Best Practices for School Based Teams

1. Best Practices for School Based Teams Presented by: Sheepshead Bay Team New York, Newtown Team New York, Chicago Talent Development Charter High School Team

2. Outline: Introductions Teambuilding Scheduling Implementing the model Collaboration around initiatives Questions for the panel Team planning time

3. Teambuilding • Roles and responsibilities • As individuals, as a team, within the school • On-boarding late members • How do we build strong teams when members begin at different points in the year? • How do we start the year strong will all members on board?

4. Scheduling our Time Together Weekly Meeting schedules and informal check-ins How do our meetings support team building? Who is included in each meeting? Other teams share meeting schedules

5. Scheduling Examples • Sheepshead Bay: • Monday: Cohort Leader Meeting • Tuesday: DN Team Meeting, EWI selection and follow-up meeting • Wednesday: EWI Meetings • Thursday: Tier 1 Meeting • Newtown: • Monday: Meeting with Principal, DN team meeting • Tuesday: EWI meeting group 1 • Wednesday: DN team check in • Thursday: EWI meeting group 2 • Chicago Talent Development: • Tuesday: EWI meetings • Thursday: DN Team meeting

6. Implementing the Model • Goal setting • What are our common goals? What are the school’s goals? What are our individual goals? • Using the STP • How do we use this document as a team? When do we use it? How is it updated? How is this document connected to our goals? Who do we present it to?

7. Implementing the Model continued: Student Support • EWI meetings • How do we use EWI meetings to spur collaboration? • Use of data • EWI data • Implementation data • What do we use to measure positive teaming?

8. Collaboration around Initiatives • Collaboration with School • How do we present DN to our school? • Including other partners in the school • How do we plan initiatives and events? • How do we support our partners work? • On the Cheap

9. Questions for the panel?

10. Team work planning time!