Collaboration Toolkit

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Collaboration Toolkit

• Wynn Smith
• Gerry Solomon
• NCDPI

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Collaboration

• is the key to impacting student achievement.

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We must clearly distinguish between effective
collaboration and the appearance of
teamwork.Schmoker, Mike. Results The Key to
Continuous School Improvement. Alexandria, VA
ASCD, 1998.
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Collaboration Is a Journey

• that goes through stages.

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Stages of Collaboration

• Integration - provision of media and technology
  resources to support classroom topics and
  instructional needs
• Cooperative activities - media and technology
  personnel design lessons to support classroom
  objectives
• Co-planning - teachers and media and technology
  personnel create cross-curricular lessons and
  units (jointly delivered and evaluated)

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Developing Communication

• Regularly scheduled team meetings
• Rules of the Road for meetings
• Lead teacher chairs the meeting
• Teachers talk about curriculum goals and ideas
  for instructional activities
• Media coordinator and tech facilitator bring
  related resources and activity ideas

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As you plan together

• Discuss curriculum goals and objectives
• Brainstorm possible activities and instructional
  strategies
• Determine necessary resources
• Determine outcomes and how to evaluate
• Schedule time for instructional activities

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Ultimate Collaboration

• Formal lessons/units collaboratively planned,
  implemented, and evaluated
• SLMC and Technology Facilitator may also co-teach
• Seamless infusion of technology

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Developing Integrated Units

• Target the unit (teacher)
• Brainstorm objectives (collaborative)
• Refine the activities (collaborative)
• Assign responsibilities for instruction
• Schedule time
• Present the unit (collaborative)
• Evaluate the unit (collaborative)
• Dobrot, Nancy and Rosemary McCawley.
• Beyond Flexible Scheduling, 1992.

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It Starts with Classroom Objectives
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The Collaboration Toolkit
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What Is It?

• A set of tools to assist collaborative teams in
  working more effectively during scheduled
  planning sessions.

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What Is a Collaborative Team?

• Team Leader initiates and facilitates meetings
  communicates session progress
• Teachers contribute curriculum objectives and
  learning needs of students
• Administrator ensures that school improvement
  goals are addressed

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Collaborative Team contd

• Media Coordinator contributes Information
  Skills objectives, media resources, and
  instructional strategies
• Technology Facilitator contributes Computer
  Skills objectives, technology resources, and
  instructional strategies
• Recorder captures session minutes
• Timekeeper monitors progress to keep session on
  task

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Media Coordinator and Technology Facilitator
Roles
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Purpose

• Provide a vehicle for ensuring productive
  planning focused on student achievement
• Provide an overview of the entire collaborative
  planning process
• Provide tools that guide and document the
  planning process

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Why Is the Focus of the Toolkit on Student Needs?

• Instructional decisions focused on individual
  student needs ensure
• Differentiated Instruction
• Motivation
• Engagement

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How Should It Be Used?

• Any or all components can be used by planning
  teams to guide planning
• Tools should be modified and adapted to meet the
  needs of your school teams

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Toolkit Components

• Participant Checklist
• Team Leader Checklist
• Agenda Template
• Results-Based Collaborative Planning Form

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Toolkit Components contd

• Rubric
• Collaborative Planning Session Checklist
• Suggested Resources

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Participant Checklist

• Identifies individual strengths and weaknesses
  of students
• Gathers materials to bring to meeting, e.g.
• Lesson/unit plans
• Resources
• Calendar
• Reviews rubric

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Team Leader Checklist

• Completes Individual Checklist
• Creates agenda and shares prior to meeting
• Obtains calendars

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Agenda Template

• Team Leader fills out top of form
• Recorder documents participants/roles in
  meeting

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Results-Based Collaborative Planning Form

• Target instructional goals
• Identify differentiated instructional strategies
• Identify appropriate resources

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Planning Form contd

• Determine assessment strategies
• Analyze student progress to determine
  effectiveness of instructional strategies
• Determine staff development needs

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Rubric

• Management/Administration logistics of
  successful planning
• Student Data making decisions based on analysis
  of student data

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Collaborative Planning Session Checklist

• NC SCOS Alignment
• Instructional Practice
• Resources
• Professional Development

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Resources

• Research-based strategies for student achievement
• Formative assessment
• Student research models
• Effective teams

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Collaboration Toolkit

• www.ncwiseowl.org/impact/toolkit.doc

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Questions

• Wynn Smith
• wsmith_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• Gerry Solomon
• gsolomon_at_dpi.state.nc.us