What Teams Should Focus On Now
If the past school year is any indication, we can’t always predict what the future will hold. But we can continue to prepare for our ultimate goal: ensuring learning for all students.
In the days and months ahead, it will be more important than ever before for teams to:
- Create Norms
It is imperative for members of a collaborative team to establish guidelines for how they will work together to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.
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Identify Essential Standards and Skills
This foundational understanding will allow teams to begin to target what students need to know in a face-to-face, blended, or online learning environment.
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Determine How to Measure Proficiency
With the possibility of students moving in and out of various educational settings, the idea of “chasing points” toward a letter grade will complicate and frustrate even the most seasoned team.
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Provide Extra Time & Support
This requires teams to be very purposeful in scheduling additional time to reteach learning targets, during the unit of instruction.
Prepare for the Unpredictable with authors Brandon Jones, Bob Sonju, and Jeanne Spiller
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Take the first step by downloading our white paper, Prepare for the Unpredictable: The Work of Teams in a Changing Landscape by Jeanne Spiller, Bob Sonju, and Brandon Jones.
