Collaboration in the Learning Collaboration in the Learning CommunityCommunity

By Erin Misegadis

Improve Improve student student

achievement achievement and student and student

behaviorbehavior

Why Collaboration is NeededWhy Collaboration is Needed

Increase Increase teacher teacher

satisfaction satisfaction and and

sustainabilitysustainability

Why Collaboration is NeededWhy Collaboration is Needed

Create a comfortable Create a comfortable and safe environment and safe environment

by being open and by being open and honest. honest.

How to Establish CollaborationHow to Establish Collaboration

Voice areas where you would Voice areas where you would like to grow personally to like to grow personally to

establish trustestablish trust

How to Establish CollaborationHow to Establish Collaboration

Be genuine and Be genuine and supportivesupportive

How to Establish CollaborationHow to Establish Collaboration

Create norms of Create norms of collaborationcollaboration

Encourage Encourage online online collaborationcollaboration

Tips for Encouraging CollaborationTips for Encouraging Collaboration

Offer strategies and “work Offer strategies and “work time” to improve upon time” to improve upon

challenging issueschallenging issues

Tips for Encouraging CollaborationTips for Encouraging Collaboration

Kagan Kagan strategies: not strategies: not just for kidsjust for kids

Conversation (A Conversation (A novel novel concept!)concept!)

Tools for CollaborationTools for Collaboration

EmailEmail

Team blogs or Team blogs or wikiswikis

Shared document Shared document and resource and resource storagestorage

Tools for CollaborationTools for Collaboration

• Getting Started: Reculturing Schools to Getting Started: Reculturing Schools to Become Professional Learning Become Professional Learning CommunitiesCommunities– Robert Eaker, Richard DuFour, Rebecca Robert Eaker, Richard DuFour, Rebecca

DuFourDuFour

• Leading Professional Learning Leading Professional Learning Communities: Voices from Research Communities: Voices from Research and Practiceand Practice– Shirley M. Hord and William A. SommersShirley M. Hord and William A. Sommers

Book Study OpportunitiesBook Study Opportunities

• ““Teacher Collaboration in Urban Teacher Collaboration in Urban Secondary Schools” by Morton Inger; Secondary Schools” by Morton Inger; ERIC/CUE Digest, Number 93ERIC/CUE Digest, Number 93

• Kagan products: Kagan products: www.kaganonline.com

ResourcesResources