Blog Archives

Bambi Betts - Teams

10/24/2011

PART 1: THE RATIONALE FOR TEAMS IN A SCHOOL
1. Why do we need teams in schools?
2. What does an effective team look like?
PART 2: YOUR ROLE AS A TEAM MEMBER
3. What are the characteristics of an effective team member?
4. How skilled am I at being an effective team member?
5. How can understanding and contributing to team processes influence student
learning?
PART 3: THE WORK OF SCHOOL TEAMS
6. How can we best use our team structure to contribute to student learning?
7. When our team is really making a difference to learning, what will it look like on a
day to day’ basis?

0 Comments

Bambi Betts - Assessment and Learning

10/23/2011

0 Comments

How do we create a comprehensive assessment plan that is designed to improve student
learning?
1. Establish a common definition of assessment
2. Reaffirm the notion that effective assessment begins with a clear idea of WHAT we
intend students to learn
3. Refresh our understanding of the tools used to collect evidence of learning
4. Practice with the evaluation tools that will provide the most accurate evidence of
learning
5. Examine recording practices that enhance data analysis

0 Comments

Bambi Betts - Leadership Tools for team leaders

10/22/2011

0 Comments

Working with Bambi Betts - here are the key points we are looking at :
ROLE OF TEAMS IN A LEARNING ORGANIZATION
 Your beliefs about teaming
 What we mean by a ‘team’
 Why we need teams and why they can fail
 Characteristics of effective teams
 Stages of development of teams
 Why some resist teams
YOU AS A LEADER
 What it means to ‘lead’
 Characteristics of effective leaders
 Establishing your vision – where are you taking us?
 Understanding change
 Building relationships
 Essential communication skills
YOUR SPECIFIC ROLE
 Defining your day-to-day work
 Curriculum Leadership Skills:
Developing, Implementing, Monitoring
LEADING TEAM PROCESSES
Practice specific leadership strategies including:
 Creating and monitoring ‘norms’
 Setting learning goals
 Symbolic Leadership strategies
 Decision-making models
 Using collaborative time effectively (meetings, agendas, timing, etc.)

0 Comments

Bambi Betts - Teams

Bambi Betts - Assessment and Learning

Bambi Betts - Leadership Tools for team leaders

Catherine Rankin

Archives

Categories