Communication and Collaboration

Learning outcomes

• Explore skills and dispositions specific to Communications as part of instructional coaching and partnership

• Identify areas of strength and need for growth based on the CSTP Framework

• Discuss communications as a problem of practice in working with and leading colleagues

Activities

Review the Communications (p.5-6) section of the CSTP Teacher Leadership Skills Framework and

Review the saved results of your LIFT Self-Reflection Part One specific to Communications.

Add to the document you created in the previous section and

Respond to the following prompts using the document you've created. Looking at the Communications section:

1. What knowledge/skills and dispositions are areas of strength for you?

2. What knowledge/skills and dispositions are areas of weakness or need for future growth?

3. What are some questions that you'd like to explore?

Discuss Vignette #2 on page 6 of the CSTP Teacher Leadership Skills Framework with your learning partner.

• In addition to the questions for the vignette, in what ways might Brian's mindset and mental models affect his interactions with peers?

• What mental models have Brian's colleagues created based on David's actions?

Respond to this prompt in your LIFT Portfolio.

1. What peers in your professional circle or learning network most strongly exemplify the knowledge, skills, and dispositions described in Communication?

Learning outcomes

• Explore skills and dispositions specific to Collaboration as part of instructional coaching and partnership

• Identify areas of strength and need for growth based on the CSTP Framework

Activities

Review the Collaboration (p.7-8) section of the CSTP Teacher Leadership Skills Framework and

Review the saved results of your LIFT Self-Reflection Part One specific to Collaboration

Add to the document you created in the previous section and

Respond to the following prompts using the document you've created. Looking at the Collaboration section,

1. What knowledge/skills and dispositions are areas of strength for you?

2. What knowledge/skills and dispositions are areas of weakness or need for future growth?

3. What are some questions that you'd like to explore?

Respond to this prompt in your LIFT Portfolio.

1. What peers in your professional circle or learning network most strongly exemplify the knowledge, skills, and dispositions described in Working With Adult Learners?

Learning outcomes

• Examine research into effective educator training and professional learning

• Connect and validate other research and evidence supporting instructional partnership, coaching, and collaborative educator learning

Activities

Review the report Collaboration: Closing the Effective Teaching Gap with a focus the following sections.

• Collaborative Teachers Are Effective Teachers (p. 2)

• Making Collaboration Work (p. 6)

Discuss these questions with your learning partner.

• What does the research and data say about the positive impact of collaboration among educators?

• How does this align with your own experience and/or work with other educators?

• What are some of the key challenges in implementing educator collaboration and instructional partnership?

Respond to the following prompts in your LIFT Portfolio.

1. As you approach a 'halfway' point in the LIFT learning path, what are some recurring patterns or ideas that you're seeing across the different reports, research, and resources?

2. What questions would you like to explore more fully?