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Champion Creatively Alive Children Series
21st Century Skills: The 4 Cs
Creativity
Discovering novel ways to think, learn and do
Critical Thinking
Using original ideas to solve problems
Communication
Expressing thoughts and feelings effectively
Collaboration
Working in partnership with others toward a common goal
PLUS
Arts-Infused Education Advocacy
Championing the integration of the arts
across the curriculum and school-wide to build the 4 Cs
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Warm-Up Exercise
4 Kinds of
Creative Collaboration
for Schools
Creative collaboration among students
Creative collaboration among faculty
Creative collaboration between
educators and parents
Photo by John Pinderhughes
Creative collaboration between the
school and the broader community
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Dispelling Myths
Myth When
Reality
When students
students collaborate,
study or work they learn
together, it’s valuable skills.
“like cheating.”
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Dispelling Myths
Myth Assertive,
Reality
With skilled instruction,
popular students collaborating enables
take over and children to share what
shy, less popular they know and can do
students are with others with whom
left behind. they might not
routinely interact.
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Dispelling Myths
Myth Collaborative
Reality
Self- and peer
learning assessments
experiences show how students
are hard for handle conflicts,
teachers distribute workloads,
to grade. provide feedback
and contribute.
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4 Cs of Collaboration
Common Goal
Contributions
Compromise–Consensus
Creative, Collaborative Culture
Photo by John Pinderhughes
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Common Goal
Do collaborators
understand the
shared objectives
and their roles
when they work
as a group or
on a team?
Photo by John Pinderhughes
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Contributions
Are the talents and skills of everyone in the group leveraged?
Is everyone given the opportunity to make contributions?
Do you assign roles that play to individual strengths?
Are diverse points of view solicited and welcome?
How is feedback used to improve collaboration?
How are individual contributions and abilities to work
as a team assessed?
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Compromise–
Consensus
Do collaborators know how to
compromise and reach consensus?
Is the decision making process
clear? If no compromise or
consensus is reached, who
makes the ultimate decision?
Photo by John Pinderhughes
Do collaborators have opportunities
to share constructive feedback?
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Creative,
Collaborative Culture
Does the group have strategies to make
Pittsburgh Carmalt Academy of Science & Technology,
sure everyone contributes—without some
people dominating or others left out?
Pittsburgh, PA. Photo by eMedia Works
Is there a culture of creative collaboration
—an environment in which people
respect one another’s ideas and nurture
creative expression?
How is conflict handled? Are
disagreements handled respectfully?
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Group Exercise
Four Cornerstones of Collaboration
Drawing by Linda Parzych
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Hands-On Exercise
Team Sculpture
Challenge
• Use Crayola Model Magic® to
form spheres, cubes, cones
and pyramids. Make as many
shapes and sizes as you want.
• Work together to assemble
your shapes into the tallest
Jonathan D. Hyatt P.S. 154, Bronx, NY.
sculpture possible, making
Photo by eMedia Works sure that it stands upright.
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Hands-On Exercise
Draw Your
Collaborative Culture
• Do group members share a common goal?
• Are individual contributions respected
and fully used?
• How are conflicts handled?
• Is there a process for compromise
and consensus building?
Drawing by Linda Parzych
• Who are the decision makers?
• Who has input into decisions?
• Does the culture feel supportive or divisive?
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Assessment Tool
Collaborative
Culture
• Reflect on your
collaborative culture.
• Share your honest
responses and reactions.
Pittsburgh Carmalt Academy of Science & Technology,
Pittsburgh, PA. Photo by eMedia Works
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Key Points
Collaboration is a fundamental 21st century skill.
The arts give people a context for collaboration
—and an engaging way to learn together.
The 4 Cs of collaboration—a Common Goal,
Contributions, Compromise–Consensus
and a Creative, Collaborative Culture—help
Pittsburgh Carmalt Academy of Science & Technology,
us understand the key elements of collaboration
for students and adults.
Pittsburgh, PA. Photo by eMedia Works
The role of educators, parents and community
members is to collaborate for students’ success,
develop students’ collaboration skills and foster
a culture of collaboration.
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Thank you!
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