Collaboration

Category : Ensuring Equitable Access and Implementation

Level : School

To what extent do teachers and community educators have the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues?

Compensated, scheduled time for teachers and educators to collaborate is key to keeping lessons interesting, relevant, and dynamic for students. Time for collaboration allows teachers to integrate subject areas and plan cross-curricular projects. Further, time for collaboration provides an opportunity for teachers to learn from each other, build trust and respect, and work together to identify students’ needs and strategies to meet those needs. Extending this collaboration time to other professionals, stakeholders, and allies provides teachers with opportunities to keep their pedagogy current and useful to their students’ communities.

• The master schedule ensures collaborative planning time and student data analysis per week among:
  – Grade-level teachers within the school
  – Content-area teachers within the school
  – Teachers with similar interests
  – Professionals, experts, community partners, and MBLT providers outside of the classroom or school
• There is evidence of a culture of trust and shared responsibility among faculty.