Team-building

The Client

Beechwood Secondary School, Slough

The Brief

The school’s business manager wanted the team of non-teaching staff to work more cohesively.

Quicklearn answer

When the school held one of its regular teachers’ development days for the teaching staff, Quicklearn were called in to run a workshop for the ancillary team.

We started by asking what their expectations were from the day and from each other and, by using a series of exercises and brain-friendly techniques, worked through any issues they had with each other and with the teaching staff.

At the end of the session they had a much more positive attitude to the team as a whole and understood how they could help each other in their colleague’s roles, as well as carrying out their own tasks. We also set simple objectives for them to follow.

The course was run twice, once for a team of nine and then again – when the team had grown to 14 - as a refresher for the original members and an induction for new staff.
 

The Result

Karen Crump, of Beechwood School, said: “Prior to the training, the business team seemed to be slightly disjointed and didn’t particularly gel together. This has improved greatly. The team have actively sought out each other, getting a greater understanding of what each other’s responsibilities are and working with that information. They regularly think outside the box and will come up with some good creative solutions to their problems, talking it through with each other. Communication has been greatly improved and they regularly share their thoughts.”

“Probably one of the best training workshops I’ve been on”

“It proved that we do have a great team of people working together”

“Team comfortable, aware of their own qualities and what they can share. Ready to move forward”

Team-building

The Client

Beechwood Secondary School, Slough

The Brief

The school’s business manager wanted the team of non-teaching staff to work more cohesively.

Quicklearn answer

When the school held one of its regular teachers’ development days for the teaching staff, Quicklearn were called in to run a workshop for the ancillary team.

We started by asking what their expectations were from the day and from each other and, by using a series of exercises and brain-friendly techniques, worked through any issues they had with each other and with the teaching staff.

At the end of the session they had a much more positive attitude to the team as a whole and understood how they could help each other in their colleague’s roles, as well as carrying out their own tasks. We also set simple objectives for them to follow.

The course was run twice, once for a team of nine and then again – when the team had grown to 14 - as a refresher for the original members and an induction for new staff.
 

The Result

Karen Crump, of Beechwood School, said: “Prior to the training, the business team seemed to be slightly disjointed and didn’t particularly gel together. This has improved greatly. The team have actively sought out each other, getting a greater understanding of what each other’s responsibilities are and working with that information. They regularly think outside the box and will come up with some good creative solutions to their problems, talking it through with each other. Communication has been greatly improved and they regularly share their thoughts.”

“Probably one of the best training workshops I’ve been on”

“It proved that we do have a great team of people working together”

“Team comfortable, aware of their own qualities and what they can share. Ready to move forward”