Leadership Teams: General Guidelines & Suggestions

1. Leadership Teams: General Guidelines & Suggestions Center on PBIS February 2006 George.sugai@uconn.edu

2. Basic Meeting Structure Verified Need Planning Purpose & Outcomes Follow-up & Evaluation Operations Summary of Outcomes & Agreements Content Decisions & Outcomes After Before During

3. Preparing for meeting • Specify purpose/outcome • Invite key members • Make contact with key members • Prepare agenda • Prepare materials • Anticipate & precorrect for roadblocks/speedbumps

4. Conducting meeting • State/restate purpose & expected outcomes • Provide advance organizer • Assign roles/responsibilities • State/restate “rules” & agreements for conducting meeting

5. Review purpose/outcomes frequently • Evaluate whether outcome achieved • Monitor adequacy of progress toward outcome • Encourage progress & participation • Specify action plan (who, where, when, etc.) • Provide frequent acknowledgements • Schedule/plan for next meeting

6. Following-up after meeting • Check/follow-up with key players • Provide appropriate acknowledgements • Complete responsibilities by deadlines • Assess impact • Prepare for next meeting

7. Meeting Agreements & Routines • Solving problems & resolving conflicts • Achieving agreements & making decisions • Specifying measurable outcomes • Setting/modifying agenda & minutes/record • Establishing roles/responsibilities • leader/facilitator, recorder, reporter, etc. • Providing opportunities for participation/ contributions

8. Supporting Social Competence & Academic Achievement 4 PBS Elements OUTCOMES Supporting Decision Making Supporting Staff Behavior DATA SYSTEMS PRACTICES Supporting Student Behavior

9. Conducting Team Meetings (5 min.) 1 Minute New Spokesperson Attention Please • Review “Conducting Leadership Team Meetings” (3) • Establish agreements based on self-assessment • Report 1 agreement from your team discussions (1 min.)