Missouri Integrated Model Mid-Year Meeting – January 14, 2009

1. Missouri Integrated ModelMid-Year Meeting – January 14, 2009 Topical Discussion: Teams and Teaming Dr. Doug Hatridge Donna Alexander School Resource Specialist Reading First Consultant Central RPDC Central RPDC Ben Franklin MIM Implementation Facilitator

2. Today’s Agenda • The Model: The focus of the Team • The Process: The tools of the Team • The Team: A Model and Process for Teaming, including a Practical Application Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

3. Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

4. STAGES OF IMPLEMENTATION Year 1: Exploration & Adoption: Taking inventory, Looking at reality, Setting priorities Year 2: Program Installation: Setting the stage Year 3-4: Initial Implementation: Taking action, Self-monitoring, Plan revisited, Getting ready for scaling-up Year 5 and Beyond: Full Operation: Scaling-up Innovation:Planning for sustainability Sustainability: Cycle of implementation Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

5. Getting Ready • Gather interested stakeholders. • The first step is to gather stakeholders to discuss the MIM and their interest in implementation • Prepare for self-study • This preparation for the self-study involves initial discussions of current practices and available resources, meeting with the Implementation Facilitator, and establishing MIM leadership teams. - - - - - - - - - - - Section III—Process: Implementation Guide and Tools for Pilot Schools MIM Blueprint Pilot Phase v 1.0 Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

6. Self-Study • The purpose of the MIM Self-Study: • To assist in determining the extent to which their systems and practices are aligned with the MIM essential features. • To provide a foundation for universal academic and behavior support. • As the self-study is completed: • “Take inventory” of current resources, skills, and expertise. • “Look at the reality” of current practices. Evaluate current practices using current and reliable data from multiple sources. • Engage all school staff and the community in discussion about the MIM. • Work closely with the MIM support network to facilitate the process. Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

7. Action Planning • Action planning involves translating the self-study finding into SMART goals, listing action steps for achieving the goal, identifying resources for supporting the work, and delineating data sources for measuring progress. • As goals are discussed, consider how the need for educator support is integrated across the Essential Features. • Similar to composing goals, it is important to consider how the action steps can be integrated. • Likewise, consider how resources can be integrated to optimize outcomes.   Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

8. MIM EQUATION Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

9. Effective Teams

10. What makes a team effective? Collaboration CollaborationCollaboration! Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

11. What is Collaboration? Collaboration is a systematic process in which we work together, interdependently, as a team to analyze and impact professional practice in order to improve our individual and collective results Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

12. If we are to build collaborative cultures by developing the capacity of staff to work together as members of high-performing collaborative teams, we must be clear on what we mean by “team”. Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

13. Are you a Working Group or a TEAM? Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

14. Effective Teams Must Have • Team norms that guide collaboration • Collaboration embedded in routine practices • Time for collaboration built in school day and school calendar • Products of collaboration • Teams focused on key questions • Specific and measurable performance goals • Access to relevant information • Decision making models • Conflict resolution strategies • Effective listening techniques Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

15. Norms that address how the meeting should run Establishing NormsProcess • Begin and end on time • Agenda will be provided before meeting and followed • Come prepared for the meeting • Turn off (vibrate) cell phones • Provide timely breaks Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

16. Norms which address how the people in the team will work together Establishing NormsLearning • Acknowledge opinions of others in a positive manner • Allow others to speak without interruption • Listen attentively by verbally validating what others say and having no side conversations Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

17. Norms of High Performing Teams • Willingness to consider matters from another’s perspective • Accurate understanding of spoken and unspoken feelings and concerns of team members • Willingness to confront a team member who violates norms • Communicating positive regard, caring, and respect • Willingness and ability to evaluate the team’s own effectiveness • Seeking feedback about and evidence of team effectiveness from internal and external sources • Maintaining a positive outlook and attitude • Proactive Problem-solving • Awareness of how to group contributes to the purpose and goals of the larger organization. Coleman Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

18. Tips for Team Norms • Each team establishes own norms • Norms are stated as commitments to act/behave in certain ways • Norms are reviewed at the beginning and end of each meeting until internalized • Norms requires teams to assess its effectiveness every six months. This assessment should include review of adherence to norms and the need to identify new norms • Less is more. A few key norms are better than a laundry list • Violations of norms must be addressed Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

19. Practical Application

20. Effective Teams Must Have • Team norms that guide collaboration • Collaboration embedded in routine practices • Time for collaboration built in school day and school calendar • Products of collaboration • Teams focused on key questions • Specific and measurable performance goals • Access to relevant information • Decision making models • Conflict resolution strategies • Effective listening techniques Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

21. MIM EQUATION Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

22. Are you a Working Group or a TEAM? Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

23. Your Questions??? Teams and Teaming, Mid-Year Meeting, Jan 2009

24. Dr. Doug Hatridge School Resource Specialist (PLC) Central RPDC 800.762.4146 dhatridge@ucmo.edu Donna Alexander Reading First Consultant Central RPDC 800.762.4146 dalexander@ucmo.edu Ben Franklin MIM Implementation Facilitator 816.808.4524 franklincb@umkc.edu