2. Complete puzzle at your table  Discuss with tablemates what is noticeable about the puzzle once it is together.  Do the traits from your puzzle resemble your school leadership team? Explain how it does or not.

3. Teamwork Examples

4. Teamwork Video Debriefing Share a reflection from the puzzle activity or videos.

5. Susan Ridings Roxie Browning Kerri Jackson Presenters: “ School Improvement – Piecing it all Together ” Building Effective Leadership Teams

6. Keys to Success for an Effective Leadership Team Campus leadership team meets regularly. Leadership team dialogues with the SIS & District support team(s). Leadership team gives focused attention to assessing, planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating objectives & goals. Principal provides direction for all campus teams, focusing on instruction while building leadership capacity for others. Source: Indistar Connect: Center on Innovations in Learning

7. Leadership Team Members The team should be a combination of members with diverse skills, experiences and knowledge.  Building Administrators  Teachers  Instructional Facilitators  Community members  Parents  Students

8. Effective Leadership Team Roles A voice for ALL school stakeholders. Assist the principal in making data driven decisions that lead to student achievement. Builds the capacity of the school to address student, parent and staff concerns. Set expectations, support implementation and consistently evaluate progress. Ensure the focus is on learning and continuing improvement through the ACSIP/PIP/TIP. Serve as a steward of the schools’ mission, vision and core values.

9. Leadership Team Assessment & Reflection Using the rubric, rate your current leadership team. Discuss commonalities amongst teammates at your table. Share with group.

10. Where do we go from here?

11. Organizing Genius Warren Bennis and Patricia Ward Biederman “Groups become great only when everyone in them, leaders and members alike, is free to do his or her absolute best.” “The best thing a leader can do for a Great Group is to allow its members to discover their greatness.”

12. Consider Each Team Member Staying Focused on Results Demonstrate Accountability Establish the Willingness to Make Commitments Trust Among Members Patrick Lencioni, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Jossey-Bass), pg. 97

13. Leadership Team Toolkit Resources used to support an effective leadership team including:  Leadership team meetings, attendance & norms  Team roles and responsibilities  Information delivery  Data Find the Leadership Team Toolkit on arkansased.org

15. Presenter Contact Information Roxie Browning Roxie.browning@arkansas.gov 501-683-3842 Kerri Jackson Kerri.jackson@arkansas.gov 501-682-5250 Susan Ridings Susan.ridings@arkansas.gov 501-683-3436 Arkansas Department of Education School Improvement