Collaborative Teams That Work

Collaborative Teams That Work is the ultimate guide to excellent collaboration. To support your PLC's path forward, authors Colin Sloper and Gavin Grift outline 12 specific actions that lead to greater, more effective teamwork. Rely on this resource as you set up your collaborative teams, and then refer back to it before, during, and after meetings to maintain focus on the right work.

Understand the positive effects of collaboration in education. Examine the cycle of learning and how it optimizes education for both students and teachers. Implement 12 actions to collaborate more effectively. Adapt the cycle of learning and collaborative techniques to other types of educational teams. See the big picture of collaboration and how the learning cycle fits into the educational system over many years. Contents:

Preface

Foreword

Introduction

Section 1: Preparing the Learning

Action 1: Map the Learning Pathway

Action 2: Prepare the Preassessment

Action 3: Administer the Preassessment

Action 4: Respond to Identified Student Learning Needs

Action 5: Design the Learning Program

Section 2: Implementing the Learning

Action 6: Implement the Learning Program

Action 7: Monitor the Impact of Instruction

Action 8: Analyze Which Instructional Practices Are Having the Greatest Impact

Action 9: Adopt the Most Impactful Instructional Practices

Section 3: Reviewing the Learning

Action 10: Administer the Postassessment

Action 11: Determine the Team's Impact on Student Learning

Action 12: Action the Team's Learnings

Section 4: Adopting an Alternative Approach

Preparing the Inquiry

Action 1: Identify the Learning Issue

Action 2: Prepare the Preassessment

Action 3: Administer the Preassessment

Action 4: Respond to Identified Student Learning Needs

Action 5: Design Actions to Address the Learning Issue

Implementing the Inquiry

Action 6: Implement the Learning Actions

Action 7: Monitor the Impact of Actions

Action 8: Analyze Which Actions Are Having the Greatest Impact

Reviewing the Learning

Action 9: Administer the Postassessment

Action 10: Determine the Team's Impact on Student Learning

Action 11: Action the Team's Learnings

Section 5: Putting It All Together

Develop the Collaborative Meeting Agenda

Conclusion

Appendix A

Appendix B

References