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Albert Wicker Literacy Academy Professional Development: Day 1 Team Building & School Handbook

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Albert Wicker Literacy Academy

Professional Development: Day 1

Team Building

&

School Handbook

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Staff Introduction

• Your Name

• Where you are from

• Why you got into education

• Something interesting that most people do not know about you

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Power-Up

• Spend 4 minutes writing about your most positive team work experience. What made it successful?

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Think, Write, Round Robin

• Cooperative Learning Structure #1

• Starting with person #3 at your table, you will share your response to the Power-Up for 1 minute per person in your group. We will proceed in a clock-wise direction.

• When you hear the buzzer, switch the person who is talking!

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Whole Faculty Group Norms

• We will set procedural (logistical) and behavioral (how we act) norms.

• Introduction of the parking lot and the museum

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Meyers-Briggs: Personal Preferences• Pairs of Preferences

• Extraversion (E) ----- Introversion (I)

• Sensing (S) ----- iNtuition (N)

• Thinking (T) ----- Feeling (F)

• Judging (J) ----- Perceiving (P)

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What is your source of energy?• Extraversion – E• Like to be around people and at the

center of attention; high energy• Enthusiastic• Talk more than listen• Talk it out; act then think• Can be easily distracted• Prefer to do a lot of things at once;

breadth of activities

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What is your source of energy?• Introversion – I• Okay being alone and working behind

the scenes; quiet energy• Reserved; private• Listen more than talk• Think it out; reflective• Good powers of concentration• Prefer to focus on one thing at a time;

depth

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Working in Teams

CONSIDER: As an “E” or “I”…• What do you bring to the table as part

of a work team?• What are your biggest challenges as a

team member?• How do you prefer to communicate and

be communicated with?• How could you improve communication

with the opposite preference?

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How do you prefer to take in information?• Sensing – S• Focus on details; facts; data; evidence• Can get stuck on specifics or “tried and true”• Prefer practical solutions• Here and now oriented: what is• Trust experience (what worked in the past)• Like established skills• Prefer step-by-step instructions• Work at a steady pace• Perspiration

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How do you prefer to take in information?• Intuition – N• Focus on big picture; patterns; figurative• Can get stuck in “Never Never Land”• Prefer ideas and innovation• Future-oriented: what could be• Trust “gut” instincts (follow hunches)• Like learning new skills• Like to figure things out for themselves; take

short cuts• Work in bursts of energy• Inspiration

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Working in Teams

CONSIDER: As an “S” or “N”…• What do you bring to the table as part

of a work team?• What are your biggest challenges as a

team member?• How do you prefer to communicate and

be communicated with?• How could you improve communication

with the opposite preference?

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How do you prefer to make decisions?• Thinking – T (head decisions)• Decide objectively• Appear cool, calm, firm• Convinced by rational arguments• Direct; firm• Value honesty & fairness• Take few things personally• Tend to see flaws• Motivated by achievement• One standard for all• May appear too tough minded, or insensitive

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How do you prefer to make decisions?• Feeling – F (heart decisions)• Decide subjectively• Appear warm hearted & friendly• Convinced by feelings; personal values• Diplomatic; tactful• Value harmony & cooperation• Take many things personally• Tend to please others• Tend to please others• Motivated by appreciation• Look at the circumstances• May appear tenderhearted or overemotional

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Working in Teams

CONSIDER: As an “T” or “F”…• What do you bring to the table as part

of a work team?• What are your biggest challenges as a

team member?• How do you prefer to communicate and

be communicated with?• How could you improve communication

with the opposite preference?

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How do you approach life?

Judging - (J)• Decisions made fairly easily• Prefer closure—things settled, off the plate• Organized• Work first, play later• Serious; conventional• Pay attention to time; prompt; adhere to

deadlines/schedules• Make & stick to plans; no surprises• Adhere to rules/policies

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How do you approach life?

