When Opposites Don’t Attract
COSA
August 2018
Signal Word: Team Dynamics + Student Success!
Meet the Trainers
Ali Hurd
Andrea Sande
Missi Thurman
Meagan Kimball
Objectives
Quick Write:
Think about one team you are on, that could improve its functionality.
Without names, quickly write one adjective to describe yourself and one for each of the other members of that team.
Let’s Make Some Predictions:
What is the effect size of increasing teachers’
collective efficacy?
Newsflash:
This is NOT what is happening for most teams
Emotional Intelligence
e·mo·tion·al in·tel·li·gence
noun
Problems of Practice: People!
Personalities On The Team
Supporting Different Personalities
Scenario: The School Improvement Plan is missing major components.
Discuss & Share Out: Thinking about your personality type, how would your colleague best communicate this issue/concern to you?
Quick Write Time: How would you need to address this scenario with the team members you identified during the quick write?
It’s Not Easy . . .
Personality Awareness Is Helpful...
...But, it’s Not the Only Factor!
Lovable Fools and Competent Jerks
-Harvard Business Review
Competence
Likeability
Incompetent Jerk
Competent Jerk
Lovable Fool
Lovable Star
How Do We Help the Lovable Fools and Incompetent Jerks?
Foster Competence
What might your team/s need?
Foster Likeability
What might your team/s need?
Likeability Challenges Often Comes Down to Two Major Elements:
Remember… teams don’t need to be best friends, but increasing collective efficacy means we must be able to work together. We must be able to COLLABORATE effectively!
Coordinating, Cooperating, Collaborating
COLLABORATION
“Let’s make something new.”
COOPERATION
“Let’s make this better.”
COORDINATION
“Let’s get this done.”
Aligning our Definitions: Coordination
Our working definition: Coordination is a more formal process in which teacher teams efficiently divide the management aspects of a given unit of instruction.
For example: A third-grade team may COORDINATE a schedule so all teachers have access to modeling materials for the unit, or they might divide up different standards from a CCSS Content Standard Cluster in order to design lessons.
Aligning our Definitions: Cooperation
Our working definition: Cooperation is an informal process for sharing information with no goal or outcome in mind.
For example: Team members share ideas and lesson plans about how they each teach a learning target. In this case, teachers COOPERATE by sharing resources, although each teacher retains his or her own authority to teach and assess the learning targets.
Aligning our Definitions: Collaboration
Our working definition: Collaboration is when team members create new structures and ways of working that are focused on academic success for all students, not just the students in their own class.
For Example: Teachers get together to look at student data. They COLLABORATE by selecting a strategy and each giving input on how to implement that strategy best. The result is a better teaching plan than any of them would have generated alone.
*Pictures from Solutions IQ
If teams are STILL struggling...
Vision | + | Skills | + | Incentive | + | Resources | + | Action Plan | = | Change |
Vision | | | | Incentive | + | Resources | + | Action Plan | = | Anxiety |
Vision | + | Skills | | | | Resources | + | Action Plan | = | Resistance |
Vision | + | Skills | + | Incentive | | | | Action Plan | = | Frustration |
Vision | + | Skills | + | Incentive | + | Resources | | | = | Treadmill |
| | Skills | + | Incentive | + | Resources | + | Action Plan | = | Confusion |
Managing Complex Change
Designs for Change, Kathy Norwood & MaryAnn Burke
Unhealthy Team Dynamics
It’s contagious!
District Administrators
Building Administrators
Teachers
Underperforming Students
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Consider the Implications:
Where does this measure up with other priorities?
"We must learn how to work with and guide adult learners toward new levels of competence, problem-solving capabilities, creativity, and higher levels of achievement, while honoring and respecting their humanity and capacity to find their own answers.”��- Dr. Kathy Norwood�DESIGNS FOR CHANGE
Healthy Team Dynamics
It’s contagious!
District Administrators
Building Administrators
Teachers
Student Achievement and Success!
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Solidifying Your Learning!
As a table, come up with a NON ACADEMIC example where you have:
Be ready to share out!