Davis Collaborative Learning Teams Continuum Assess the current reality of your school’s implementation of each indicator listed below. Consider what evidence supports your assessment of each. Communication: The school has established a clear purpose and priorities that have been effectively communicated. Systems are in place to ensure action steps aligned with the purpose and priorities are implemented and monitored. Pre-initiating Initiating Implementing Developing Sustaining There is no sense of Key leaders may have There is general Structures and There is almost universal purpose or priorities. reached agreement on understanding of the processes have been understanding of the People throughout the general purpose and purpose and priorities altered to align with the purpose and priorities school feel swamped priorities, but people of the school, but many purpose and priorities. of the school. All by what they regard as throughout the staff members have not Staff members are policies, procedures, a never-ending series organization remain embraced them. beginning to see and structures have of fragmented, unclear. Furthermore, if Specific steps are being benefits from the been purposefully disjointed, and asked to explain the taken to advance the initiative and are aligned with the effort improvement priorities of the school priorities, but some staff seeking ways to to fulfill the purpose initiatives. Changes in or the strategies to members are become more and accomplish the leadership inevitably achieve those priorities, participating only effective in priorities. Systems have result in changes in leaders would have grudgingly. They view implementing it. been created to direction. difficulty articulating the initiative as gauge progress. The specifics. Staff interfering with their real systems are carefully members would offer work. monitored, and the very different answers if resulting information is pressed to explain the used to make priorities of the school. adjustments designed to build the collective capacity of the group to be successful. Short Term Goal(s): Steps to accomplish: Who is responsible? Timeline: Long Term Goal(s): Steps to accomplish: Who is responsible? Timeline:
Davis Collaborative Learning Teams Continuum Assess the current reality of your school’s implementation of each indicator listed below. Consider what evidence supports your assessment of each. Communication: The school has established a clear purpose and priorities that have been effectively communicated. Systems are in place to ensure action steps aligned with the purpose and priorities are implemented and monitored. Pre-initiating Initiating Implementing Developing Sustaining There is no sense of purpose or priorities. People throughout the school feel swamped by what they regard as a never-ending series of fragmented, disjointed, and improvement initiatives. Changes in leadership inevitably result in changes in direction. Key leaders may have reached agreement on general purpose and priorities, but people throughout the organization remain unclear. Furthermore, if asked to explain the priorities of the school or the strategies to achieve those priorities, leaders would have difficulty articulating specifics. Staff members would offer very different answers if pressed to explain the priorities of the school. There is general understanding of the purpose and priorities of the school, but many staff members have not embraced them. Specific steps are being taken to advance the priorities, but some staff members are participating only grudgingly. They view the initiative as interfering with their real work. Structures and processes have been altered to align with the purpose and priorities. Staff members are beginning to see benefits from the initiative and are seeking ways to become more effective in implementing it. There is almost universal understanding of the purpose and priorities of the school. All policies, procedures, and structures have been purposefully aligned with the effort to fulfill the purpose and accomplish the priorities. Systems have been created to gauge progress. The systems are carefully monitored, and the resulting information is used to make adjustments designed to build the collective capacity of the group to be successful. Short Term Goal(s): Steps to accomplish: Who is responsible? Timeline: Long Term Goal(s): Steps to accomplish: Who is responsible? Timeline:
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