122 Ways to Build Teams - Paperback

by Carol Scearce (Author)

"New and veteran leaders who plan professional development or facilitate collaborative group work will find a tool kit of practical process strategies that work!"
--Jan Rozzelle, Executive Director
School Leadership Institute, The College of William and Mary

"Everything you need is in this book. Activities and processes are so clearly explained and easy to follow that educators can adopt the ideas and use them over and over again! A must for teachers, administrators, and professional developers."
--Margaret Hable, Educational Consultant

The busy leader′s easy-to-use resource for successful team building!

Tapping into a school′s potential for change begins with creating teams that are well organized and committed to sustainable results. This guidebook offers school leaders a wealth of practical team-building strategies for developing trust, establishing a team mission, leading and managing team meetings, and celebrating successes.

Team-building consultant Carol Scearce presents an easy-to-use format in an updated edition that includes:

• Two new chapters on agenda design and problem-solving processes
• Techniques for facilitating more productive team-building sessions
• Strategy levels from "simple to use" to "for the committed"
• Vignettes and examples in each chapter

Find out how to move your team members from "brainstorming" to "performing" by implementing team processes that can create lasting change in your school!

Author Biography

Carol Scearce is a professional consultant who has been in education for over 40 years. She taught K-12 general education and special education classes, was director of staff development for a large school district, and taught for several years at the university level. Carol has received the Outstanding Special Educator of the Year award and has been nominated for Who′s Who In Education and Who′s Who In Staff Development. She is the author of articles, training manuals and the book 100 Ways to Build Teams. She is a regular presenter at national conferences for ASCD, NSDC, the Brain Expo, the Council for Exceptional Children, and Title I schools, and has conducted over a 1,000 workshops on topics such as Team Building, Steps to Organizational Change, Teaching in the High Performance Classroom, How to Have a Brain Friendly Staff Meeting, Reading in the Content Areas, Classroom Instruction That Works, and Mentoring the Beginning Teacher. Her workshops are practical, active, and humorous. She models what she preaches and gives participants many opportunities to make connections between the workshop and the real world of school. Carol is the president of Enlightening Enterprises.