Collaboration among teachers provides benefits such as increased resources and opportunities for professional growth. Effective collaboration involves shared goals and accountability, well-defined roles, and active participation from all members. It is enhanced by meaningful planning time and the use of digital tools to facilitate asynchronous and synchronous collaboration regardless of location.

2. Collaboration…. often associated with ‘teamwork’

3. Collaborative Culture Positive Attributes Tired Instruction Planning Process Out of the Box and Join the Circle of Collaboration Shared Beliefs Meaningful Instruction Shared Accountably Mutual Goals Meaningful Planning Reflections Defined Roles Best Practice

5. Cooperative planning

6. Long-term, regularly scheduled meetings with school stakeholders

7. Examining state standards, and research to overhaul curriculaOne of the constants, however, when educators come together to collaborate is the intellectual effort they put forth to better themselves as a group to benefit their students.

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11. Obtain greater resources, recognition and reward when facing competition for finite resources

12. Shared commitment in monitoring results and making adjustments when barriers and problems are identified;

13. Shared information and resources;

14. Opportunities for risk-taking, new roles, and continued learning;

15. Flexibility in terms of different styles and different ways to meet goals

16. Communication and cooperation

17. Ability to disagree and still work together

18. Time and opportunity to plan and build classroom structure

19. Joint decision-making

22. A methodical examination of the school environment.

23. A thorough assessment of the school’s mission.

24. A clear vision of organizational goals.

25. A process to present ways of reaching those goals.

26. An inclusive, collaborative process for gathering information, ideas, opinions and intuitions on which goals and decisions are based.

27. A realization that planning never stops.Planning Process

28. Meaningful Planning For Collaboration “Commitment must be given to a data-driven curriculum, to clear and specific objectives, and to a mindset of deep purpose for meaningful planning and collaboration.” Gamble, J. (2008)

29. Meaningful Planning For Collaboration Collaborative planning requires making the time to work and learn with colleagues.

31. Ensure that meetings (whether face-to-face or digital) provide opportunities for collaborative planning.Meaningful Planning For Collaboration

32. MEANINGFUL PLANNING KEEPS YOUR SCHOOL FROM BECOMING…

34. Connecting People to People

35. Organizational Improvement

36. Knowledge Exchange

37. Synchronous vs. AsynchronousBest Practices

39. GoogleDocs enables multiple people in different locations to work simultaneously on the same document from any computer with Internet access

40. Oovooallows up to a 4 person collaborative video conferenceCollaborative Tools

42. increased teacher job satisfaction

43. improved student achievementBenefits of Staff Collaboration

44. The proliferation of Web 2.0 tools on the web offers numerous ways of collaborating with colleagues Web 2.0 Tools

45. Collaboration can occur anywhere at anytime through the use of the Internet, digital video and communication technologies.

46. The 21st Century Real World…

47. Teachers collaborate during lesson planning to personalize learning for each student. Tiered Instruction

49. Note taker/Listener

50. Questioner/Devil’s Advocate

53. Asking questions

54. Acknowledging and resolving conflict

55. Clear decision making processes

56. Making decisions

57. Volunteering for tasks

59. Equalizing power

60. Note taking

64. Make sure the goals are clearly defined

65. There must be buy-in to achieve success

69. Accept responsibility for results both positive or negative

70. Promotes trust and individual integrity

71. Accountability should address the issue, not assign blame

73. engaging students in cross disciplinary learning

74. engaging students as active and self-directed learners

75. emphasizing inquiry, problem solving, and higher order thinking skills

76. applying knowledge and skills to authentic tasks

77. engaging students in self-assessment and reflection