1. Effective & Efficient Teaming Principles and Practices of the Vermont PBS Leadership Team

2. Big Idea The team is the cornerstone of the learning organization
Big Idea The team is the cornerstone of the learning organization. What really matters is how people make decisions and take action- how the team thinks and acts together Peter Senge

3. PDSA Cycle Act Plan Study Do Team Agreements Data-based Evaluation
Dean A. Fixsen and Karen A. Blasé, 2006
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Agreements
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SAY: In general, the implementation of a school-wide PBS approach at the school level is built around five main implementation steps.
Study Do
Implementation

4. The PBS Leadership Team
Includes the building administrator in an active role
Applies effective team procedures during monthly
meetings
Conducts data-based decision making and problem
solving
Conducts self-assessments, goal setting and action
planning
Shares data with stakeholders on a regular basis

5. Effective Meeting Practices
Make it easy for team members to participate and stay up-to-date
Assign a facilitator to actively structure meetings
Establish and use roles and norms
Conduct meetings on a regular basis, as the decision cycle requires
Build in time to process each meeting
Record and distribute minutes of topics, decisions and actions

6. Common Mistakes Ineffective facilitation
Failure to establish and use team norms
Simultaneous conversations
Tangents or off-topic conversations
Too much or too little meeting documentation

7. So What Can We Do? Review team profile for representative membership
Determine a regular meeting time
Establish roles
Team facilitator, recorder, timekeeper, etc.
Rotate roles at each meeting or keep constant
Create and use a standard agenda format
Follow established meeting procedures
Determine basic agenda items and amount of time
Set date for the next meeting

8. So What Can We Do? Show respect through meeting norms Communicate
Start and stop on time
Reschedule cancelled meetings
Acknowledge contributions
Communicate
Distribute meeting minutes
Give updates at staff meetings, in newsletters, etc.
Assess team results and process
Conduct implementation checklist monthly
Reflect on team process and apply to skill building

9. Activity #1 Team Profile and Agreements
1. Work as a team to discuss and decide on your team profile and agreements, using the Leadership Team Profile and “Getting Started” Agreements Template.
2. Record on your PBS Implementation Action Plan any agreements that have not been made during this work session and need to be completed in the future.

10. 2006-07 Progress Report (January 2008)
Big Idea
The ultimate goal of PBIS is to establish systems that enable educators to “work smarter.” Illinois Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports Network
Progress Report (January 2008)

11. Activity #2 ”Working Smarter”
Work as a team to complete the “Working Smarter” Team Matrix.
2. Record on your PBS Implementation Action Plan any “working smarter” actions that need to be completed in the future.