Staff and Team Norms

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