Quote from Megan NicholsonWorking with multiple grade levels often makes planning and collaboration challenging. How do we make the time to plan and collaborate with EACH grade level team, implement new strategies/ideas, and discuss student progress? In addition, how do you approach a team member who is making meeting difficult (i.e. scheduling team meetings without you/your input)?
In my experience, if a certain person can't come to a meeting, I or another will take detailed notes (Google Docs is great for this!) and share it with them, so that we can still meet and discuss what's going on, but not delay the process of implementing new plans or curriculum. If the person who was being difficult feels left out of the process, then maybe confront them (in a kind way) and tell them why they weren't included. If the problem persists, be more firm with them.