Colorado Quality Standard 4: Team Collaboration
I collaborate daily with my colleagues in many subject areas. Collaboration is essential to the success of our non-native English speakers. I meet weekly to discuss student progress as professional learning communities, am part of an RtI Team, and also meet with teachers one-on-one with specific concerns. I currently have many English Learners in one math class that has multiple high needs students. I have been collaborating with the math teacher to incorporate language learning and collaboration in the class, and we hope to start producing YouTube tutorials in English and in Spanish soon. The hope is that this will offer a hands-on way for students to express their learning and teach peers.
The school in which I work is small, yet encompasses a wide array of social and economic backgrounds. As a staff, it is essential that we work together to creatively solve the many challenges that appear in this complex, dynamic environment. Working together as professional learning communities brings everyone together to discuss alternative ideas for struggling students. I constantly work with classroom teachers of English Learners to help adapt learning exercises, homework, and quizzes. The RtI team that I am working with is collaborating school-wide to create a system in which all students’ needs are being met, and hope to hire an intervention specialist for the coming year. (Element C)
Working collaboratively always helps educators come up with new ideas, as we often feed off of one another’s’ thoughts. Additionally, we can “steal” ideas about classroom management, assessment, and instruction techniques from one another. I find that the collaborative time we have once weekly is my most productive time all week. We are able to express concerns and come to a consensus about students’ academic standing and social situations, and then collaborate in finding productive solutions. I feel that a group of educators is always able to get more done than just one person trying to conquer the world alone; this collaboration time is essential in running a school well.
The school in which I work is small, yet encompasses a wide array of social and economic backgrounds. As a staff, it is essential that we work together to creatively solve the many challenges that appear in this complex, dynamic environment. Working together as professional learning communities brings everyone together to discuss alternative ideas for struggling students. I constantly work with classroom teachers of English Learners to help adapt learning exercises, homework, and quizzes. The RtI team that I am working with is collaborating school-wide to create a system in which all students’ needs are being met, and hope to hire an intervention specialist for the coming year. (Element C)
Working collaboratively always helps educators come up with new ideas, as we often feed off of one another’s’ thoughts. Additionally, we can “steal” ideas about classroom management, assessment, and instruction techniques from one another. I find that the collaborative time we have once weekly is my most productive time all week. We are able to express concerns and come to a consensus about students’ academic standing and social situations, and then collaborate in finding productive solutions. I feel that a group of educators is always able to get more done than just one person trying to conquer the world alone; this collaboration time is essential in running a school well.
Evidence: PLC Notes
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