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Collaborating 1 Colleen Granger Augustana University SPED 621-A Collaborating in Schools Kathleen Cook

Collaborating 2 Collaboration and communication in school is essential when creating an environment for successful students. Different colleagues can lead to different types of collaborations. These can range from highly successful, where teachers are problem solving and developing skills to uncomfortable and hostile interactions. Collaboration has a lot to do with communication skills. “Communication has been defined in a variety of ways, all intended to indicate that the process requires a sender of a message, the message itself and a receiver” (Kampwirth & Powers, 2016, p. 84). There can always be miscommunication, and misinterpreting meanings that can lead to poor collaboration. For a week I documented interactions and collaborations with different colleagues. This is the journal and interactions I compiled during that time period. The rating scale was based on 5 points. 5 being the highest and most successful collaboration based on Kampwirth and Powers (2016) definition and examples of collaboration. 1 being a hostile or uncomfortable interaction. 1- uncomfortable or hostile interaction 2- Simple greeting or general interaction 3- Collaboration 4- Successful collaboration 5- Highly successful collaboration Monday 4 th grade teacher- Rating (2) This teacher came into my classroom to greet me and to verify the days we were going to be switching classes. There wasn’t any collaboration, it was just a brief conversation. 3 rd grade teacher- Rating (3) This teacher and I discussed our writing plans for next year. She had been to a meeting where they were discussing different standards and she was communicating to me about the meeting. I would not give this a successful collaboration rating because it did not go any further than a conversation. We did suggest ideas to each other, this would be collaboration. We did not come up with a plan to implement. 4 th grade intern teacher- Rating (5) This was a highly successful collaboration because we discussed her needs to step into my classroom to teach social studies. We had a conversation about the goals that she set along with her lesson plans. We collaborated on what she was going

Collaborating 3 to teach and how she was going to achieve the goals. This was highly successful because I was assisting her, we developed a plan and went through possible problems and solutions. 4 th grade team (3) We eat lunch together and talk about the school day and any situations we have encountered so far. It is more than a greeting or interaction because we sometimes collaborate and give advice, however this is not a successful collaboration. Tuesday School improvement team meeting- Rating (3) I meet with teachers from different grade levels to discuss reading intervention in school. Each grade level shares their intervention practices. I did not rate this as highly successful because there are many factors in the meeting, such as inattentiveness, that do not lead to successful collaboration. There are a lot of people giving advice instead of collaborating. Math interventionist (1) I rated this collaboration low because of the miscommunication for a screener that was to be given. She did not show up at the time we agreed to and she did not communicate that she was not going to be there. The interaction was uncomfortable because I was frustrated that she did not come to my classroom at the agreed upon time. Wednesday 5 th grade teacher (2) This teacher was discussing with me about a former student of mine. I rated this interaction low because it was not a collaboration. We were simply having a conversation about a student, no problem-solving strategies were given. 4 th grade teacher (5) I rated this interaction very successful because we were collaborating about a social studies assignment. I teach social studies to my class and her class. We were discussing resources that could be used in a lesson plan and collaborating about the rubric that would be used for a letter they need to write. Dean of students (3) I rated this interaction a 3 because it was a quick discussion about a student in my class and his behavior plan. It was a type of collaboration but not highly successful. Thursday 3 rd Grade Teacher (3) We discussed the new social studies standards that will be implemented in our school district the next couple years. I did not rate this high because it was a conversation and no decisions or assisting was being given on either part. 4 th Grade Team (5) Our team was at a reading coaching meeting. I rated this collaboration high because we looked at data to see what our grade level needed to work on. Then we took time to decide how we will implement these things into the upcoming weeks. We talked about how we will evaluate our students and interventions we might use. Principal (2) This was an interaction that did not involve any collaboration. It was a general greeting and talk about things that did not involve school.

Collaborating 4 Friday 4 th grade teacher (4) This collaboration involved a writing plan for the next couple months. It was a successful collaboration because we made decisions regarding curriculum. I did not rate this a 5 because no plan was made. EL Teacher (3) I rated this interaction a 3 because this conversation was just about a schedule change and did not require any assistance. 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Collaboration Scale collaboration rating Frequency of Rating

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