I have been undertaking this course by part time study this year, and have loved the learning involved! Talking with teachers and leaders from other schools has been refreshing and reassuring...many of us have gone through the highs and challenges of working collaboratively. The collaboration strategies others have shared have been really helpful, along with my learning e.g.
* Identify your partner's strengths and values (e.g. using the Hermann brain model)
* Identify your partner's strengths and values (e.g. using the Hermann brain model)
* Identify and clear on your own values, strengths and challenges
* Identify shared goals, e.g., for my colleague and I this year, that has been wellbeing and behaviour
* Use humour
* Don't sweat the small stuff - choose what matters most and discuss that first
* Establish and stick to tight meeting times e.g. 15min daily catchups
* Establish clear and agreed strategies for behaviour management, including special measures / strategies for those with additional needs
* Keep a dot point journal of next steps / points agreed (I am a list writer!)
* Discuss student outcomes and next steps daily
* Keep the communication open. This has been challenging this year, as we have taught in two separate rooms
* Celebrate the successes (Doig 2015) - e.g. Happy, engaged and achieving students!
Pratt (2014) identifies that establishing new partnerships requires storming (identifying, sharing values; strengths etc) norming (developing shared systems, ways of working together effectively) and performing (leveraging on each others' skills and strengths, and achieving improved learning conditions and outcomes for students). It has been really reassuring to know that the transitions involved with these phases are normal!
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