1. EMPOWERING REFLECTIVE & COLLABORATIVE TEAMS
Ryan Guffey & Mitch Freihoff
March 4th, 2019

2. Inclusion Activities Yourself in Relation to the Group
Bring Energy into the Room
Collective Group

3. Inclusion Activity: Grounding
HOW
Speak in Round Robin fashion
Attend to the speaker non-verbally
Stay away from “Me-To, I agree, Can you clarify that etc”
The first person who starts will offer a summarizing paraphrase to the group
*Be Prepared to share WHOLE GROUP
WHAT & WHY
Establish Norms of Respectful Listening
Focuses Mental into Here and Now
Every person’s voice in the room in non-confrontive way
Surfaces thoughts and feelings
Expressions of hope
Surfaces Hidden Agendas (concerns for topic or having to leave early)

4. Grounding My Name and Organization
Your commitment that brought you here today.
What might be some feelings you have about being here today?
My expectations for the day

5. DEBRIEF
People don’t learn from experience. They learn from REFLECTING on their experience.
Process
Content

6. Ways to Connect Today
Twitter-
#showmepd19
#ssdlearns

7. Session Description Session outcomes
Learn how to lead and leverage group member capabilities in order to sustain, grow, and improve collaborative groups.
Even teams with high efficacy can experience moments of “stuckness” this session will provide intentional strategies that will support teams with engagement, effective dialogue, and a common focus.
Come play and leave with applicable strategies that can be implemented with immediacy!
Learn strategies and skills that will support group and team member development.
Learn and explore application of facilitation strategies first hand, with adult groups, as well as with students in the classroom.
Analyze critical features of an effective team and determine points of entry to support team growth.

8. AGENDA Welcome/Inclusion Productive Meetings Energy Sources Reflection
Strategy Harvest
Closing

9. A Pattern for Delivery What?
Name and describe the strategy, task, activity
Why?
Offer the rationale, purpose, research behind
How?
Steps visually available
Adapted from Adaptive Schools Foundation Seminar;
Thinking Collaborative

10. TRIPLE Track AGenda
Strategies to support the learning here in the room
Applications for these strategies and tips for sharing them with other adult groups
Applications for these strategies with students in the classroom
Adapted from Adaptive Schools Foundation Seminar;
Thinking Collaborative

11. PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS

12. Sort Cards
LESS-PRODUCTIVE
PRODUCTIVE

13. Expert Jigsaw: Energy Sources
Number off Read corresponding passage:
1 Efficacy
2 Flexibility
3 Cratsmanship
4 Consciousness
5 Interdependence
Each group comprises a working definition to bring back to their home base.
Adapted from Adaptive Schools Foundation Seminar;
Thinking Collaborative

14. Expert Jigsaw: Energy Sources
Return to home group
1’s, 2’s and so on share expertise with group
Round Robin Fashion
Adapted from Adaptive Schools Foundation Seminar;
Thinking Collaborative

15. Sort Cards
Revisiting
Locate individual post-its notes of productive meetings.
Group post-its together by common themes as table group.

16. SOURCE MAPPING
As a group place post its of common themes with designated energy sources(high)
Adapted from Adaptive Schools Foundation Seminar;
Thinking Collaborative

17. EYE CONTACT PARTNER LESS-PRODUCTIVE
Revisit your post-it of “unproductive” meeting characteristics
When prompted, stand and make eye contact with someone not at your table.
With your eye contact partner, share your “*” item and dialogue about which energy source is low that impacts that item the most.
LESS-PRODUCTIVE

18. GALLERY WALK

19. Debrief: Content and process
People don’t learn from experience. They learn from REFLECTING on their experience.

20. PERSONAL REFLECTION WHY HOW GO INTERNAL
Opportunity to connect back to outcomes, explore strategies and leveraging energy sources as an entry point to cultivate your collaborative leadership.
WHY
HOW
Journaling
Action Plan
GO INTERNAL

21. MostImportantPoint

22. STRATEGY HARVEST Adapted from Adaptive Schools Foundation Seminar;
Thinking Collaborative

24. SESSION FEEDBACK