1. Collaboration - What does it mean to you? Danelle is Red
Collaboration can mean various things: Colleen is blue
• working together to plan a lesson or project
• planning lessons together across grades to differentiate lessons and ensure first grade
lessons align with second grade lessons
• collaborate with special area teachers to each teach about same topic, eg. penguins
Allowing students to see that topics do not need to be taught in isolation; knowledge is
cross curricular and learning is a constant experience. SH
Collaboration allows the use of many talents to combine - using the strengths of many. SL
Collaboration is working and planning together. E.S.
Collaboration means making time to work together on a lesson. L.C
sharing ideas
Using this type of tool should help us to have more useful time together as it eliminates a lot of
chit chat