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µCreating a High Performing Team¶

Swanmore College of Technology

Subject Leader Training

12th October 2010



Session aims

To develop a shared understanding of an

effective team

To feel confident about motivating colleagues

and building effective teams



Teams and team players



Defining µTeam¶

"A team is a small number of people with complementary skillswho are committed to a common purpose, performance goals,

and approach for which they are mutually accountable."(Katzenbach and Smith, 1993)

"People working together in a committed way to achieve acommon goal or mission. The work is interdependent andteam members share responsibility and hold themselvesaccountable for attaining the results."

Do you agree? Is there anything you would add?



Musts of an effective team

Common gaols/ shared

vision

Drive

Consistency

Different strengths

Working together

Enthusiasm

Encouragement

Effective

communications

Recognition

Cake and hugs!



What makes an µEffective¶ Team?

On a Post-it note write your own personaldefinition of an µEffective-team¶ and be

prepared to share your responses.

Here¶s what your colleagues think: Video



1. Teams work together interdependently

2. Teams work together to develop and clarify intended learning

outcomes

3. Teams develop a shared set of values a vision

4. They collaboratively analyse student achievement data5. Establish, reflect and re-define team improvement goals

6. Share strategies, knowledge, ideas and materials (Best Practices)

7. Engage in collective inquiry and action research regarding student

learning and achievement

8. Work together to creatively problem solve

9. Support, nurture and care

´In a professional learning community, collaboration is

EMBEDDED into every aspect of the school culture andthere is a shift from belief to behaviours.



A Need for a Collaborative

CultureIf schools want to enhance their capacity

to boost student learning, they should

work on building a collaborativecultureWhen teams, rather than

individuals, are seen as the main units for

implementing curriculum, instruction, andassessment, they facilitate development of

shared purposes for student learning and

collective responsibility to achieve it.

Fred Newman



Some Theory

Meredith Belbin from the University of Ediburgh has undertaken

research into µEffective Teams¶ and suggests that in order to be

effective, a team needs a balance of the following types of people:

Leadership Roles ± Shapers & Coordinators

Planters ± Resource Investigators

Others ± Monitor/Evaluator

Implementer

Completer/Finisher

TeamW

orker Specialist

Which category do you fit into? Using the sheet (on next

Powerpoint), mark your team role profile. Can you identify any of

these other roles in colleagues in your team?



Creative Brain Storming



A Need for a Collaborative

CultureIf schools want to enhance their capacity

to boost student learning, they should

work on building a collaborativecultureWhen teams, rather than

individuals, are seen as the main units for

implementing curriculum, instruction, and

assessment, they facilitate development of

shared purposes for student learning and

collective responsibility to achieve it.

Fred Newman



From this session we hope you

will have developed:

Insight into your own team role in order to

work on your our own strengths and

weaknesses A knowledge of team roles to help you to

build balanced teams and effective teams

A knowledge of C

reative Brainstorming as atechnique that can aid creative problem

solving in teams.



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