Team Building & Leadership

Bring together the people who will lead academy development, make decisions, support students, and connect students to college, career, and community opportunities.

• Use the guiding questions to support ADT discussion, decision-making, and next steps.

• Use the ADT Agenda and Action Plan to organize the work and track progress.

Strategic Actions	Guiding Questions
1.4.a Establish Academy Leadership Identify the academy lead or team responsible for managing the academy and clearly define roles and responsibilities.	• Who is responsible for managing the academy? • What responsibilities will each person own? • What release time, resources, or authority will they need? • How will responsibilities be shared across the team?
1.4.b Designate College & Career Readiness Leadership Designate a staff member responsible for supporting college and career readiness activities.	• Who will oversee college and career readiness? • How will this person work with the ADT, teachers, and Advisory Board? • How will college and career readiness connect to the Program of Study and work-based learning (WBL) plan? • What support will this person need?
1.4.c Build Leadership Support & Advocacy Engage district, school, and academy leaders as ambassadors who promote and support the academy.	• Which district, school, and academy leaders need to understand and support the academy? • How will leaders promote the academy in the school and community (e.g., social media, events)? • How will leaders share impact stories or data to increase support and advocacy? • Where can leaders share college and career readiness best practices (local, state, or national)?
1.5.a Establish a Regular Team Planning Process Establish a regular process for collaborative planning focused on student success and academy improvement.	• Who needs to be part of the ADT (more than three members, e.g., administrator, counselor, core and career teachers)? • How often will the team meet, and when? • What standing agenda items will keep planning focused on student success (e.g., student outcome data, curriculum integration and projects, college and career readiness activities, academy goals)? • How will decisions and next steps be tracked?
1.5.b Participate in Professional Learning Participate in professional learning that strengthens the team's ability to design and launch the academy.	• What does the ADT need to learn before launch? • Which NAF or CTE professional learning opportunities would help? • Which team members should participate? • How will participants share what they learn with the team?
Set Up Team Norms and a Shared Folder Agree on how the ADT will work together, communicate, and store planning documents and evidence.	• What norms will guide ADT meetings and decisions (e.g., share the agenda in advance, start on time, decide by consensus)? • How will team members communicate between meetings (e.g., email, Teams, group text)? • Where will agendas, notes, and evidence be saved, and who will manage the shared folder?

Strategic Actions

Guiding Questions

1.4.a Establish Academy Leadership

Identify the academy lead or team responsible for managing the academy and clearly define roles and responsibilities.

• Who is responsible for managing the academy?

• What responsibilities will each person own?

• What release time, resources, or authority will they need?

• How will responsibilities be shared across the team?

1.4.b Designate College & Career Readiness Leadership

Designate a staff member responsible for supporting college and career readiness activities.

• Who will oversee college and career readiness?

• How will this person work with the ADT, teachers, and Advisory Board?

• How will college and career readiness connect to the Program of Study and work-based learning (WBL) plan?

• What support will this person need?

1.4.c Build Leadership Support & Advocacy

Engage district, school, and academy leaders as ambassadors who promote and support the academy.

• Which district, school, and academy leaders need to understand and support the academy?

• How will leaders promote the academy in the school and community (e.g., social media, events)?

• How will leaders share impact stories or data to increase support and advocacy?

• Where can leaders share college and career readiness best practices (local, state, or national)?

1.5.a Establish a Regular Team Planning Process

Establish a regular process for collaborative planning focused on student success and academy improvement.

• Who needs to be part of the ADT (more than three members, e.g., administrator, counselor, core and career teachers)?

• How often will the team meet, and when?

• What standing agenda items will keep planning focused on student success (e.g., student outcome data, curriculum integration and projects, college and career readiness activities, academy goals)?

• How will decisions and next steps be tracked?

1.5.b Participate in Professional Learning

Participate in professional learning that strengthens the team's ability to design and launch the academy.

• What does the ADT need to learn before launch?

• Which NAF or CTE professional learning opportunities would help?

• Which team members should participate?

• How will participants share what they learn with the team?

Set Up Team Norms and a Shared Folder

Agree on how the ADT will work together, communicate, and store planning documents and evidence.

• What norms will guide ADT meetings and decisions (e.g., share the agenda in advance, start on time, decide by consensus)?

• How will team members communicate between meetings (e.g., email, Teams, group text)?

• Where will agendas, notes, and evidence be saved, and who will manage the shared folder?

Check Your Progress

This section is complete when your ADT can confirm:

☐ 1.4.a Academy leadership roles and responsibilities are clearly defined.

☐ 1.4.b A staff member is designated to support college and career readiness.

☐ 1.4.c District, school, and academy leaders are prepared to support and promote the academy.

☐ 1.5.a The ADT has established a regular process for collaborative planning.

☐ 1.5.b The ADT has participated in relevant professional learning.

☐ Required evidence has been identified, completed, and saved in the designated location.

Recommended:

☐ The Academy Design Team has agreed on team norms and set up a shared folder for agendas, notes, and evidence.

Not ready to check everything off? Use your Action Plan to identify outstanding work, assign owners, and set due dates. You can return to this section at any time during YOP.