CW Magazine-Winter Edition November 2014 | Page 14

Collaborative Data Team
Practice Profile
Missouri Collaborative Work Practice Profile
Foundations present in the implementation of each essential function: Commitment to the success of all students and to improving the
quality of instruction.
Col l ab or ative D at a Tea m
Exemplary
Ideal Implementation
(All items are in place.)

Essential Functions

1

Educators collaboratively
develop common
purposes and goals for
improved student
outcomes within a culture
that embraces continuous
school improvement.

Teams address each of the following at least
twice monthly, as evidenced by agendas and
minutes:
Discussing data and monitoring student progress.
Identifying instructional practices that result in
student learning.
Identifying students needing re-teaching.
Aligning instructional practices to academic
standards.

Proficient

Teams address each of the following at least
monthly, as evidenced by agendas and minutes:
Discussing data and monitoring student progress.
Identifying instructional practices that result in
student learning.
Identifying students needing re-teaching.
Aligning instructional practices to academic
standards.

Teams meet weekly for approximately 45 minutes, with appropriate team members participating.

2

Educators effectively
implement group
processes (agendas,
minutes, dialogue, and
discussion, norms,
logistics, consensus, roles,
decision-making skills,
protocols.)

Teams utilize agendas which include:
Team/Group Name,
Date/Time/Location,
Outcomes (includes required materials),
Past items to review,
New items,
Celebrations,
Norms, and
Next meeting date.
Teams utilize minutes and communication which include:
purpose for the meeting,
where and when held,
list of the attendees,
what was achieved during the meeting,
decisions made at the meeting,
actions that were agreed, include the action itself, who it was assigned to, and the completion date,
central place to store document (minutes won’t get lost in inbox or on server),
easy access for all participants to provide updates and comments,
distributed to all stakeholders, and
agenda serves as template for minutes.
Teams have collaboratively developed and routinely use norms. They regularly evaluate their
adherence to those norms and are willing to hold one another accountable.
Teams utilize roles, with multiple people on the team able to assume various roles. Teams have
developed roles that are appropriate to their setting, and have defined those roles.

3

Educators intentionally
collaborate about the
most effective practices
within curriculum,
instruction, assessment
and climate.

During all team meetings, problem-solving and
sharing involves all of the following collaborative
behaviors. (See module handout for detailed
description of each):
Pausing,
Paraphrasing,
Posing questions,
Putting ideas on the table,
Providing data,
Paying attention to self and others, and
Presuming positive intentions.

*Evidence: Fidelity Checklist, Student Data

During 80% of team meetings, problem-solving
and sharing involves at least 5 of the following
collaborative behaviors. (See module handout for
detailed des