Question

How will teacher collaborate with professionals in order to advance this professional practice.

Answer 1

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Each day teachers gather and talk about their families,, difficulties they've had with students. Some would define this type of collegial discussion as collaboration. While these discussions are crucial to maintaining the morale and sanity of any faculty, do they help anyone grow as an educator?

Professional Learning Communities would define collaboration as teams of teachers who work interdependently to achieve common goals — goals linked to the purpose of learning for all — for which members are held mutually accountable. This kind of definition seems to take all the fun out of teacher planning time, but it is exactly what needs to stay place in order to build strong students and strong teachers.

Stages-

Forming

This is actually the easiest stage where a team comes together with a sense of excitement and anticipation. People begin to learn about each other and develop processes for how their group will function. It is not unusual for a couple dominant personalities to attempt to lead the discussions.

2. Storming

Teaching styles and practices can be a very sensitive and personal area for many educators. Those people who are used to working in isolation can find it difficult to share ideas or have their practices questioned. This can sometimes lead to conflict within the collaborative team. It's not unusual for members to feel defensive or overloaded in this stage. There has to be always a realistic expectation that not all groups will function at the highest level from the very start. Working together can lead to conflicting views of educational practices and team goals. Bear in mind that through conflict, growth will occur.

3. Norming

As educators continue to collaborate, they begin to see the positive side to collaboration. Teams begin to see an increase in productivity, interpersonal relationships improve, and meetings begin to focus on achieving consensus through shared input.

4. Performing

When a team reaches a high level of functioning, the academic and professional growth goes through the roof. When teammates disagree about a topic, they can discuss it with a sense of collegiality and an understanding that the ultimate goal is an improvement of the learning environment for everyone. Regardless of stage of development, progress is easy to identify as long as collaboration exists.