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Mission:Impossible

Innovate, Engage and EmpowerLakeside Elementary Proud to be an A School!Silence electronic devices.Every time you hear the music, change tables! Do not sit next to the same person more than once.Start the word game No helping or talking 5 minutes work independently Ask, How many people completed the entire word game? Ask how many starting with the largest number of blanks?(Note the number of people responding)Ask personnel to work as a team to complete the word game.Assign a timekeeper at each table to note the amount of time give 5 minutes to complete the activityFinish the activity whole group.1PurposeDeepen our understanding of our role in creating collaborative environments for both staff members and students.

Create a list of collective commitments that embodies the behaviors needed for advancing the vision/mission in the intended direction as established by the school.

Innovate, Engage and EmpowerLakeside Elementary Proud to be an A School!2NormsStay focused on the work.Everyone participates respectfully.Limit sidebar conversations.

Innovate, Engage and EmpowerLakeside Elementary Proud to be an A School!Norms are essential to working with a team.

I am going to ask that you respect these norms as we work together this morning.

Are there any other norms you would like to add?3Essential QuestionWhat is challenging about building a school community where all staff members work together and share ideas freely?

Innovate, Engage and EmpowerLakeside Elementary Proud to be an A School!Turn and talk to your neighbor and jot down 1 challengeyou have 3 minutes.

Collect and post notes on chart paper.4ReflectionThink about the amount of time, effort, and the number of blanks completed while working on the word game independently.

Compare that to completing the task in collaboration with staff members in terms of time, effort, and the amount completed.

Innovate, Engage and EmpowerLakeside Elementary Proud to be an A School!When we have multiple people working toward a shared goal, we have a greater chance of achieving the goal. 5District Initiatives Shared GoalsInnovate: Using Writing in all courses to validate thinking. Engage: Strategies that allow students to read, talk and write during the entire school day to further their understanding through the use of the framework for intentional and targeted teaching. Empower: Strengthening PLCs by implementing a minimum of one hour weekly collaborative planning time in all schools for all instructional staff.

Innovate, Engage and EmpowerLakeside Elementary Proud to be an A School!The district has 3 initiatives - innovate, engage, and empower.

Everyone needs to know them!

They are the same as last year with improved descriptions.

Think of the possibilities if we worked collectively on making these shared goals evident in all of our classrooms, while building an understanding with the staff as to why we are working on them.

Remember, we are in the business of teaching and learning.

Post initiatives in every classroom, office space, and common areas.6Shared VisionWhat do we hope to become at some point in the future?Innovate, Engage and EmpowerLakeside Elementary Proud to be an A School!Questions to consider:

Does the vision result in people throughout the school acting in new ways that are aligned with the intended direction that has been established?

Do people at all levels use the vision statements to guide their day to day decisions?

Are the statements used to modify structures, processes and procedures to better align with the intended direction of the school?

7Our Shared VisionLakeside Elementary School exists to prepare life-long learners for success in a global and competitive workplace in acquiring applicable life skills. Innovate, Engage and EmpowerLakeside Elementary Proud to be an A School!8MissionSchools exist because their mission islearning.Innovate, Engage and EmpowerLakeside Elementary Proud to be an A School!It is important to have a shared mission for student learning.

Questions to consider:

What is the purpose of my school?

2. How will your school go beyond the mission statement to embed learning into the culture of your school? 3. Does all staff understand the mission of the school? 4. What concrete behaviors would be occurring if everyone understood the mission? What it looks like, sounds like, and feels like?

9Our Shared Mission Our mission is to work collaboratively with all stakeholders to provide a public education that is motivating, challenging and rewarding for all children.

We will increase student achievement by providing students with learning opportunities that are rigorous, relevant and transcend beyond the boundaries of the school walls.

We will ensure a working and learning environment built upon honesty, integrity, and respect. Through these values, we will maximize student potential and promote individual responsibility.

