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=**FINALIZING OIT SERVICES**=

I hope you enjoyed your reading assignment, “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.” I’m sure you remember the point in the book where Kathryn asked her team members to come together to have a meeting where they would make a substantive decision, “to help determine their overarching goals for the year.” I have a similar activity for today’s meeting and just like in the book I look forward to 90 minutes of fruitful, interesting and lively conversations.
 * __Framing Our Work__**

You all have provided me with a listing of services in your iProgram, but I am still not seeing the thread that runs through each of your services, nor do I have a sense that there is really accountability across the programs for each service to succeed. Thinking back to the matrix of services I shared last week, what I didn’t see is collaboration both through AND across each program.
 * __Getting Started__**

What I’d like for us to do today as a team is look across all the services we are offering and determine how each iProgram will support each service proposed. I am not going to approve any services where I do not see evidence of support across each program. Today I want us to focus on the services we consider MOST important this year and determine how all five iPrograms will support these services. I have populated some services into the matrix based on services that I have approved so far. Right now I have working titles in each box because what I didn’t see was a collaborative effort of titles across programs. While I’m not wedded to these titles, I am wedded to the idea that titles need to be similar enough that it is identifiable that they support a common service. This connection should be evident to our audience without having to read a class outline or description.
 * __Teaching__**

-Look at each service and identify and be able to articulate how it is supported across the five iPrograms. -Finalize which services we will offer this year. -Determine what the services are called. -Define audience for each iProgram and service i.e.; --is iCoach for Technology liaisons or all coaches? --is iLearn really push-in support to schools and works directly with students, teachers, and coaches? --how does iLead differentiate if audience is principals vs instructional leaders? -Define delivery method for each service
 * Today’s Activity…**

We will do the first one together with Out of the Box – Laptop, then I’ll watch you do Communication Tools - email. Once I’m sure we’re on the same page, you will complete the activity as a team.
 * __Guided Practice__**

-You have 40 minutes to discuss and determine how the services that are pre-populated in the Matrix will be supported within your iProgram and determine the title of each service. -You have 30 minutes to add additional services you would like to add to the matrix, but Directors must agree on the support that will be delivered across the iPrograms.
 * __Work Time__**

You will have 20 minutes to present and discuss our plan for the year with the OIT team. This matrix will be presented to our ITS’s on Tuesday, September 5th.
 * __Share__**

Use this activity as well as feedback from the OIT director to refine your description of services. There will be a field added to the services template where you will articulate how each service is supported across the iPrograms that will look like this: Please indicate how this service is supported in each iProgram. iLead: iCoach iTeach: iLearn: iSite:
 * __Post Meeting Activity__**