The 130-Year-Old System Breaking Your Team

📄 Get the free Teaming Blueprint (one-page PDF): https://teaming-blueprint.kit.com American schools were designed in 1893. The structure hasn't meaningfully changed since — and new research shows exactly what it's costing us. Teachers in traditional classrooms leave at a 21% rate. Teachers on team-based models leave at 12%. Teachers on teams with real decision-making authority? 6.6%. Same students. Same school. The only difference is structure. In this video, I break down why the 1893 design still dominates our schools, what the latest research from Penn GSE and Arizona State says about the cost, and what a team-based alternative actually looks like — including the 4 master schedule decisions that drive the results. ⏱ CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:42 Committee of Ten 1:59 The Research 4:01 The Use Case 5:28 Teaming Blueprint 8:14 Next Steps 📋 WHO THIS IS FOR This video is for campus and district leaders, instructional coaches, and teacher leaders who are trying to understand why their PLC isn't working — and what structural change actually looks like. If you're in your master scheduling window right now, this one is urgent. 📚 RESEARCH CITED Ingersoll, R., Audrain, L., & Laski, M. (2025). Teacher turnover and the Next Education Workforce. Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University / Penn Graduate School of Education. Penn GSE Press Release: https://www.gse.upenn.edu 🤝 NEED MORE SUPPORT? If you're ready to move beyond theory and build a team structure that actually holds, I work directly with campus and district leaders on exactly this. Visit: theteamingedge.com Email: [email protected] 👇 IF THIS WAS USEFUL 👍 Like if your team is ready to move from congenial to collegial 🔔 Subscribe for weekly team leadership strategies backed by research 💬 Comment: What's the biggest barrier to shared authority on your campus?