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6 Strategies for Building Stronger Collective Efficacy
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6 Strategies for Building Stronger Collective Efficacy
Have you ever led a team that could not function quite as well as you would have liked or hoped? What feelings come to mind? Frustration? Disappointment? Anger? Leading a team of professionals which don’t believe in themselves as a team is debilitating. Oftentimes the most overlooked impact of team dysfunction are our students. Students are more impacted by a team’s lack of efficacy than anyone on the team. After all, the mission of education is our students, and the greater health of the community begins with a leader building a strong sense of collective teacher efficacy. This strong sense is essential for creating a collaborative and thriving school environment.
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The results are transformative when teachers believe in their “collective ability to positively impact student learning.” John Hattie’s research “consistently identifies this as the top factor influencing student achievement.” Basically put, “authentic teacher collective efficacy revolves around colleagues feeling safe enough to share critical feedback with each other, while not taking any of it personally.”
Summarized below are the 6 Strategies. However, listen to Katie Novak’s episode of The Education Table for a deeper explanation and actionable strategies for each one.
- Encourage Teachers to Observe Each Other
- Promote Teacher-Designed and Led Professional Development
- Facilitate Mini Shares at Faculty Meetings
- Engage in Inter-Rater Reliability Work in PLCs
- Organize Team Book Studies with Discussion
- Universally Design Staff PD to Respect Teacher Variability
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