COLLABORATION

Collaboration among a team can be very hard. Today you will

learn about the benefits of collaboration and what your
personality on a team is.
Benefits of collaboration
When thinking of a traditional classroom, you probably envision one
teacher working alone with a group of students. While educators often
work alone in the classroom, they do not—and should not—operate
independently. The best way to improve an educational experience is to
work together as a team!
Advantages of a Collaborative Environment
Collaboration Helps Brainstorm Creative Ideas
It may seem like a no brainer, but a true brainstorm is not possible without
collaboration. Collaboration provides a safety net; it helps you catapult
your thinking and develop ideas that may seem crazy at first.

Professional Collaboration Teaches You About Yourself

Learning and working with others can make you dig deeper and explore
who you are as a learner and a teacher. Equally important, it can make
you explore who your kids could be as learners.
More Advantages
Learning Collaboratively Helps Students
The collaboration shouldn’t end among the teachers — it should be used
during the school day among students, as well! Plan activities that give
students the opportunity to work and collaborate together to learn and
grow from each other.
Collaborative learning has been shown to not only develop higher-level
thinking skills in students, but boost their confidence and self-esteem as
well. Group projects can maximize educational experience by
demonstrating the material, while improving social and interpersonal skills.
Students learn how to work with various types of learners and develop
their leadership skills.
Examples of Collaboration
On this slide-list 3 specific instances where you have seen collaboration
take place in a classroom that you have been an intern in. Be specific
about what the students were doing and the teacher.
Animal Personality Test
In the virtual folder, please take the animal personality test, and on this
slide tell me what you are. *this is just a fun quiz-please don’t think this
defines who you are J Make this slide fun-add clip art/fun words that
describe you; whatever you like.
Also answer the following questions: what traits best describe you? Why
do you think you work well on a team? Why would working on a team be
difficult for you?
What type of person do you think is the most difficult to work with? And
why?