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Professional Development to Practice

Collaborative Data Teams (CDT) Foundational Processes Agendas Communication Norms Roles Overview and Purpose Collaborative Teams Advanced Collaborative Processes Consensus Collaborative Skills Protocol Advanced Processes: Collaborative Skills

Professional Development to Practice Meeting Norms  Begin and end on time  Be an engaged participant  Be an active listener—open to new ideas  Use notes for side bar conversations  Use electronics respectfully

Professional Development to Practice Learning Outcomes/Expectations  Understand and apply these collaborative skills to collaborative data team meetings, as well as other times when teams are called on to collaborate.

Professional Development to Practice Essential Questions  What behaviors do we see in high performing collaborative interactions?  Given our current team functioning, how do we enhance our collaborative data team meetings?

Professional Development to Practice Processing Pre-reading Assignment: Right Way to Begin Depends On Where You Are Right Now, Garmston 1.Participant with birthday closest to today will be the facilitator: starts the dialogue 2.Participant with the most jewelry will be the recorder: records the main points shared 3.Participant with most years in education will be the data collector: charts the % of participants sharing

Professional Development to Practice Processing Pre-reading Assignment: Right Way to Begin Depends On Where You Are Right Now, Garmston  Facilitator starts the dialogue: Sharing 1 of the 3 points that you feel strongly about  Participants add to the dialogue at will  When silent for 3 minutes, the dialogue is finished  Another participant shares their strong point and participants add to dialogue at will * Goal: Every participant share in a dialogue

Professional Development to Practice Collaborative Skills/Norms of Collaboration Defined 1.Pausing 2.Paraphrasing 3.Posing Questions 4.Putting Ideas on the Table 5.Providing Data 6.Paying Attention to Self and Others 7.Presuming Positive Intentions

Professional Development to Practice Overview  Consider your current collaborative meetings. Which of these skills is currently practiced? Which is missing?

Professional Development to Practice Quotable Quotes “There is no such thing as group behavior. All ‘group behavior’ results from the decisions and actions of individuals. When individual choices align in productive patterns, the group produces positive results.” Garmston and Wellman, 1999, p. 33 “Essential capacities and skills for high-performing groups. They operate within several practical frameworks that help groups to develop shared meaning and gracefully reach decisions.”

Professional Development to Practice Why Collaborative Skills?  Executives Say the 21st Century Requires More Skilled Workers  Critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication skills have become more important in a fast-paced, competitive global economy  As the U.S. economy begins to show signs of improvement, executives say they need a workforce fully equipped with skills beyond the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic (the three Rs) in order to grow their businesses.  Skills such as critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity will become even more important to organizations in the future.

Professional Development to Practice Norms of Collaboration Activity 2: Exploring Collaborative Norms Jigsaw Experts  # 1-8, each # reads their assigned norm piece  Join alike #s and share understanding of norm  Form groups of 8, #’s 1-8 in each group  Teach assigned norm to group members  Complete Norms quiz

Professional Development to Practice Norms of Collaboration Assessment Answers Self-Check/Revision 1.Posing Questions 2.Paraphrasing 3.Presuming Positive Intentions 4.Putting Ideas on the Table 5.Providing Data 6.Pausing 7.Paying Attention to Self and Others * Share your MIP (Most Important Point) for each norm with a person you have not worked with yet.

Professional Development to Practice Collaborative Skills Further Defined Examine the definitions of the skills with others in your group. Handout: Seven Norms of Collaboration Annotated Poster

Professional Development to Practice Assessment on the 7 norms: label each picture with the norm. On the back number 1-7 and describe or list 1 MIP about each norm.

Professional Development to Practice Assessing Behaviors  Reflect and consider how behaviors impact the collaborative work of a group.  Handout: Norms Inventory Continued application of these skills…. Plan and hold each other accountable.

Professional Development to Practice Norms of Collaboration Quote Any group that is too busy to reflect on its work is too busy to improve. Garnston and Wellman

Professional Development to Practice Implementing Norms of Collaboration  Introduce the Norms  Post Norms in meeting  Sustain engagement with Norms  Assess consistency with Norms

Professional Development to Practice Practice Profile

Professional Development to Practice Implementation Fidelity

Professional Development to Practice Reflection These skills/norms help ground our talk in constructive conversations that lift everyone's professional growth as we work with a sense of urgency to accelerate student achievement within the means of a collaborative culture. How will you start implementing these Collaborative Skills?