentions Congruence

Cultivate Relational Trust Presume positive intentions Congruence Communication

Seek Equity High Performing Groups

Seek Equity Balance participation

Seek Equity Balance participation Psychological safety

Seek Equity Balance participation Psychological safety Cognitive conflict

Assume collective responsibility High Performing Groups

Assume Collective Responsibility Accountability: From Old French, acunter, accomputare To count up, to reckon. Answerable

Assume Collective Responsibility Accountability: From Old French, acunter, accomputare To count up, to reckon. Answerable Responsibility: From Latin. Respondere, to respond, obligation. A duty, an obligation, to promise in return, Capable of making moral or rational decisions on one’s own and therefore answerable for one’s behavior.

Quick Write Goal Discuss the questions that follow:

Cultivate relational trust Seek equity Assume collective responsibility In what ways do we... ? How would you rate relational trust in your group (on a scale of 1-10)? How balanced are your groups? What voices are represented? What other resources might be important to recruit? Share some aspect of your group work that requires and engages ALL members?

The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team. Phil Jackson Phil Jackson Powerful Collaboratives

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