Presentation for educators - 3+1 "Ts" of Collaboration. Includes "Twitter" as a social media tool for collaboration and building a personal learning network.
3. Who is Here Today?
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4. Our learning goals
• Share our teacher collaboration
“makeover” story in order to…
– Help you identify and address your
own struggles with collaboration and
learn from each other
– Give you a framework to “make over”
your teacher collaboration model
including practical strategies
5. Our learning goals cont.
• Share some strategies on how to
build a digital professional learning
network in order to…
– Expand your professional learning
through media and digital resources
– Expand your professional
collaboration networks for you
individually and those “back at the
ranch”
11. Year 2 - 2006
• Common plan time for all core content departments
• Collab teams will meet 60 minutes per week during common
planning periods
• Collab teams will provide team meeting reports for each meeting
• Topics for collaboration will be provided by the
administration – including, but not limited to: A+ curriculum,
assessment, teaching strategies, examining student work,
analyzing or revising best practices in instructional policies, etc.
• Admin will visit each collab team a minimum of once per
month
• Department chairs/ team supervisors will report to steering
committee monthly and meet with admin monthly to address
issues and collaborate
18. TIME
"If everyone is moving
forward together, then
success takes care of
itself." - Henry Ford
19. • Protect the time – master schedule
challenges
• Be invested and accountable
• Hold firm to the schedule, yet allow
for flexibility
20. Master
Schedule
2010-2011
1A 2A 3A 4A 1B 2B 3B 4B
TEACHER DEPT ROOM
Per Fin Per Fin
Rm 415 Rm 415 Applied
Geometry Geometry PLAN PLAN Geometry
Per Fin Per Fin Math
Rm 415 Rm 415
Marriott Math 417
Algebra 1 Geometry PLAN Geometry Algebra 1 PLAN Algebra 1 Algebra 1
Lane Math 413
Algebra Pre- Pre-
Algebra 1 Algebra 1 PLAN Algebra 1 PLAN
Lab Calculus Calculus
Hughes Math 419
ACT Prep-
Fall AP
PLAN Algebra 2 Algebra 2 PLAN Algebra 2 Algebra 2
PLATO Calculus
Lab
Rusert Math 421
College College College College
Algebra 2 PLAN PLAN Algebra 2
Algebra Algebra Algebra Algebra
Reinert Math 418
Finite Finite Finite Freshman Freshman
Freshman PLAN PLAN
Math Math Math Geometry Geometry
Taylor, J Math 414 Geometry
PreAP Algebra PreAP PreAP
PLAN Geometry PLAN Geometry
Algebra 2 Lab Algebra 2 Algebra 2
Dupree Math 402
21. • “You wouldn’t consider taking away
common plan time, would you?” –
Heather G.
• “The effectiveness of our collaboration
is one of the main reasons we have
not looked at moving away from block
schedule.” – Jeremy P.
• “How can we build in some vertical
teams for common plan and
collaboration as well?” – Val C.
24. • Chemistry & Relationships
– "If two men on the same job agree all the
time, then one is useless. If they disagree
all the time, both are useless." - Darryl F.
Zanuck
• Leadership involvement
• Agreed upon norms & roles
26. TARGET
“The secret is to gang up on the
problem, rather than each other."
- Thomas Stallkamp
27. • The TARGET must be authentic &
relevant
• Think school initiative & current
school goals
• Model effective collaboration & TRAIN
staff in protocols
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