Teacher Team Leader - Simple Habits to Transform Collaboration - Webinar Handout

Sep 12, 2026

Webinar handout outlines the role of a Teacher Team Leader and practical habits for strengthening team collaboration. It explains three responsibilities, surfaces common assumptions and mindsets that shape group effectiveness, and provides actionable moves, techniques, and strategies to improve communication and meeting outcomes. Topics include rapport, inclusion, voice awareness, breathing, gesture and word choices, norms and roles, and concrete planning tools such as running agendas and self-assessment.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPresentations

FormatPDF

Pages6

Reading Time2 min

AccessFree to download

Outcomes

Agenda

The Purpose of the Team (Williams, 2022)

Teacher Team Leader Responsibilities

Responsibilities (1–3)

Assumptions and Mindsets

Assumptions (Sparks, 2007)

Mindsets (Mindset Works, n.d.)

Moves, Techniques, and Strategies

Moves

Techniques

Strategies

Notes and Source

The Teacher Team Leader Simple Habits to Transform Collaboration [tinyurl.com/PuttheCinPLC](tinyurl.com/PuttheCinPLC) January 20, 2026 \#PuttheCinPLC Dr. Chad Dumas, Educational Consultant and Author @ChadDumas [tinyurl.com/Learnin](tinyurl.com/LearningChad)[gChad](tinyurl.com/LearningChad) [chad@nextlearningsolutions.com](chad@nextlearningsolutions.com) Outcomes: Participants will. . . ● Understand the three Responsibilities of a Teacher Team Leader ● Uncover assumptions and mindsets for successful team collaboration ● Explore a handful of simple actions that transform team functioning Agenda ● Welcome ● Responsibilities ● Assumptions and Mindsets ● Moves and Strategies ● Q & A and Next Steps The Purpose of the Team (Williams, 2022): Guarantee the learning of… ● ● ● Teacher Team Leader Responsibilities 1. 2. 3. Assumptions: That which we hold to be true (Sparks, 2007) 1. People do the that they can. 2. You can only control . 3. communicates. 4. People want to done. 5. Conflict is . Mindsets: Attitudes that lead to action (Mindset Works, n.d.) 1. To what others don’t (yet) see in 2. To be with a posture of learning 3. To the contagion of joy What next steps might you see for yourself? _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ | Moves | Techniques | Strategies | | --- | --- | --- | | •Group Rapport
•Laughter and Humor
•Pause
•3rd Point
•Paraphrasing
•Questions
•Approachable and Credible Voice
•And (not but)
•Specificity
•Decontaminate space
•Individual Rapport
•Anonymize it
•Frozen Gesture
•Beat Gesture | •Breathing
•Gestures and Words of Inclusion
•Break Eye Contact
•Attribution
•4th Point
•Mode of Communication
•Hand Position
•Whisper
•I Interrupt Myself | •Physical Arrangement
•Norms
•Roles
•Inclusion
•Landing Page
•Outcomes
•Running Agenda Template
•Plan the Work then Work the Plan
•Celebrations
•Write It Down
•Others as Experts
•Sentence Stems
•Who will do What by When
•Data usage
•Self-assessment
•Fist to Five
•Forced Choice | | Notes: | | | | | | | Source: Dumas, C. (2025) . The Teacher team leader handbook: Simple habits to transform collaboration in a PLC at Work®. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.© 2025 by Chad M. V. Dumas. Do not duplicate, email, or post electronically. Credible and Approachable Voice (Grinder, 2007; Zoller, 2024) When might you need to be mindful of your voice continuum? _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Breathing (Grinder, 2007) What next steps do you see for yourself? _____________________________________________________________________________ Inclusion (Garmston & Wellman, 2016) How do you envision using Inclusion to start meetings? _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Where and How will you use these skills? _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ What next steps do you see for yourself? | | | --- | | | | | | |

FAQs

What are the three responsibilities of a Teacher Team Leader?

The handout presents three Teacher Team Leader responsibilities as core actions the leader owns to support effective team functioning and collaboration.

How does the handout define assumptions and mindsets in team collaboration?

Assumptions are described as what people hold to be true, while mindsets are attitudes that lead to action; both influence how teams communicate and respond during collaboration.

What practical moves and strategies are suggested to transform team functioning?

The handout lists moves such as building rapport and using inclusion-focused communication, plus techniques like breathing and gestures, and strategies including norms, roles, running agenda templates, and self-assessment.

Sep 12, 2026

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