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Promoting Student Learning
Strategies for Promoting Collaboration Team C
Classroom Management
- The educator needs to thrive in dealing with both correction and educating to produce student participation.
- Participation in applicable professional development is easy but following through with the gained knowledge is the difficult part. The follow through necessitates the educators to desire change and improvement.
- Student's primary needs must be meet before classroom management can be effective.
- http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/sept96/vol38/num06/Managing-Today's-Classroom.aspx
Teacher Collaboration
- Collaboration in teaching involves educators planning and working together in schools, working with students at all stages of schooling and across all learning areas.
- Collaborative teaching aims to maximize learning by reducing learner/teacher ratio to more effectively meet learner needs. It also effectively uses expertise existing in the school community.
- https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2014/07/18/power-of-teacher-collaboration-nea/
Family Relationship
- Students benefit from family involvement by getting better grades, better attendance, higher graduation rates, better self- esteem, less drug and alcohol and drug use
- when parents are involved, students achieve more, regardless of socioeconomic status, ethnic/racial background, or the parents' education level
- school programs that involve parents outperform identical programs without parent and family involvement
- children from diverse cultural backgrounds tend to do better when parents and professionals collaborate to bridge the gap between the culture at home and the learning institution.
- collaboration with families is an essential component of a reform strategy, but it is not a substitute for high-quality education programs or comprehensive school improvement.
- http://www.doe.virginia.gov/support/student_family/family-school_relationships/collaborative_family-school_relationships.pdf
School Relationships
- Resources for the learning and teaching environment are expanded.
- Provides an environment where children have an unified set of expectations.
- "When educators communicate effectively and involve family and community members in activities focused on student behavior, schools report fewer disciplinary actions with students from one year to the next" (Epstein & Sheldon, 2002).
- https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2014/07/18/power-of-teacher-collaboration-nea/
Epstein, J. L. & Sheldon, S. B. (2002). Present and accounted for: Improving student attendance through family and community involvement. Journal of Educational Research, 95, 308-318.
Student Relationship
- An effective strategy that encourages collaboration with students is allowing them the use of technology as much as possible. Social media can be used in a positive manner in the school setting. There are several educational friendly sites that promote interaction between students working in groups.
- Another strategy that teachers can promote is building trust and encourage open communication among the group members. Groups that are able to establish these two areas should be able to solve any problems that may arise and successfully complete their group goals.
- http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
- www.teachthought.com
Community Relationships
- Teachers can incorporate parents' skills and knowledge and local organizations and programs into their curriculum to offer students supplementary information to complement their basic course work. Many teachers collaborate with local universities, museums, and community service organizations to expand the cultural resources available to students and enhance their educational experience. Teachers can forge relationships with outside agencies and community members to provide children with the best possible learning environment.
- To meet the diverse needs of students in our public schools, community services and service providers are often connected to the children's school experience. As organizations, schools have the advantage of having the most frequent contact with students an d therefore the potential to truly benefit children through the integration of school-linked services in meeting the children's needs
- http://www.edutopia.org/blog/school-community-collaboration-brendan-okeefe