1. Teaming for Success

2. “Individual commitment to a group effort--that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work”
Vince Lombardi

3. The Role of Teacher Teams
Improve Student Achievement
Developing strategies to help students
Extra help, second chance opportunities
Interdisciplinary planning
Maintain School Climate
Supporting school policies, rules, and procedures
Developing incentives that encourage good behavior
Improve Student Attendance
Parental Involvement
Developing plan and ideas

4. Advantages of Teacher Teams
Personalized the learning experience for students
Share accountability
Motivate each other
Provides support for new teachers
Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Collaboration

5. The 4 Stages of Team Development
Forming-coming together
Storming-initial conflict
Norming-overcoming obstacles
Performing-working together

6. First Signs of Ineffective Teaming
Teams don’t gel together
Teams are not cohesive in their approach
Teams don’t see eye to eye
Teams can't resolve conflict or disagreements

7. Shared Leadership – Teams supporting school vision for instruction, tiered student response, and climate
Each group will look at the following two stems: What is the current level of impact of your teams around this pillar and your school goals? If your teams had high levels of efficacy, what would they be doing next around this pillar?