• Perceiving – (P)• Difficulty making decisions• Prefer to keep options open; wait and see• Disorganized• Turn most work into play• Spontaneous; adaptable• Less aware of time; tend to run late; deadlines

are elastic• Don’t plan; keep things flexible, loose• Question need for rule

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Working in Teams

CONSIDER: As a “J” or “P”…• What do you bring to the table as part

of a work team?• What are your biggest challenges as a

team member?• How do you prefer to communicate and

be communicated with?• How could you improve communication

with the opposite preference?

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What are the implications of our different personalities on how we work together?

• Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up

• Cooperative Learning Strategy #2

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Characteristics of an Effective Team• Unity of purpose: STUDENT

ACHIEVEMENT• Clear goals: Increasing Student

Achievement• Clear responsibilities• Reasonable Operating Procedures• Leadership Rotation• Interpersonal Relationships• Openness/Trust• Sharing Successes and Failures

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FORMING: The honeymoon stage• Characteristics:• Members are polite---trying to get to know & feel

comfortable with one another; behave independently• Tasks are being defined• Lofty, conceptual discussions held as people try to

express who they are• Discussions about what information needs to be

gathered

• To address the forming stage:• Make sure purpose & task are clearly defined• Share team expectations• Allow time for members to get comfortable with one

another

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STORMING: The honeymoon is OVER!• Characteristics• Team gains confidence; but conflict occurs as

members begin to show their true styles• A growing impatience/frustration will surface over

roles/goals/responsibilities, and be openly expressed• Members will get into one another’s territory, causing

irritation• General disagreement over processes, tasks, etc.

• To address the storming stage:• Don’t ignore this stage; acknowledge it with team as a

normal development step• Good time to review ground rules, revisit the purpose

and related administrative matters of the team• Recognize and deal with differences

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NORMING: Charting the course• Characteristics:• Cohesion is built; team develops identity• Consensus established about rules, values, and

behaviors; conscious effort to achieve group harmony• Team will want to discuss items more; less time will be

spent on idea generation, and more on decision making

• Members will want to limit agenda items to focus on specific topics

• Conflicts are addressed and resolved.

• To address the norming stage: • TASK becomes primary – members focus on

accomplishing the team’s purpose

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PERFORMING: Moving forward• Characteristics• Group has settled into a functional team• Energy is channeled towards the tasks. Members are

pro-active; may look for more to do. Most of the work gets done here.

• Loyalty to the group is established; and respect for individual dissension and disagreement is in place

• To address the performing stage:• Teams at the performing level are generally self-

regulating• Road maps, processes, decision making and other

matters of team management will be handled independently by the team

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Work with your subject/area group• Set logistical and behavioral

norms using the “Team Action Plan”

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Welcome Back!

• Please get a handbook and take it to your seat.

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Power-Up!

• What are you most interested to know about school that you hope is covered in the handbook?

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Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up

• Find a new partner.

• Do a Pair, Timed, Pair Share (1 minute per person) to discuss your Power-Up

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Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up

School Handbook Scavenger Hunt: With your new partner, answer the questions on the School Handbook Scavenger Hunt hand-out.

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Discipline / Behavior Management• Why is it more important to reinforce

good behavior than issue demerits for incorrect behavior?

• Why do you think that promoting respectful disagreement is essential to improving school culture?

• Why can we never, ever argue with students?

• When do you feel like you need support from the principal when it comes to misbehavior?

• Did you have any “AHA” or “YES!” moments as you read this section?

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Discipline Plan

• Click here to display the discipline plan

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Tracking system

• Click here to display the tracking system

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Homework (Due Friday)

• Please complete the discipline scenarios. Use the discipline infraction sheet to help you.

• Answer all questions after each scenario

• Read through the handbook. Have your questions ready on Friday.

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Classroom Displays

• Group brainstrom around what makes great displays, using the classroom displays check-list.

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Committee Sign-Up

• Leadership Team

• Data Management/Analysis

• Positive Behavior Support

• School Improvement Team

• Building Improvement Team

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Evaluations

• Please complete an evaluation of today. These are completely anonymous and help me know if this was valuable to you.