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School Leadership Teams: School-Based Shared Decision-Making

School Leadership Teams: School-Based Shared Decision-Making. Reflection.

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School Leadership Teams: School-Based Shared Decision-Making

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  1. School Leadership Teams:School-Based Shared Decision-Making

  2. Reflection You have been elected to serve a very important role in your school. As a member of the School Leadership Team you will have the opportunity to help shape the school’s educational plan. Think carefully about what you can contribute to the team’s efforts to ensure the school meets the needs of every student.

  3. School Leadership Team Myths True False True True False True False

  4. Background

  5. Decision-Making Unanimous: All members of the group agree ExecutiveDecision: Leader Decides Expert: Group defers to an expert or small group Consensus Each member agrees to support decision Majority Rule: More than half of the group votes in favor Default: Decision made by an action or inaction

  6. Consensus-Based Decision-Making

  7. Consensus-Based Decision-Making • The Process of Consensus Decision Making There are multiple models of how to make decisions by consensus that vary the number of steps the group will employ to reach consensus and finalize decisions. The basic model involves collaboratively generating a proposal, identifying unsatisfied concerns, and then modifying the proposal to generate as much agreement as possible.

  8. Consensus-Based Decision-Making • To ensure that all members have an opportunity to express their ideas, SLTs must use consensus-based decision-making as their means of making decisions. • If consensus is reached about a proposal, a decision is made. • If not, modifications are made to the proposal until consensus is reached. • Members need not agree about every decision, but those who disagree must be willing to move forward, otherwise consensus has not been achieved and a new proposal must be considered.

  9. Consensus-Based Decision-Making Proposal Unsatisfied Concerns Discussion No Consensus Check Yes DECISION

  10. Activity You are a member of a space crew. You were scheduled to rendezvous with your mother ship on the lighted side of the moon. Due to mechanical difficulties, your ship was forced to land at a spot on the moon 62 miles from the rendezvous point. During landing, most of your equipment was damaged. Your survival depends on reaching the mother ship. Working by yourself, you must choose the most important items for your 62 mile trek. A list of 15 items left undamaged after landing are noted. Your task is to rank them in order of their importance to your crew in allowing them to reach the rendezvous point. Place a number 1 by the most important item and provide a statement of your rationale. Place a number 2 beside the next most important item and provide your Statement of rationale. Continue until each item has a number ranking with number 15 being the least important.

  11. Consensus-Based Decision-Making • Potential Pitfalls • If consensus-based decision-making is not working for your team, consider whether the team has fallen victim to one of the common challenges below: • The issues are not well-defined, or there is disagreement about how they should be defined. (It’s important that all members have a clear understanding of the issues) • Several members have a vested personal interest in a proposal and have lost sight of the team’s common mission to serve the school. (Everyone has to be reminded that they are part of a team with a common mission) • There is a disparity of power and/or resources among the members. The members may have different levels of expertise and different access to information about the problems. (All members have an equal voice on the team. Information should be shared so all members understand the proposals and can actively participate in discussions)

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