Roles in Teaming…

The new school year is approaching quicker than I’d like at this point.  I’m presently doing summer school (by my own choice) but I don’t see myself getting much break this summer.  In my down time, I’ve been doing some brainstorming about team roles on our campus.  I am the team leader for the 9th Grade Advanced Technology Team, which will most likely consist of myself (World Geography), two Algebra I teachers, an English I teacher, a Reading teacher, an IPC teacher, two technology teachers and possibly one to two more teachers as all the logistics have yet to be worked out.  I want to do a better job this year of utilizing the teacher’s skill sets and giving them as much ownership in the teaming process as I can.  Last year we had set roles that teachers volunteered to do at the beginning of the year but as the year goes on, we oten times lose focus of our roles and tend to let things slide.  I think we are all guilty of this…

Last year’s roles included a recording secretary, two awards coordinators, a budget coordinator, tech coordinators, and two tutoring coordinators.  All of these people did a great job but this year I would like to have more and different roles for my team members.  I wonder if some of these can be eliminated or even better expanded upon.  I want to make sure that all team members have a role that will add great value to our team and their experience on the team.

Those of you out there that team in your schools, please let me know what roles, if any, you assign your team members.   I think teaming is the way to go to best reach our students…I just want to make sure I’m doing the best job I can!