Trillium Team By Angela Romanowski Every Piece Counts

Trillium Team By: Angela Romanowski

Every Piece Counts! Who is Trillium? WE ARE TRILLIUM! Staff are the stakeholders that live, breathe, and express the What of Trillium, EVERYDAY.

Every Piece Counts! School Culture begins with the Team culture is driven by: Mission/Vision of School Expectations of the Leader Beliefs of Individual Team Members Cohesiveness of the Team

Every Piece Counts! Breaking apart our culture… Mission – Cultivating life long learners while embracing each child individually and passions.

Every Piece Counts! What is OUR vision? (Discuss in groups of 4 and come up with 3 -5 ideas of what your goal is for students at Trillium) 10 minutes Let’s share -

Every Piece Counts! Updating our Mission Collectively It’s important that we are all on the same page. We all need to be working toward the same goal!

Every Piece Counts! Expectations of the School Leader l Whatever we can do to set students up for success l Respecting each other and school l Exhibiting pride in self and school l Actively participating in programming l Assisting other team members when possible l Communicating needs to appropriate person l Be a part of the team l Encouragement - Be positive influences on each other

Every Piece Counts! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The professional staff in this school uses their talents and knowledge to help each other with challenges and needs. (84% agree-strongly agree) This school encourages and supports experimentation with new ideas and techniques. (100%) This school has high expectations for teachers and administrators. (84%) Staff and students in this school trust and have confidence in each other. (68%) Time and resources are available to support teachers to do their best work. (58%) Teachers and leaders in this school reach out to a knowledge base to inform their work with students and with each other. (71%) 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Good teaching is recognized and appreciated by the school and community. (77%) This school culture values caring, celebration, and humor. (100%) School leaders consistently involve staff in discussing and making decisions about most school issues. (48%) School administrators keep meetings and paperwork to a minimum in order to protect teachers’ instructional and planning time. (68%) The school has traditions in both curriculum and recurrent events that are significant and known by all. (48%) Honest, open communications exist among staff members. (48%)

Every Piece Counts! School Culture 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. SA 9 17 9 1 4 6 8 17 7 7 4 4 Agree 17 14 17 20 14 16 16 14 8 14 11 11 Neutral 4 0 3 3 6 8 6 0 4 7 12 8 Disagree 1 0 2 6 6 1 1 0 11 2 3 5 SD 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0

Every Piece Counts! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. I offer facts, opinions, ideas, suggestions, and relevant information during my team’s discussions. (43% most of the time-always) I express my willingness to cooperate with other group members and my expectation that they will also be cooperative with me. (70%) I am open and candid in my dealings with the entire group. (63%) I support team members who are on the spot and struggling to express themselves intellectually or emotionally. (40%) I take risks in expressing new ideas and current feelings during a team discussion. (20%) I communicate to other team members that I am aware of and appreciate their abilities, talents, capabilities, skills, and resources. (60%) I offer help and assistance to anyone on the team in order to improve the team’s performance. (70%) I accept and support the openness of other team members, supporting them for taking risks and encouraging individuality. (63%) I share materials, books, sources of information, and other resources with team members in order to promote the success of all members and the team as a whole. (86%) Three things I (you) might do to increase the effectiveness of our team include:

Every Piece Counts! Am I a Team Player? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Always 9 16 7 7 2 10 11 7 16 7 4 5 12 5 4 8 10 12 10 6 10 9 5 14 10 7 5 8 3 5 4 1 4 4 8 4 3 3 0 4 1 0 3 1 3 2 2 1 1 Never 3 2 0 0 0 0 1

Every Piece Counts! 1. Three things I (you) might do to increase the effectiveness of our team include: l Increase my own responsibility Make more relevant suggestions Take initiative in future ideas and planning Get to know staff members more Help others more Volunteer for more activities. I try my hardest now Not sure what more I can do? ! Incorporate more lesson planning time Require in-house meetings once a week to discuss behaviors and lesson ideas. Encourage beg, borrow, steal method for teacher ideas (rely on each other for ideas) Be involved in school improvement More team work in decision making Participate in more committees Enhance curriculum Reinstate monthly newsletter so we know what all classes are dong on a regular basis. Have frequent “house” meetings –or even just have one at all! Be here more often Stop complaining l l l l l l l l l l l Compliment other staff members more often More time for communication among teachers Clearly communicate with everyone Verbalize my appreciation even more Planning my own lessons/activities farther in advance and notify all staff of events. Work together with the after school programs Eat lunch together to open communication At meetings sit with team members that I rarely chat with. Share more of my thoughts and ideas Set up more team time More resources for staff Open lines of communication Speak up more Share more things Include any staff member who wants to help-not just certain individuals all the time Make staff members feel comfortable to express their ideas. Meet more often Be more open about ideas that may not work Share more ideas Express my opinions more More administrative staff available to teachers More team building with other staff members not regularly seen.

Every Piece Counts! Collaborative Professional Learning Community 6 –did not do Teachers Working Together Administrator Teachers Relations Action Research Continuous Improvement Focus on Results Pre-Initiative Teachers work in isolation. (4%) ? ? ’s of power are cont. source of friction. (0%) Ind. Teachers try experiments in own classes, no structures (12%) Little attention is devoted to creating systems that track improvement (4%) The results the school seeks for each student have not been ID’d. (8%) Initiation Teachers recognize a common curr. That they are responsible for, little exchange of ideas (48%) Efforts have been made to reduce friction by clarifying rights of both parties. (20%) Some staff members participate in pilot action projects. The sharing of findings is largely informal (60%) A few people in the school are tracking indicators of achievement (36%) Results are ID’d but too broad and impossible to measure. (16%) Developing Teachers function in work groups that meet periodically (32%) Administrators Solicit and value teacher input as improvement initiatives are developed. (40%) Staff members identify and participate in school wide research projects. (24%) Ind. Teachers and teaching teams gather info that help ID goals. (40%) Desired results have been ID’d and achievement indicators ID’d. (52%) Sustaining Teachers function as a collaborative team. (16%) Staff are fully involved in the decisions making processes of the school. (36%) The school is organized to ensure staff members come together frequently…(0%) Everyone in the school participates in systems to gather data and ID discrepancies. (4%) Teams of teachers are hungry for info on results and use for goals (12%)

Every Piece Counts! Collaborative Professional Learning Community 6 –did not do Teachers Working Together Administrator Teachers Relations Action Research Continuous Improvement Focus on Results Pre. Initiative 1 0 3 1 2 Initiation 12 5 15 9 4 Developing 8 10 6 10 13 Sustaining 4 9 0 1 3

Every Piece Counts! Correlations… Negative Positive In your groups of approx. 4 Take 10 minutes to discuss and analyze the data to find correlations btw the survey’s and/or implications of results.

Every Piece Counts! Why is this data collection important? All things considered… l Your Voice Heard l Multiple Perspectives Considered l Correlations and Implications found …to have team on same page moving forward with School Improvement.

Every Piece Counts! With each new year we are collecting multiple pieces of the puzzle. Every piece counts including the negative pieces because with each new piece we are that much closer to completing the masterpiece that we all know Trillium will be!

Every Piece Counts! The important thing to remember… You are a part of the masterpiece building Speak up in an effective way Ask questions Make what you do count Be proud of what you do Share with the group Be a part of the TEAM

Every Piece Counts! But, Most importantly… WE NEED YOU! AND YOUR PIECES TOO!

Every Piece Counts! We will be continuing to use this data as we begin a new school improvement process. Lisa will now give the overview of our SI. Process. ~ Thank you.