Session 2 - Building Effective Teams Tobin Bechtel – [email protected] Leadership for school improvement – IBALevel 3 Maimi – 29-31 October 2011

Session 2 - Building Effective Teams

Tobin Bechtel – [email protected]

Leadership for school improvement – IBALevel 3

Maimi – 29-31 October 2011

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2007

Best of times, worst of times

Best team you ever worked with – what made it so?• Characteristics and characters…

Worst team you have ever observed or been part of?• Characteristics and characters

table share • Chart characteristics and roles

• A Good Team is / A good team is not

• present back one of each from each table (2 different people)

Important norm - confidentiality

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A Team Situation

Cascades Situation 12 items Step 1 – individually

rank these Step 2 – team

agreement

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7 Norms of Collaborative Work

Pausing Paraphrasing Probing Putting ideas on the table Paying attention to self and others Presuming positive presuppositions Pursuing a balance between advocacy and inquiry

• (Garmston and Wellman, 1999)

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Belbin Self Perception Inventory

Positive Team Roles


Tuchman’s model – a cycle

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Factors Involved in Team Building

Leadership – • single most important factor

in determining the quality of teamwork

• Balance point – too much or too little control

• Flexible and gradual leading to respect

Team membership – • necessary capabilities• mix of talents• consistency• synergy

Team commitment – • Goals and

accomplishments need to be worthwhile and personally satisfying

• Collective caring to help all succeed

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Characteristics of high performing teams

1. Productivity

2. Empathy

3. Roles and Goals

4. Flexibility

5. Open Communication

6. Recognition and Rewards

7. Morale

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Guidelines for effective teamwork

Develop a ‘Team Charter’• Purpose• Scope & Expectations• Report Out• Implementation

Consider team size Joint Goal and Objective Setting Team Planning Full Use of Resources Periodic Group Performance Review

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What collaborative tasks need teams?

Possible team arrangements• Course level teams that include all teachers of that course• Grade level teams that include all teachers of the grade• Grade level teams that also include support or resource

teachers – ESL, Learning Support, technology, etc.• Department or subject level teams • Vertical teams – K-2 or all French teachers• Similar responsibility teams that allow for specialists to team

with general ed. With whom they share students and content• Interdisciplinary teams meeting overarching curricular goals• Others?• Differences between task forces and teams

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Documents

Session 2 - Building Effective Teams Tobin Bechtel – [email protected] Leadership for school improvement – IBALevel 3 Maimi – 29-31 October 2011