The art of coaching teams : building resilient communities that transform schools / by Elena Aguilar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aguilar, Elena, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teaching teams--United States.

Teaching teams.

Team learning approach in education--United States.

Team learning approach in education.

Teachers--In-service training--United States.

Teachers.

Mentoring in education--United States.

Mentoring in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The missing how-to manual for being an effective team leader The Art of Coaching Teams is the manual you never received when you signed on to lead a team. Being a great teacher is one thing, but leading a team, or team development, is an entirely different dynamic. Your successes are public, but so are your failures-and there's no specific rubric or curriculum to give you direction. Team development is an art form, and this book is your how-to guide to doing it effectively. You'll learn the administrative tasks that keep your team on track, and you'll gain access to a wealth of downloadable tools that simplify the "getting organized" process. Just as importantly, you'll explore what it means to be the kind of leader that can bring people together to accomplish difficult tasks. You'll find practical suggestions, tools, and clear instructions for the logistics of team development as well as for building trust, developing healthy communication, and managing conflict. Inside these pages you'll find concrete guidance on: * Designing agendas, making decisions, establishing effective protocols, and more * Boosting your resilience, understanding and managing your emotions, and meeting your goals * Cultivating your team's emotional intelligence and dealing with cynicism * Utilizing practical tools to create a customized framework for developing highly effective teams There is no universal formula for building a great team, because every team is different. Different skills, abilities, personalities, and goals make a one-size-fits-all approach ineffective at best. Instead, The Art of Coaching Teams provides a practical framework to help you develop your group as a whole, and keep the team moving toward their common goals.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Exhibits

Introduction

A Tale of Two Teams

What's in This Book?

Who is This Book For?

Toward a Beloved Community

A Note on Anonymity and Pseudonyms

Chapter 1: Refining a Vision

A Note on Terms

What Is a Great Team?

1. Product: A great team gets something done that is valuable, useful, and appreciated.

2. Process: A great team's collaboration skills increase as a result of working together.

3. Learning: Members of a great team learn.

What Makes an Effective Team?

Why Do We Need Teams?

When Do We Really Need a Team?

Working Alone

How Do We Build Teams?

Chapter 2: Knowing Ourselves as Leaders

The Amygdala in a Strange Land

Understand Emotional Intelligence

Layer on Personality

Consider Ability

Cultivate Cultural Competence

Exploring the Terrain of Leadership

Reflect on Home and Family

Define Good Leadership

Acknowledge Your Identity: What Is My Role?

The Potential of Transformational Leadership

Spotting the Tentacles of Power

Emotions Are Contagious

Implications for Team Leaders

Chapter 3: Creating a Culture of Trust

Why Human Bingo Doesn't Build Trust

Trust Isn't Built in a Day, But We Can Lay Bricks Every Hour

1. Know Who You Are and Who You Want To Be

2. Know Each Other

3. Keep Your Commitments and Expect Others to Keep Theirs

4. Be Transparent about Your Leadership Actions

5. Clarify Agendas

6. Always Ask for Feedback

7. Apologize and Say You Don't Know

8. Reflect Regularly on Team Process

9. Foster a Culture of Listening

10. Surface Team Members' Strengths and Skills

11. Celebrate Successes

12. Acknowledge Areas for Growth

13. Practice Appreciation

14. Appreciate Yourself

15. Play and Have Fun

Use Hindsight to Strengthen Foresight.

Chapter 4: Defining Purpose, Process, and Product

The Necessity of a Reason for Being

Keeping Students at the Center

Determining Mission and Vision

It's All about How We Work Together

Core Values

Team Member Roles and Responsibilities

Communication Agreements

What Are We Going to Do Together?

Team Goals

A Note on Using Urgency

Tips for Goal Setting

A Team Inquiry Project

Work Plans

Mapping Out the Journey

Checking the Health of Your Team

Chapter 5: Laying a Foundation for Trust

Community Agreements Build Culture

A Good Norm Is Not Hard to Find

Getting from Here to Norms

Time

Steps

Make Your Norms Serve You

Clarify What the Norms Mean

Make the Norms Visible

Create Structures for Accountability

When Should We Revise Our Norms?

Setting Intentions: A Counterpart to Norms

A Beloved Community

Chapter 6: Developing the Emotional Intelligence of a Team

What Is the Emotional Intelligence of a Team?

Acknowledge Feelings and Manage Their Expression

How Do I Create an Emotionally Intelligent Team?

Building Behaviors

Uprooting Behaviors

Managing Unexpected Change

Taming the Stress Demons

Chapter 7: Cultivating Healthy Communication

A Blueprint for Transformational Conversations

Toward a Description of Good Conversations

What Do You Think Is Good Conversation?

