Inquiry to Action Teams: Collaboration and Co-Planning

February 27, 2015

9:00-9:20
Community Builder - Tandem Interview
Partner up with someone you have never spoken to before today and interview each other using the following
questions:
1. Where are you originally from?
2. What made you decide to become a teacher?
3. What is favorite food?
4. What was the highlight of your winter break?
Then, find another pair neither of you knows well. Go around the group, introduce your partner and share what
you learned about them during your interview.
9:20-10:50
Co-Planning for Co-Teaching
Work in a group of 4 to co-plan a lesson to be co-taught by 2 or more adults. The guiding question for your
work together is:
How is what we are planning substantively different, and better for students, than what one teacher
would do alone?

10:50-11:00

Break

11:00-11:30 TED Talk Mindset

Reflect and Jot:
- What connections did you make while watching this talk?
- What are the implications of these ideas for collaboration? For teaching? For student learning?

11:30-12:00

Lunch

12:00-1:45
Inquiry Work
Part 1 - Collaborative Data Analysis: Each group member will have 15 minutes to share data and get feedback
from group members. Use the data analysis template to guide the analysis.
Part 2 - Self-Guided Work Time: Use your data analysis to identify the next steps for your inquiry. Use the
remaining time here today to begin to enact these steps. You might:
- Gather resources
- Research
- Plan
- Create materials
- What else?
Part 3 - Email your self-assigned homework to the group at: collaboration2014@googlegroups.com
1:45-2:00
Homework, Housekeeping, Take-aways
Data, data, data! What will you bring back to share?