Before meeting with top-level administrative staff, a newly appointed superintendent should devise some working principles, such as disclosing management style, reviewing staff job responsibilities, meeting privately with each team member, listing school system problems and priorities for handling them, holding regular staff metings, delegating…

Describes process that six counselor trainees and two supervisors used with treatment and observation teams to examine their own coevolution as a therapeutic system using the Milan model of family therapy and Ericksonian hypnotherapy. Concludes with a discussion of advantages and pitfalls of this type of dual supervision. (Author/ABL)

Regardless of budget or institutional reputation, building a good college admissions team requires careful attention to four elements: philosophy, hiring, training, and performance. The result is productive, proficient, and pleasurable. (MSE)

Suggestions and tools for arranging an effective classroom are presented to help teachers reflect on how their classroom's "geography" and "climate" help or impede learning and teaching. (CB)

This article is concerned with effective teacher training programs that develop educators as computer science professionals and also expose them to the methodologies of teaching computer science. It describes one program that utilized a team project approach to teach advanced computing concepts and discusses results of the program. (LZ)

The business case for diversity is tied to competition, demand for labor, and imperatives to reorganize work. Through diversity, talent can be mobilized into teams, adding value and relying on differences for competitive advantage. (SK)

Introduces and presents three articles addressing the topic of acquisitions management from the perspective of the acquisitions librarian, administrator, and systems librarian. The need for a collaborative approach to the design, development, and creation of acquisitions management reports is emphasized. (JKP)

Expert facilitators combine both diagnostic and intervention skills in eight domains: group development, goals, roles, communication, meeting management, decision making, problem solving, and conflict management. Most people can develop group facilitation skills. (SK)

Contains citations and abstracts of 17 articles from U.S. and British journals on job performance, productivity, and motivation. (SK)

Criticizes Belbin's team role theory on the basis that roles are appropriate only in static organizations. Argues that most teams have no set roles and members interchange them. Suggests that all team members be trained to manage teamwork effectively. (SK)

Addresses questions related to team building: Are teams appropriate for the situation? What kind of team is most relevant? What practical steps will develop and sustain effective teamwork? Looks at needs of four kinds of teams ranging from informal to formal, temporary to permanent: project, work, alliance, and network. (SK)

Since 1971, Department of Educational Administration at Texas A&M University has achieved considerable recognition for the strength and diversity of its various program offerings. The department's success may derive from its willingness to respond productively to forces of change, maintain a vision of success, and remain dedicated to the…

Teams share commitment, translate purpose into performance goals, and have members be accountable with and to their teammates. Types of teams are those that recommend, make or do things, and run things. The distinction between teams and other working groups is performance: an effective team is worth more than the sum of its parts. (SK)

Describes "Take Five," a group brainstorming activity that can be adapted to different time constraints, numbers of participants, and types of participants. Gives examples of uses to which the technique can be put. (SK)

In the Air Force's Advanced Communications-Computer Systems Officers Training (ACOT) Course, participants must complete the ACOT Learning Contract to learn more about a specific problem or topic. The group must reach consensus on a topic and grade for the contract, fostering intense teamwork. (JOW)