How effective are your team meetings? Each team member should evaluate the team's meetings by checking the items that are true of your team meetings. Compare team member responses. Acknowledge what is working well in your team meetings. Consider implementing unchecked items to improve team efficiency.

1. Family members participate as they prefer. ___

2. Meetings are held at a regularly scheduled time. ___

3. Meetings start on time. ___

4. Seating arrangement is conducive to communication. ___

5. All pertinent team members have been invited. ___

6. All pertinent team members attend. ___

7. Meetings are guided by an agenda. ___

8. During the meeting, agenda items are identified for the next meeting. ___

9. Meeting minutes are recorded. ___

10. Minutes are distributed in a consistent manner to absent members. ___

11. The team has a system to convey necessary information to non-team members as needed. ___

12. A leader or facilitator is designated for each meeting. ___

13. The team accomplishes tasks on the meeting agenda. ___

14. The meeting concludes with a summary or review time. ___

15. The meeting ends on time. ___

16. Each team member feels free to express his/her feelings. ___

17. The team explores multiple solutions before selecting a solution. ___

18. The team uses a collaborative problem-solving process. ___

19. The meeting is facilitated by roles such as recorder, time keeper, jargon buster, etc., which change with each meeting. ___

Adapted from: Kansas State Board of Education. (1992). Collaborative teaming for inclusion-oriented schools: A resource manual. Topeka, KS: Author.