The document outlines an agenda for a CISB workshop on March 16th, 2012 that focuses on developing skills like appreciation, commitment, creativity and collaboration. Participants will engage in team-building activities like building the tallest freestanding structure out of materials and evaluating their school's collaboration. They will also discuss the benefits and challenges of collaboration and create profiles of their ideal "dream teams".

1. CISB Workshop March 16th, 2012

2. What do you want to gain or want to work on
during this Workshop?
 Appreciation  Enthusiasm
 Commitment  Independence
 Confidence  Integrity
 Cooperation  Respect
 Creativity  Tolerance
 Curiosity
 Empathy

3. Definitions Characteristics
Collaboration
Examples Non-Examples

5. 1) Build the Tallest Freestanding
Each table will receive a package Structure
and in each package you will 2) The Entire Marshmallow must
have the following be on top
 20 sticks of spaghetti 3) Use as much or as little of the
 One yard of tape kit
 One yard of string 4) Break up the spaghetti, string
 One Marshmallow
or tape if you want
5) The challenge will last 18
minutes

6. TIMER

8. School Evaluation
Each Table is being asked to evaluate our
school in terms of collaboration.
1 Dot = Not so well
2 Dots = Sometimes
3 Dots = All the time

11. Create a profile of your “Dream Team”
Attributes
Think about:
1) Who would you have in your dream team?
2) What sort of people?
3) Roles and Functions be?

12. Dream Team

15. Benefits Challenges

16. Collaboration

17. Brainstorm
Challenge Symptom Solution

18.  How do they help with issues that you might
be facing in your planning teams?
 How might professional essential agreements
positively or negatively influence a team’s
effectiveness?
 Do you have planning team essential
agreements?
 Where else do you or can you have essential
agreements?

19.  Inyour next planning meeting, I would like
you to come up with a planning essential
agreement document that everyone on your
team is willing to follow.