We are spending a lot of time as a team planning for each day. Unfortunately, this doesn't leave us time to communicate about non-planning items. Our team is not as cohesive as I hoped it would be at this point. The three of us that are veterans of sorts for the grade level have taken a very active role in the planning process and in taking on responsibilities. The two new teachers to the team are coming along a bit slower than I had anticipated.
Challenges to the team are initiative and sharing responsibilities equally.
- The veterans have a visible leading role in the presence of students. We place ourselves at the front and center of students.
- We step up and take charge of clean up, transitions and leading activities.
- We have set up shared documents and spreadsheets on Google apps to make signing up for responsibilities as easy as possible.
- After getting little improvement, we put the "to do list" on a hard copy. This didn't improve things much.
- We think we've given enough encouragement to share ideas and step in. I'm not sure the cheerleader in me is working.
- Patience is turning into frustration for the veterans.
Yes, it's only been 9 days of school. Yes, the veterans have a leg up because we know the curriculum.
I'm beginning to realize that a leader needs to emerge. Not as a task manager, but on a more personal level. I'm willing to take it on, but I need a lot of guidance. I'm not a manager of big people--only the little ones!
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