The Foundation of a Team

The Foundation of a
Team…
Kurt Madsen
Fruit. What’s good about it?
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Vitamins
Hydration
You grow it
Healthy
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Taste
Nice to look at
Decorations
Lots of it
What bad???
• You have to shop for it
• You have to poke and smell it
• You might have to peel, chop, ball
it
• Its good for you
What is wrong with this guy?!?!?!?
You're in the right place
Yes, I will get to the point
• Why is making change so hard?
• Does our staff believe what I am telling
them?
What goes into a good team?
Leadership
MVP(s)
Worker Bees
Marketing Specialists
Lobbyists
• Do have data to back up what I am saying
• Can my team help me?
• Can I find the right people to fill these
roles?
• Do other believe what I believe in?
• Will be the last one standing?
Look at yourself as a leader?
What can you do?
• Give direction and suggestions
• Provide time, resources (limited)
• Listen
• Research
• Recruit (People and money)
What don’t you want to do?
• Dictate
• Paperwork
• Present and present over and over
• Keep doing things the same
Who can be your
IRON MAN?
• Someone great with technology
• Organized
• Workaholic
• Dependable
• Will do anything to win
• Deep down others respect
Captain America
• Fearless
• Always does the right thing
• Respected
• Outworks everyone
• Born Leader
Thor
Strong, Many tasks at once,
But…
and
Hulk
Strong, Take on any challenge,
But…
Agent Coulson
Specialists
Focus on only one task
Agent Hill
Black Widow
Excellent at thinking on their feet
Like to work alone
Like to gather intelligence
Hawkeye
Nick Fury
There will not be a movie about
him
He is seen only when he wants to
be
Leads the Avengers
Truly cares about the greater good
The Avengers go after major issues
Focus on one, use all of their skills to save the planet.
SOAR team did surveys
and the most common
response was….
Staff
Students
Parents
CELL PHONES!
SOAR TEAM TAKES ACTION
• Develop Clear Cut Classroom
Expectations for Staff and
Students.
• Develop Clear Cut Administrative
Expectations
• Clear Cut Language
• Define use
• List violation procedures
• Blast our message and concepts to
the students. (1st day students heard
the message 10 times)
• Whole day class boosters one
month later.
Technology Violation
586 372 293
How does the staff respond to all of this?
• I'm too busy to do this. – Iron Man is a classroom teacher
• If the students don’t what to listen, that their issue. – Captain America has the talk
• Students start to use their phone in other ways or places – Hulk and Thor on the
issues quick
• SOAR TEAM wants to know the pulse of the students and the staff – Black
Widow and Hawkeye
• Need to recruit others – The agents go to work
DATA
2014 Self Assessment
• 89% Small number of clearly stated
expectations. 11% partial (100%)
• 71% Feel the administration is actively
participating 24% partial
• 84% Have clear expected student
behavior and routines 16% partial
(100%)
• 42% Classroom option exist to all for
teaching to take place when behaviors
occur 52% partial
• 72% Student behavior and management
practices data are shared 21% partial
• 42% Transitions between instructional and
non instructional activities are orderly 58%
partial
BOQ Total Scores
• 4/11/2013
84%
• 3/24/2014
88%
• 3/17/2015
91%