collaboration forms

[Claudia Palframan]

I'm new to middle school, and a recent graduate, so I want to do everything "perfectly" .  Does anyone have a form for collaboration with classroom teachers?  This will be something new to the school and i don't want to scare anyone off!

 

Thanks!

[Debbie Abilock]

Why don't you revise the forms in this Curriculum Collaboration Toolkit taking into account your own personality, school culture and what you know of the teachers?  There's no one right way - just listen well so you understand the messages behind what teachers say about their lessons, plans, curriculum.  What do they want students to know and be able to do?  What are their big goals?  How do they conceptualize your help (provide resources? lesson design? assessing the bibliography, etc.)?  Get in on co-planning and co-teaching and co-evaluating but think of baby-steps to full collaborative work so you don't overwhelm them initially (collaboration is labor-intensive).   

best,

debbie

"It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it."  -- J. Brownowski

 

 

 

[Claudia Palframan]

Thank you!  Lots of good info there!

[Jessica dos Santos]

Hi Claudia,

Did you ever find or create a collaboration form? I would love a copy if you wouldn't mind sharing it.

Thanks,

Jessica 

[Claudia Palframan]

Hi Jessica,
So sorry I took so long to get back to you. I used the web site Debbie provided the link for, and created my own. I kept it very simple. it's on my work computer do I can't send you a copy. I asked for the teacher's name, grade, subject, topic to be collaborated on, type of equipment needed, and time and date (I have a part flex part firm schedule). Only one teacher used it, but it opened the door for several teachers to come and plan with me - they would say the had the form, but lost it, so could we just discuss...

I think if you advertise collaboration in any way you can, those that want to/need to will, and then the word gets around.

Claudia