Explicit team norms help to increase the emotional intelligence of the group by cultivating trust, a sense of group identity, and belief in group efficacy (Druskat & Wolff, 2001).
Thank you for your input and reflection on our staff norms, and your work to build your own team norms. I see these as the foundation for our collaborative work, as a staff and as teams.
Here's a link to our staff norms: Houlton Staff Norms. May this be the guide for our work together this year.
Respect
- Caring and Courageous Communication: We will interact in a manner that is trusting, comfortable and safe.
- ALL voices heard
- ALL actively listening
- Presume positive intentions
- Address your needs in conversations
- Find a balance between listening to others’ and offering your own opinion
- Open Mindedness: We will be open to trying new things and/or contribute strategies and ideas to promote student learning with a growth mindset.
- Appreciate different perspectives
- Be flexible in schedule and attitude
- Professional: We will be the best version of ourselves regardless of the circumstance
- Being respectful of time
- Being prepared
- Staying on task
- Actively participating in collaboration
- Communicating respectfully with others
- Uphold confidentiality
COPPER
Communication, Open Minded, Professional Practice
Embraced in Respect