Constructing Good Conversations

Twenty Ways to Improve Your Team's Communication

Giving Feedback

Equity of Participation

Chapter 8: Making Good Decisions

Indicators of Effective Decision Making

Identifying Decision-Making Moments

Who Is Involved and How Much Say Do They Get

Levels of Empowerment

Determining Levels of Empowerment

An Opportunity for Self-Awareness

Decision-Making Processes

Consensus

Multivoting

Compromise

Majority Voting.

Unilateral Decision

Deciding on a Decision-Making Process

Facilitating Discussions

When Conversations Get Stuck

Groupthink

Reflection and Feedback

Chapter 9: Supporting Adult Learners

The Big Picture: The Learning Organization

What Is a Learning Organization?

From Theory to Practice

What the Research Says about Adult Learners

The Principles of Adult Learning

Common Challenges

Designing PDs That Meet a Learner's Developmental Stage

Using an Assets-Based Approach

Holding Others Accountable

Dealing with Resistance

Look Inward

Resistance Masks Fear

What Looks Like Resistance Is Often a Need for Help

Be Clear

Trust Reduces Resistance

Confront Cynicism

Reflect on Team Structures

Don't Focus on the Resisters-Focus on Those around Them

Know That Some People Are Not Coachable

Battling Resistance Is a Futile Endeavor

Distinguish between Individual Resistance and a Toxic Organization

Chapter 10: Orchestrating Meaningful Meetings

To Meet or Not to Meet?

Why Meet?

Which Activities Should We Do?

Making Meaning

Identifying Implications

Consultancy Protocol

The Feedback Protocol

Discussion Protocols

Routines to Build Positive Culture

How Do I Choose What to Do?

Working with Energy

Pairing and Grouping

Heeding the Stages of Team Development

Stage 1: Forming

Stage 2: Storming

Stage 3: Norming

Stage 4: Performing

Stage 5: Adjourning or Transforming

Using the Stages of Team Development

Chapter 11: Setting the Stage for Artful Meetings

Start with Feedback

Why and How to Ask for Feedback

What to Ask

When to Read Feedback

What to Do with Feedback

Making Sense of Critical Feedback

Don't Forget the Facilitator's Agenda

Prepare Your Internal Self

Put on the Finishing Touches

Find the Joy in Planning.

Chapter 12: Navigating Conflict

What Is Conflict and Why Is It So Scary?

What Is Healthy Conflict in a Team?

Why Do We Need Healthy Conflict?

How Can I Facilitate Healthy Conflict?

Raise Individual and Group Awareness

Get Buy-In on the Need for Conflict

Articulate a Shared Vision for Conflict

Identify Sentence Stems That Promote Healthy Conflict

Facilitators: Cultivate Your Own Emotional Intelligence around Conflict

Instigate and Validate Conflict

Facilitate Conflict Resolution

A Note on Talking about Race and Other Really Hard Things

How Can I Respond to Unhealthy Conflict?

Reflect on Conditions

Hone Your Own Emotional Intelligence

Return to Norms

Identify the Conflict

Consider Addressing the Conflict Now or Later

Let It Go

What If None of These Suggestions Work?

Get Help from Others

Have a Hard Conversation

Set Boundaries

Enlist Administrators or Supervisors

Build Culture

Have Hope

Keep Learning

Know When to Go

Chapter 13: Assessing Organizational Conditions

The Primacy of Purpose

Focus, Focus, Focus

Alignment Up and Out

Stability

Leadership

Membership

A Culture of Learning

Toxic Cultures

Trust

Decision Making

Conclusion: Coming to an End

Ten Truths about Building Teams

Amid the Redwoods

Appendices

Appendix A Facilitator Core Competencies

Appendix B Team Effectiveness Self-Assessment

Appendix C Community-Building Activities and Random Grouping Strategies

Community-Building Activities

Random Grouping Strategies

Appendix D Facilitation Planning Tool and Facilitation Observation Tool

Facilitation Planning Tool

Facilitation Observation Tool

Appendix E Activities for Meetings

E1. The Consultancy Protocol

E2. The Feedback Protocol

E3. Chalk Talk

E4. Dyads.

Appendix F Recommended Resources

On Emotions and Self-Knowledge

On Leadership

On Brain Science

On Managing Change

On Systems Thinking

On Community Building

On Meetings and Facilitation

On Communication

Race, Racism, and Systemic Oppression

For Inspiration

Appendix G Plan for Team Building

For Leading a New Team

When Continuing to Lead a Team and Identifying Next Steps

Acknowledgments

About the Author

References

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118984178

111898417X

9781118984161

1118984161

OCLC:

932463418