Collaboration

…includes meaningful consultation …can be cooperative or competitive …can increase motivation …includes listening to others …requires a willingness to compromise & change your mind …requires genuine commitment …can be really hard to achieve …should have an end goal in mind …includes trust and respect …requires relinquishing control …is sometimes the end, sometimes the means …can include joining together of separate parts …includes different strengths …includes different points of view …could occur during a common prep time … can be interdisciplinary … can be cross-cultural … includes relationship building ...can be team building ...can be skill building ...could include assigning different roles to students so that the natural leaders don't always take over || **__Examples of collaboration__** … mentorship … leadership … partnerships … community partners … pen pals … program articulation … vertical teaming … expert groups/focus groups within classroom … book talks … Socratic seminars … Philosophical Chairs … Team-teaching … Group marking (SS, Math Dept) … Brainstorming … Think-pair-share … Group projects (sharing outcomes, product with a wider audience) … Interacting with community … School-community-media partnerships … Reaching out to groups outside of the community (Africa, Arctic, etc) … Using technology to communicate with other schools … Cross-curricular collaboration … Working with the PAC … group work as learning … Integration of kids with different abilities … Teachers sharing resources & ideas … Common assessments … Teacher book club … Inter-district collaboration among teachers (via email) … Interacting with local government … Vertical teaming/planning programs … Arguing … Sharing of space/resources … Student-teacher rapport … Sports … Competitive collaboration – collaborating to compete/win … Practicum-teacher/mentor-teacher collaboration … Parent-teacher communication … Paid mentorship (through BCTF) ||  || - **skype** - **podcasts** - **wikis** - **email** - **google docs** - **webcasts** - **regular mail** - **epals** - **blogs** - **social networking sites**
 * **__Collaboration…__**
 * __Tools for collaborating__**
 * - twitter**