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Strengthening the Collegial Practices of Learning Teams
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This project doesn’t clearly meet any of these goals.
Provide remediation or enrichment: ensuring that every student learns
Monitor student learning data: evaluating what students have learned
Develop common assessments: measuring what students should learn
Identify essential curriculum: deciding what students should learn
(Check all that apply.)
Core Collaborative Behaviors That Initiative Addresses
Small amounts of time
Moderate amounts of time
Extensive amounts of time
Time Required to Implement Initiative
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This task should be eliminated or ignored.
This task should be set aside for now.
This task demands attention, but it isn’t a priority.
This task should be at the center of our attention.
Priority Placed on Initiative
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Monitored Initiative
Instructions: Beginning in the rows under the column heading Monitored Initiative, write down a program, initiative, action, school requirement, or team decision that is occupying your team’s time and attention. The column titled Core Collaborative Behavior That Initiative Addresses lists tasks that effective learning teams focus time and energy on; use the checkboxes in that column to determine which behaviors the initiative your team is monitoring aligns with. Because collaborative teams must honestly assess the time demands that each initiative places on their collective work, use the checkboxes in the column titled Time Required to Implement Initiative to assess the amount of time necessary to make this project work. Finally, keep in mind that collaborative learning teams must make systematic decisions about each project based on its connection to student learning, its alignment with the building’s mission and vision, and its compliance with school district mandates. Use the checkboxes under Priority Placed on Initiative to help your team consider each factor and prioritize the initiative. Finally, use the reflection questions at the end of this template to help guide your team in determining next steps.
Tool: What Is Your Team Monitoring?
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