Today we had a very interesting PD session around Collaboration. We started off by filling out a form related to "what we bring." I found this to be quite thought provoking in parts because it challenged us to think about our teaching styles, our challenges and strengths in teaching as well as our concerns around collaboration. We then met together in our teams (syndicates I guess!) and discussed this with each other. It is always interesting to hear and consider others views and thoughts.
We then got into our PLG and we were required to "unpack" one of the different models of collaboration. These included Alternative Teaching, one teach/one observe, one teach/one support, parallel teaching, station teaching and team teaching.
We were given Station teaching so we discussed what this would look like in practice. This was a valuable thing to do and we researched some different models within this. It was incredible how different this one model could look depending on how it was administered. There were all sorts of options including every station using a teacher to run an activity to having students run their own activities.
We shared back to the wider group and discussed all the different via google docs.
Since then I have watched a couple of videos around collaboration which have been interesting. I watched one by Chris Bradbeer who is the associate Principal from Stonefields School in Auckland. He explained the ideas behind the learning spaces at his school. He talked about the language we use when describing these spaces and the shift in mindset we need to have to make this work The shift in ICT, building designs, and pedagogy has helped . He believes the environment is the third teacher and has a pedagogy of its own. It opens up a whole new world of opportunity including having input from several people to help make an OTJ for a child and incidental PD resulting from professional discussions and observations. HE acknowledges that teachers are being asked to work very closely together from the moment they walk in the door in the morning till the end of the working day and that this si something we are necessarily used to doing. He challenges us to take down the walls literally - both physically and metaphorically.
The second video I watched was about a school that from all appearances is an old 50's single cell but on the inside , its designed with a modern learning environment in mind. There is minimal furniture and if you were to walk into ta classroom you would find children working at all different heights and maybe even on all different subject areas. The need for quiet area is highlighted and the importance is placed on the mix of teachers and areas where learning takes place. This has certainly provided food for thought and I intend to watch more of these videos soon.
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