Teachers share one vital characteristic with students: they function best in settings that are organized enough to provide structure and focus, yet flexible enough to respect developmental and personality differences. In Leading Effective Meetings, Teams, and Work Groups in Districts and Schools, author and veteran educator Matthew Jennings provides everything you need to help the teachers in your school or district achieve their full potential: An overview of the research on collaboration and what it means for educators Step-by-step guidelines for designing and facilitating meetings Strategies for avoiding and resolving conflicts among educators Checklists, questionnaires, and rubrics for designing, implementing, and assessing work groups and teaching teamsWhether you re setting up a complex district-level task force or a simple school faculty meeting, this comprehensive guide will ensure that you do so as efficiently and effectively as possible. Packed with field-proven activities, worksheets, and metrics, it is an indispensable resource for all educational leaders.
Author(s): Matthew Jennings
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 188
Section 1: Faculty Meetings
......Page 6
Section 1
Introduction......Page 8
1—
Planning and Preparing
for Faculty Meetings......Page 10
2—Facilitating Faculty
Meetings......Page 17
3—
Dealing with
Difficult Situations......Page 31
4—
Evaluating and
Improving Faculty
Meetings......Page 36
Section 2
Inclusion Teaching Teams......Page 38
Section 2
Introduction......Page 40
5—
Understanding
Inclusion Teaching
Teams......Page 42
6—
Creating Inclusion
Teaching Teams......Page 49
7—
Launching Inclusion
Teaching Teams......Page 55
8—
Supporting Inclusion
Teaching Teams......Page 67
9—
Evaluating Inclusion
Teaching Teams......Page 71
Section 3
Committees and Task Forces......Page 94
Section 3
Introduction......Page 96
10—Understanding
Committees and
Task Forces......Page 98
11—
Analyzing and Decision
Making for Committees
and Task Forces......Page 104
12—Planning and Preparing
for Committees
and Task Forces......Page 111
13—Launching Committees
and Task Forces......Page 120
14—Supporting Committees
and Task Forces......Page 125
15—Evaluating Committees
and Task Forces......Page 133
Appendix 1......Page 138
Appendix 2......Page 148
Appendix 3......Page 164
Bibliography......Page 180
Index......Page 184
About the Author......Page 193
