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Multi-School Collaborative Teams
Building Districtwide Partnerships in a PLC at Work®
In this book, Jen Minor and Amy Moore offer a blueprint for building a school culture that embraces and supports the important work of multi-school collaborative teams. They provide clear strategies to unite leaders and teams around shared school and district standards, driving collaboration across campuses to reduce instructional variability and ensure student achievement and success.
Benefits
- Create supportive professional networks to pool resources and develop creative solutions
- Encourage leadership development in sharing innovative ideas and effective strategies
- Build trust and reliable supports among professional colleagues facing similar challenges
- Track and monitor goals and progress to ensure continued improvement and productivity
- Sustain a viable, efficient PLC that fosters continued growth
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Creating Multi-School Collaborative Teams
Chapter 2: Laying the Foundation for Multi-School Collaborative Teams
Chapter 3: Building Leadership Capacity
Chapter 4: Establishing Cohesiveness in Multi-School Collaborative Teams
Chapter 5: Planning for Multi-School Collaborative Team Time
Chapter 6: Leading Strategically and Monitoring Multi-School Collaborative Teams
Chapter 7: Sustaining and Enhancing Multi-School Collaborative Teams Long Term
Epilogue: Momentum Matters
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Chapter 2: Laying the Foundation for Multi-School Collaborative Teams
- Figure 2.1: District Office Communication Audit to Support MSCTs
- Figure 2.2: Focus on Five Analysis
- Figure 2.3: Considerations and Best Practices for Creating MSCTs—Elementary or Middle School
- Figure 2.4: Considerations and Best Practices for Creating MSCTs—High School
- Figure 2.7: Example Multi-School Collaboration Calendar
- Figure 2.8: Example MSCT Organization Chart
- Figure 2.9: Example MSCT PLC Calendar
Chapter 3: Building Leadership Capacity
- Figure 3.1: Protocol for Developing a Guiding Coalition Mission Statement
- Figure 3.2: School Guiding Coalition Road Map
- Figure 3.3: PLC Schoolwide Project Overview
Chapter 4: Establishing Cohesiveness in Multi-School Collaborative Teams
- Figure 4.2: Creating MSCT Collective Commitments
- Figure 4.3: Creating MSCT Norms
- Figure 4.5: MSCT Agenda Template
- Figure 4.11: Steps to Build the Foundation for MSCTs
- Figure 4.12: MSCT Guiding Questions for Standardized Assessments
Chapter 5: Planning for Multi-School Collaborative Team Time
Chapter 6: Leading Strategically and Monitoring Multi-School Collaborative Teams
- Figure 6.1: Checklist for Establishing and Maintaining MSCTs
- Figure 6.2: MSCT Composition and Oversight Tool
- Figure 6.3: Monitoring and Evaluating MSCTs
- Figure 6.4: Example MSCT Administrative Cohort Agenda
- Figure 6.5: Team-Generated Products
- Figure 6.6: School Leader Protocol for Examining Data
- Figure 6.7: MSCT Look-Fors Tool
- Figure 6.8: MSCT Monitoring and Coaching Tool
- Figure 6.9: MSCT Continuum to Evaluate Essential Components of Cross-School Collaboration
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
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