Intentional Moves

An educator for 30 years, Elisa B. MacDonald is the author of the best-selling book, The Skillful Team Leader: A Resource for Overcoming Hurdles to Professional Learning for Student Achievement. Her broad-ranging experience includes roles such as teacher, literacy coach, and assistant principal of instruction in the Boston Public Schools and adjunct professor for teacher action research at Boston College. As national director at Teach Plus, Elisa built up and led a program in six cities in which teams of teachers in chronically underperforming schools achieved rapid gains for students. Currently, Elisa consults with school districts and organizations, training and coaching team leaders and helping to transform teacher, school, and district-level leadership teams. When Elisa isn’t championing students and teachers, she is on stage acting, driving her twins to soccer and theater, or experimenting in the kitchen, pretending she’s on the Food Network. Contact Elisa if you want to learn more about skillful intentional team leadership, or if you just want a delicious fudge recipe. www.elisamacdonald.com skillfulteamleader@gmail.com (Twitter) @elisaBmacdonald (LinkedIn) Elisa B. MacDonald

Part 1: Foundations
Chapter 1: Skillful and Intentional Leadership
Chapter 2: Don’t Settle for High-Functioning Teams
Chapter 3: The Real Work of Collaborative Inquiry
Part 2: Essential Understandings
Chapter 4: The Psychology of Groups
Chapter 5: Five Must-knows About Adult Learners
Chapter 6: The Upsides (and Downsides) of Being a Peer Leader
Part 3: Ten Primary Intentions with Moves
Primary Intention #1: Optimize Learning Conditions: Time, Space and Accommodations
Primary Intention #2: Establish Expectations and Responsibilities: Norms and Roles
Primary Intention #3: Nurture Group Culture: Community and Trust
Primary Intention #4: Design and Plan Learning: Work Plans, Agendas and Protocols
Primary Intention #5: Engage and Interact: Participation, Conflict-Resolution and Decision-Making.
Primary Intention #6: Set Purpose and Direction: Priorities, Inquiry Questions and Goals.
Primary Intention #7: Use Data to Advance Learning: Assessments and Data Talk
Primary Intention #8: Cultivate Diverse Perspectives in Problem Solving: Assumptions and Bias
Primary Intention #9: Implement New Learning: Peer Observations, Resistance and Change.
Primary Intention #10: Assess: Feedback, Reflection and Growth for Teams and Leaders.