Stirring The Chalkdust Patricia A' Wasley

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Stirring The ChalkdustPatricia A. Wasley

• Collaboration and Teamwork

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Something to think about..

• What is collaboration?
• What types of collaboration are there?
• What are the benefits?

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Collaboration is

• To work jointly with others or together
  especially in an intellectual endeavor
• Merriam-Webster Online
• .In other wordscollaboration allows teachers to
  work as a team and combine their knowledge and
  experience to strengthen their roles as effective
  teachers.

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Types of Collaboration within the school are

• Mentoring and peer coaching teams
• Peer buddy systems that pair newly hired teachers
  with veteran teachers
• Teaching teams (organizational and instructional
  arrangement of two or more members of the school
  and greater community who distribute among
  themselves the planning, instructional, and
  evaluation responsibilities for the same students
  regularly for an extended time.
• Creating an Inclusive School-2nD Edition, Villa
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The Benefits are

• Reduces teacher isolation
• Makes curricular connections for students
• Helps teachers get to know their students better
• Increases parent involvement
• Greater flexibility in time, for both learning
  activities and for teacher and student work
• Blurs curricular distinction in favor of thematic
  or problem-centered learning
• Builds continuous professional growth
  opportunities for teachers.