Patience is a virtue! Readiness represents the activities required to prepare to initiate and implement the IC Team model within a school or district. Readiness activities are designed to deepen the understanding of IC Teams and to fully appreciate the level of commitment that is necessary to fully and effectively implement IC Teams.IC Teams has several readiness activities that are required and others that are strongly suggested.

• Attend the IC Summer Institute. The Lab for IC Teams, University of Maryland conducts an annual Institute to develop individuals' skills in the IC process. The Summer Institute is comprised of two components. The first is a four-day introductory training held in the summer; the second component is an on-line coaching experience, in which Institute participants consult with a teacher in their home schools and receive coaching on-line during the fall semester after the Institute is completed. For more information about the Institute, please visit our IC Institute page.

• Conduct a Book Study . Those individuals who are involved in the IC Team course are encouraged to meet periodically and conduct a book study of the text Instructional Consultation Teams: Collaborating for Change (Rosenfield and Gravois, 1996).

• Contact Others who are Implementing IC Teams . The Lab for IC Teams has a list of individuals and schools that have initiated and implemented IC Teams, and are willing to be contacted. These individuals have been selected because they have been successful in initiating and implementing IC Teams in schools. To obtain a list of others who are implementing IC Teams, please contact us.