Support Services Department- Leadership Teams

1. Support ServicesDepartment- Leadership Teams Involving Everyone in continuous improvement!

2. Leaders set and communicate direction! Support services department leadership teams will set direction within the department to align efforts to the District strategic plan

3. Employees within effective Support Service Departments… • Know “what is most important” in the department • What is “most important” is stated in the Department plan on a page: • Vision, • Mission, • Goals, • Values/Beliefs • Measures

4. Employees within effective Support Service Departments… • Recognize how their work directly contributes to the Department Plan on a Page • Efforts are aligned to the mission and goals of the Department Plan on a Page. • SMART goals provide clarity (specific, measureable, attainable, realistic and time bound). • In turn, every employee within the department needs to identify how their work is aligned to the department goals

5. Employees within effective Support Service Departments… • Understand how progress will be measured toward the Department Plan on a Page. • Identify measures that show “in-process” progress toward department goals • Data displays can serve as the public visual to drive improvements • Every employee needs to understand how their individual contributions can be measured to determine their effectiveness as well

6. 2010-11 Key tasks • Department Plan on a Page • Connecting support service departments to the strategic plan • Department Balanced Scorecard • Using data to identify opportunities for improvement and monitor progress of the department plan on a page • Implementing a department data display • Continuous Improvement • Use quality tools and process to seek stakeholder input and drive improvement within the department

7. How will all this be accomplished? Department Leadership Teams will: • Model and demonstrate teamwork, collaboration and shared leadership within their team • Set and communicate direction within the department • Practice continuous improvement within the • department through quality tools and processes • Constantly seek input from all employees within the department (and customers outside the department) to ensure the “Voice of the Customer” is heard

8. District Leadership Team Members • Board • Superintendent/Cabinet • Building Administrators • Dunlap Education Association • Teachers • Students • Support Staff • Parents • Community Members

9. District Leadership Team Tasks • Set and communicate direction for the District • Monitor the Strategic Plan implementation • Monitor the District Dashboard measures • Meet Quarterly

10. Welcome & Introductions • As a team/department… • What do you hope are the outcomes of the implementation of a Department Leadership Team? • What do you want to accomplish as a team?

11. Introductions with the entire group • Find someone from another department… • Name • Department/Position • Why you are here? • Why did you want to serve on the Department Leadership Team?

12. Housekeeping… • Use of email • Web site • Materials (binders & booklets) • Future Meetings • August 16th, 2010 • 10:30 am-11:30am @ DHS • September 8th, 2010 • 11:00am – 4:00 pm (location TBD) • November 12th, 2010 • 1:00pm – 4:00pm (location TBD) • January 14th, 2010 • 1:00pm – 4:00pm (location TBD) • April 15th, 2010 • 1:00pm – 4:00pm (location TBD)

13. Agenda for September 8th • Overview of workshops • Purpose/Outcomes & Deliverables • Why District Leadership Teams? • Establish norms- how will we operate as a team? • The Power of Alignment! • The Department Plan on a Page- • What is it? How will we use it? How do we create it? • Planning for stakeholder input • Who will be involved? • When will the activities take place and input collected? • How will input be solicited? • Other details to gather stakeholder input? • Next Steps/Meeting evaluation

15. Support ServicesDepartment- Leadership Teams Involving Everyone in continuous improvement!