For students to become powerful learners, their teachers must engage in powerful learning themselves. Yet the professional learning many teachers experience is often disconnected from the curriculum, disconnected from specific students and their learning needs, and disconnected from their daily work. What’s needed is a tightly-connected systems focus, aimed at continually increasing the knowledge and […]
Collaborative Team Meetings, which include assistants, counselors, learning coaches and teachers, are essential in establishing a Collaborative Response Model. Administrators not only need to ensure that the time is embedded to allow these meetings to occur. Administration, whether principals or assistant principals, also play a valuable (if not critical) role in Collaborative Team Meetings when they […]
Few would argue the merits of providing time for collaboration during the school day. However, determining how to do it is not a simple task. We acknowledge that creativity is needed when looking to create time for teams – however, there are far too many examples of schools that are making it work for this […]