1. Achieving Commitment
Please find a seat with your team
(look for your team flag). If you don’t
know your team, talk to Jen.
April 5, 2013

2. IHMS Mission & Vision
Statements
Our Mission:
To provide for the academic success
of every student
Our Vision:
To ensure that every student learns

3. Teaming Meeting Norms
 This is a safe place for teaming; all ideas are worth
consideration.
 Please be respectful to those around you; avoid sidebar
conversations.
 Use technology to enhance learning
 online shopping = inappropriate
 Taking notes = appropriate
 Cell phones silenced = very appropriate
 Your participation is needed; please engage in teaming
and put away classroom work
 Everything we do here should reflect our commitment to
providing for the academic success of every student.

4. Why are we doing teaming?
―Interdisciplinary teaming will allow us help
more students learn. I believe that teaming
will help us as teachers identify and assist
Tier 2 and 3 students quicker and more
efficiently. I believe that teaming will also
provide relevance for students regarding the
subjects that they learn.‖
-Jen Call

5. The Five Functions of a
Successful Team
Commitment
Conflict
Trust
Mastering…
Building…
Based on The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Achieving…

6. Last Time – Mastering Conflict
―By engaging in productive conflict and
tapping into team members’ perspectives
and opinions, a team can confidently commit
and buy in to a decision knowing that they
have benefited from everyone’s ideas.‖
- Patrick Lencioni

7. Team Discussion
―The two greatest causes of the lack of commitment
within teams are the desire for consensus and the
need for certainty.‖
-Patrick Lencioni
Why are consensus and certainty
bad for teams? What strategies
can your team do to overcome
these obstacles?

8. The Five Functions of a
Successful Team
Commitme
nt
Conflict
Trust
Building…
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Mastering…
Achieving…

9. ―When you know better you do
better‖
What we NOW know better…
 This change is harder than we thought.
 The current teams have changed from
March…a lot.
 What we said in the winter about not
changing classrooms to accommodate
teaming is no longer true.
-Maya Angelou

10. Worse-Case Scenario
―I am amazed at how much power it
gives me when I emotionally digest
and accept the worse-case scenario.
Once I know that I am not going to
die from making this call—even if I
am wrong—it releases me to make
the call.‖
-Dave Ramsey

11. Individual free-write
What are the
absolute worse
things that could
happen because
you change
classrooms to
accommodate
teaming?

12. Q & A from Dr. Stensrud
 Where is my new
classroom?
 When do I have time to
move?
 Why are we doing this?

13. ―Classroom movement is a physical
symbol of our commitment.‖
-Dr. Wihongi
―This grade reconfiguration is not
only a physical move, it’s a
philosophical move.‖
-Dr. McGee

14. Teams that fail to commit…
 Create ambiguity among the team about
direction and priorities
 Watch windows of opportunity close due to
excessive analysis and unnecessary delay
 Breed a lack of confidence and a fear of failure
 Revisit discussions and decisions again and
again
 Encourage second-guessing among team
members
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

15. Teams that commit…
 Create clarity around direction and priorities
 Align the entire team around common
objectives
 Develop an ability to learn from mistakes
 Take advantage of opportunities before
competitors do
 Move forward without hesitation
 Change direction without hesitation or guilt
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

16. Team-Work
(aka Homework for Teams)
 Pack up your
PERSONAL items
and get ready to
move!
 Have a great
summer! We’ll
start back with
teaming in August.
Results
Accountability
Commitment
Conflict
Trust