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Team Building & Developing

A Culture of CaringTogetherEveryoneAchieves More

Lesson 1: What to Expect. Lesson 2: Lessons from Geese. Lesson 3: How do you Spell Success? Lesson 4: Ten Critical Social Skills -

Listening and Responding in the Classroom.

Table of Contents

1. Learning Targets and daily assignments will be posted daily either on the white board or projected on a PowerPoint.

2. Seat assignments are determined by the teacher according to individual and group learning needs.

3. Everyone is expected to enter the room quietly, prepare materials for class, write down learning targets in reminder binders, and work on daily warm-ups while the teacher records attendance.

What to Expect

Lessons From Geese (Arrien, 1991)

Fact 1: As each goose flaps its wings it creates an “uplift” for the birds that follow. By flying in a “V” formation, the whole flock adds 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew alone.

Fact 2: When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of flying alone. It quickly moves back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front of it.

Lessons From Geese (Arrien, 1991)

Fact 3: When the lead goose tires, it rotates back into the formation and another goose flies to the point position.

Fact 4: The geese flying in formation honk to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.

Fact 5: When a goose gets sick, wounded or shot down, two geese drop out of formation and follow it down to help and protect it. They stay with it until it dies or is able to fly again. Then, they launch out with another formation or catch up with the flock.

Lessons From Geese (Arrien, 1991)

Explain how each of the five facts about geese relate to building more successful learning teams.

Your Opinion

DVD: Introduction to Character for Life and the Pyramid of Success:with John Flokstra

How Do You Spell Success?

1. Listening 6. Asking for help2. Showing empathy 7. Helping Others3. Understanding, 8. Working cooperatively managing, and with others expressing feelings 9. Solving disagreements with others4. Making and keeping 10. Setting goals friends5. Responding to teasing

Ten Critical Social Skills

1. Keep your eyes on the speaker.

2. Follow directions.

3. Stay in your seat.

4. Do not talk or interrupt.

5. Raise your hand and wait to be called on before speaking.

Listening & Responding in the Classroom

The Goat Well After listening to the Ethiopian folktale read

the ten sentences that describe main events from the story.

On the line next to each main event, write the number from 1 to 10 that will show the correct order of events in the story.

Questions?

Listening Practice

Everyone has the right to feel safe and secure at school.

No one has the right to make anyone else feel unsafe, either physically or emotionally.

Team Building Begins with a Culture of Caring (Levine, 2006)

Cooperatively: Everyone has a specific job or task to complete.

Collaboratively: Everyone interacts to build new knowledge and information.

Working on a TeamLesson Ideas from: Community Building in the Classroom, by Vanston Shaw (1992).

Responsibilities Asks the team members if they

understand the task.

Have team members explain the task to the team and give an example.

Be sure all team members can give reasons for solutions of team decisions. Team Roles: The

Checker

Responsibilities Monitors that all team members

have an equal opportunity to participate.

Asks others for input if they are not participating.

If one member is talking too much, the gatekeeper “shuts the gate”.Team Roles: The

Gatekeeper

Responsibilities When one paper is expected

from the team, the recorder will do the writing for the paper.

Do all writing for brainstorming and other note taking.

Team Roles: The Recorder

Responsibilities Give affirmations to fellow team members

when they do something helpful, correct or make a good effort.

Refer to affirmation chart for suggestions.

Keep track of how many affirmations you give in an activity. Spread the affirmations among all team members.

Team Roles: The Praiser