As schools decide to develop significant schoolwide plans to address their goals and achieve their learning missions, invariably they use groups of teachers, administrators and others to decide the direction and the components of grade level and schoolwide plans.
All successful planning requires teamwork.
Teamwork requires a variety of effective group roles that help move forward the discussion, decision making, and planning. It is useful to know what kind of group roles serve to move the planning ahead. Task-oriented behaviors focus on roles that facilitate problem solving, communication, use of information, and decision making. Group-maintenance behaviors spotlight roles that improve interpersonal relationships, resolve conflicts, and attend to personal needs of group members. Both types of behaviors are useful for effective group planning.