“Moving from a Good to Great PBIS Team”

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Georgia Southern University

Digital Commons@Georgia Southern

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

“Moving from a Good to Great PBIS Team”

Tara Davis

Ga DOE, tara.davis@mresa.org

Jaime Espinosa

MRESA, jaime.espinosa@mreas.org

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Recommended Citation

Davis, Tara and Espinosa, Jaime, "“Moving from a Good to Great PBIS Team”" (2018).Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference. 74.

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Tara Davis and

Jaime Espinosa

School Climate Specialists

11

th

_Annual

GAPBS Conference

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Take this quick test. Choose the item in each line that is most

like you and put a 4. Then pick the item that

is next most like you and put a 3. Then 2 and then 1 for which is

least like you. Do this across each row. Then

total the numbers down the columns.

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Learning Objectives

• _{Understanding team dynamics and individual working}

styles.

• An introduction to various teaming structures,

processes, and resources to help teams become more

organized and more effective.

• To learn and understand the responsibilities,

functions, and strategies of PBIS teams that are

implementing at a high level.

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How Functional and

Effective is Your Team?

1. Go to the poster that currently reflects your team's functionality and

effectiveness.

2. Introduce yourself and discuss “why” you picked this specific song title.

Beyond My Wildest Dreams

Dynamite Happy Feeling Lost

Nothing But A Miracle Dazed and Confused

A Beautiful Mess Twisted

Rolling In The Deep

Cruisin’

Coming to Life Come Together

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Team

Phases

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Creating a High Performing Teams

Clear, unifying purpose and

goals

Get the right people in place Choose the Right Leader Getting the team to play well together

“Leaders of companies that go from good to great start..by getting the right people

on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats.”

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Role of Team Leader and

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8 Roles

People

Play on a

Team

Practical

Consulting

Driving

Creative

Catalyst

Critical Judge

Supportive

Detail

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Common Problems in Teams

Hogging

—

talking too much

Flogging

—

beating a dead horse

Frogging

—

jumping from topic to topic

Bogging

—

getting stuck on an issue

Dead buffaloes

—

tip toeing around a

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BEAVER OTTER

Golden

Retriever

LION

On your team, are you a

LION, BEAVER, OTTER

or GOLDEN RETRIEVER

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Take this quick test. Choose the item in each line that is most

like you and put a 4. Then pick the item that

is next most like you and put a 3. Then 2 and then 1 for which is

least like you. Do this across each row. Then

total the numbers down the columns.

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Beaver

• Strengths:

Analytical, Self

Disciplined, Industrious, Organized,

Accurate, Factual, Practical

• Weaknesses

: Moody, Inflexible,

Touchy, Unsocial, Critical

• Areas of Growth:

Beavers need to

accept that it’s all right to make

mistakes and that it’s healthy to call

for help when they’re struggling.

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The Golden

Retriever

• Strengths: Calm, Easy Going, Dependable, Quiet, Objective, Diplomatic, Humorous

• Weaknesses: Selfish, Stingy, Worrier, Procrastinator, Indecisive

• Areas of Growth: Golden Retrievers should avoid being so supportive that they support problems as well

(codependency). They also need to learn to confront when necessary; even when it’s difficult.

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The Lion

• Strengths: Visionary,

Practical, Productive, Strong Willed, Independent,

Decisive, Leaders • Weaknesses: Cold,

Domineering, Unemotional, Unforgiving, Sarcastic

• Areas of Growth: Lions need to learn that meaningful

communication takes time. They need to slow down to involve others in decisions.

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The Otter

• Strengths: Outgoing, Responsive, Warm, Friendly, Talkative,

Enthusiastic, Compassionate

• Weaknesses: Undisciplined, Exaggerates, Showy, Avoids Details, Egocentric

• Areas of Growth: Otters must learn to deepen relationships, be serious during serious times, and respect real deadlines and rules.

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Team Resource:

Personal Awareness

In order to work effectively with me, please try to include as much

detail as you can about your expectations up front and try to avoid

adding to your requirements list once we have begun work and

please know under pressure I may be quiet while I am processing

what you’re saying so, please just give me a minute to think without thinking I am angry or upset about what you said.

In order to work effectively with me, please

And try to avoid

And please know under pressure I may be

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Organize

the Team

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0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Nu mber of R esp on ses

McIntosh, K., Predy, L., Upreti, G., Hume, A. E. & Mathews, S. (2014).

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Tara Davis

School Climate Specialist

Tara.davis@mresa.org

Jaime Espinosa

School Climate Specialist