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



Conclusion


Appendix A


Appendix B


References