Innovate, Engage and EmpowerLakeside Elementary Proud to be an A School!10Values/Collective CommitmentsHow must we behave daily to advance our vision/mission in the intended direction?Innovate, Engage and EmpowerLakeside Elementary Proud to be an A School!Turn and talk to your neighbor about the behaviors needed to advance our vision/mission.11Values/Collective CommitmentsFrom Beliefs to Behaviors

From Thinking to Doing

We will statements

Innovate, Engage and EmpowerLakeside Elementary Proud to be an A School!Value Statements

Represent a fundamental Shift - from belief to behavior - from thinking to doing - from we believe to we will

Few in number

Appropriately written by each group - teachers - administrators - students - parents - support personnel

12Guiding Questions:When creating commitments: What are specific commitments we must honor to achieve our mission and vision?

What are the specific behaviors we can exhibit to make a personal contribution to the success of our school?

What commitments are we prepared to make to each other?

What commitments or assurances are we prepared to make to every student in our school?

What are the must dos and the taboos for this staff?

What agreements are shared among all of us?When proposals are considered: Is this consistent with our purpose?

Will it help us become the school we envision?

Are we prepared to commit to do this?

Will it enable us to achieve our goals?Innovate, Engage and EmpowerLakeside Elementary Proud to be an A School!Example of Collective CommitmentsD eliver an effective, differentiated, and challenging curriculum I nsist on and model high expectations S essions of professional development to ensure implementation of best practices N eeds and progress of students will be openly communicated to students and parents E ncourage students to make choices that are safe, responsible, and respectful Y early monitoring and continuous celebrating of student and staff successes

Innovate, Engage and EmpowerLakeside Elementary Proud to be an A School!14Collective Commitments for our school Underline or circle the significant phrases or words in the vision/mission statements.

Brainstorm with the personnel at your table, the behaviors we will need to commit to in order to make our vision/mission evident daily in our school. Align the behaviors with the significant phrases/words from the previous step.

Collaborate with the personnel at your table to collectively create five We will statements from the behaviors discussed in the previous step (refer to your examples).

Innovate, Engage and EmpowerLakeside Elementary Proud to be an A School!15Collective Commitments for our school Share your five statements with another table. Take your five statements and the table you are sharing with five statements and reduce those ten statements to five statements using the five finger voting technique.

Use the five finger voting technique to confirm that the statement is one that your table agrees with and will support: 5 = I love it, 4 = I like it, 3 = Im neutral, 2 = I dont like it, 1 = I hate it. If all team members vote with 3, 4 or 5 fingers the statement is one everyone can live with. If anyone doesnt like it or hates it, eliminate the statement.

Be ready to share your combined five statements.

Innovate, Engage and EmpowerLakeside Elementary Proud to be an A School!Repeat the process until we narrow the number of commitments down to 15.16Revisit - Essential QuestionWhat is challenging about building a school community where all staff members work together and share ideas freely?

Innovate, Engage and EmpowerLakeside Elementary Proud to be an A School!The challenges are building relationships and building a culture of collaboration.

We may overcome the challenges by establishing shared goals, shared vision/mission, and collective commitments. 17

Mission:Impossible

Innovate, Engage and EmpowerLakeside Elementary Proud to be an A School!18Mission ImpossibleThe Original Hit MakersThe Original Hit Makers#1 ALL (Ultimate Theme Songs)2008-09-09T07:00:00Zktallen63@gmail.com 2008 Digital Revolution2014-07-27 15:18:56Mission ImpossibleThe Original Hit MakersThe Original Hit Makers#1 ALL (Ultimate Theme Songs)2008-09-09T07:00:00Zktallen63@gmail.com 2008 Digital Revolution2014-07-27 15:18:56Mission ImpossibleThe Original Hit MakersThe Original Hit Makers#1 ALL (Ultimate Theme Songs)2008-09-09T07:00:00Zktallen63@gmail.com 2008 Digital Revolution2014-07-27 15:18:56Mission ImpossibleThe Original Hit MakersThe Original Hit Makers#1 ALL (Ultimate Theme Songs)2008-09-09T07:00:00Zktallen63@gmail.com 2008 Digital Revolution2014-07-27 15:18:56