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Leading Reluctant Team Members

Leading Reluctant Team Members. Desired Outcomes. Participants: Recognize the importance of highly effective cross-disciplinary teams in NAF academies Explain how teams functioning as communities of practice can enhance the students’ experience and increase student achievement

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Leading Reluctant Team Members

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  1. Leading Reluctant Team Members

  2. Desired Outcomes • Participants: • Recognize the importance of highly effective cross-disciplinary teams in NAF academies • Explain how teams functioning as communities of practice can enhance the students’ experience and increase student achievement • Demonstrate empathy for the concerns of teachers reluctant to engage in true teaming • Devise strategies for addressing reluctant teachers’ concerns and provide meaningful incentives to increase their involvement

  3. Teaming in NAF Academies How critical are highly effective cross-disciplinary teams to the quality of a NAF Academy? 2. How do students benefit from highly functional academies teams? 3. How do teachers benefit?

  4. Characteristics of a Community of Practice • Shared norms, beliefs, vision and outcomes • Reflective discussions that allow individuals to talk about their challenges and their victories • Collective focus on student learning • New approaches to staff development that lead to common language, shared understandings about teaching and learning and calibration of student work

  5. “Real change begins with the simple act of peopletalking about what they care about.”Margaret J. Wheatley

  6. “Visionis the single most empowering and motivating factor in human organizations. It can bond diverse people together.” Warren Bennis

  7. “It is not a shared vision until it connects with the personal visions of people throughout the organization” Peter Senge

  8. What Team Members Want to Know 1. What is expected of me? 2. What is the reward? 3. Where are we headed? 4. How am I/we doing? 5. How can I improve?

  9. Motivation Preferences-It’s all about… People and Relationships Things and Function Who How What What if… Why Discovery and Processes Creativity and Expression

  10. Motivation Preference—I’ll do it if I can: People and Relationships Things and Function Help Someone Work Together Make a difference Get noticed Improve conditions Talk about Produce it Design it Fix it Organize it Plan it Complete the task/job Create it Draw, paint, write or make it Perform it Find a novel approach Express it Observe, analyze, test it Prove it is right Think it through—explore Find a proper solution Discover Validate it Discovery and Processes Creativity and Expression

  11. Winning and Losing Teams • Focus on the positive • Act as if they “owned” the place • Consider the needs of the team • Focus on the long term • Respect individual differences • Adapt to change in a proactive, flexible, manner • “Rally” when the going gets tough • Add quality, depth, and originality to all they do • Dwell on mistakes • React and feel sorry for themselves • Defend an independent agenda • Focus on immediate goals • Criticize others and their ideas • Find fault and adopt a “doomsday” attitude • Maintain a hard-line and combative attitude • Behave in a counter-productive manner

  12. KeystoEffectiveFacilitation • Be clear on purpose/non-purpose • Determine the ground rules • State the “Why” before the “What” • Develop your ability to ask good questions • Use a consistent model of decision making • Use tools for running effective meetings • Utilize brainstorming techniques to gather input • Focus on the positive aspects of the situation • Adapt to a changing situation in a proactive manner

  13. Motivation Preference—Best Language People and Relationships Things and Function Who is involved? Who will this effect? Who should you work with? Who will be impressed? Talk to me about it. Describe how you felt? How can I help you? Help me to understand? How did this happen? What went wrong? Can you fix it? What should the result be? Can you organize it differently? Can you make a new plan? Do you need different materials? What will work? Can you show me? What should it look like? Can you find a better way to express it? Is there a different way? Can you try something new? What if…? Is there a better way to do this? Why did this happen? What steps are needed to get this solved? What was different this time? Can you find a solution? Did you discover something new? Discovery and Processes Creativity and Expression

  14. “Coming together is a beginning.Keeping together is progress.Working together is success.”John C. Maxwell

  15. “Blessed are the flexible For they shall not get bent out of shape!”

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