Build Team Cohesion

More Detail

Building team cohesion includes planning, communicating, executing, and improving the following actions:

See the one-page Instructional Excellence Summary covering all the key elements.

Study Guides

See these printable study guides with discussion questions and real examples from educators:

For Multi-Classroom Leaders—Key Element of Leadership Excellence: Build Team Cohesion

For Principals—Key Element of Leadership Excellence: Build Team Cohesion

Tools—For Multi-Classroom Leaders & Other Instructional Teacher-Leaders

This tool can help Multi-Classroom Leaders and other instructional teacher-leaders build cohesion with their teams:

Multi-Classroom Leader Action Planner—to see each season in its own document, click on these links: Summer; Fall; Winter; Spring

Videos—For Multi-Classroom Leaders & Other Instructional Teacher-Leaders

Watch these short videos of educators discussing the elements of building team cohesion, organized by action:

More Videos:

Videos—For Principals & Multi-School Leaders

Watch these short videos of educators discussing the elements of building team cohesion, organized by action:

Discussion Questions

Use these discussion questions to help guide your instructional team through the elements of building team cohesion:

1. 1. Does your team have clear norms for how people collaborate to achieve your goals? If not, what needs to change?
   2. Does your team understand how people’s styles may work in team meetings and how to use that to make great decisions, rather than slow or bad decisions? If not, what needs to change?
   3. Does your team celebrate successes? If not, what needs to change?
   4. Does your team routinely adjust actions to improve? If not, what needs to change?
   5. Make a brief action plan with specific goals, roles, and time by which you will make specific changes!
   6. Did your changes produce better learning results? If so, keep them. If not, think again about what other changes to make!