Presentation for educators - 3+1 "Ts" of Collaboration. Includes "Twitter" as a social media tool for collaboration and building a personal learning network.

1. Extreme Makeover
Collaboration Edition

2. Devices Are Welcome!
FREE WIFI: gvwifi

3. Who is Here Today?
http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MTEwMDYwMzc0

4. Our learning goals
• Share our teacher collaboration
“makeover” story in order to…
– Help you identify and address your
own struggles with collaboration and
learn from each other
– Give you a framework to “make over”
your teacher collaboration model
including practical strategies

5. Our learning goals cont.
• Share some strategies on how to
build a digital professional learning
network in order to…
– Expand your professional learning
through media and digital resources
– Expand your professional
collaboration networks for you
individually and those “back at the
ranch”

6. TWITTER
Use hashtag
#showmemakeover
to comment, question, and
summarize

7. WHO ARE THE PEOPLE IN
YOUR…. TV FAMILY?

8. • Introduce Yourself
• Share your current job role or
position
• Share 1 thing you would like to
improve in your collaboration team

9. BEFORE…

11. Year 2 - 2006
• Common plan time for all core content departments
• Collab teams will meet 60 minutes per week during common
planning periods
• Collab teams will provide team meeting reports for each meeting
• Topics for collaboration will be provided by the
administration – including, but not limited to: A+ curriculum,
assessment, teaching strategies, examining student work,
analyzing or revising best practices in instructional policies, etc.
• Admin will visit each collab team a minimum of once per
month
• Department chairs/ team supervisors will report to steering
committee monthly and meet with admin monthly to address
issues and collaborate

12. Year 2 - 2006

13. Year 3 - 2007
• Common plan for “common course
teams”

14. Year 4 - 2008

15. Year 5 - 2009

16. “Family Meeting”
• What connections can you make with
our story?
• What repairs are needed in
collaboration at your school?

17. 3 “Ts” of the Makeover
TIME
TEAM
TARGET

18. TIME
"If everyone is moving
forward together, then
success takes care of
itself." - Henry Ford

19. • Protect the time – master schedule
challenges
• Be invested and accountable
• Hold firm to the schedule, yet allow
for flexibility

20. Master
Schedule
2010-2011
1A 2A 3A 4A 1B 2B 3B 4B
TEACHER DEPT ROOM
Per Fin Per Fin
Rm 415 Rm 415 Applied
Geometry Geometry PLAN PLAN Geometry
Per Fin Per Fin Math
Rm 415 Rm 415
Marriott Math 417
Algebra 1 Geometry PLAN Geometry Algebra 1 PLAN Algebra 1 Algebra 1
Lane Math 413
Algebra Pre- Pre-
Algebra 1 Algebra 1 PLAN Algebra 1 PLAN
Lab Calculus Calculus
Hughes Math 419
ACT Prep-
Fall AP
PLAN Algebra 2 Algebra 2 PLAN Algebra 2 Algebra 2
PLATO Calculus
Lab
Rusert Math 421
College College College College
Algebra 2 PLAN PLAN Algebra 2
Algebra Algebra Algebra Algebra
Reinert Math 418
Finite Finite Finite Freshman Freshman
Freshman PLAN PLAN
Math Math Math Geometry Geometry
Taylor, J Math 414 Geometry
PreAP Algebra PreAP PreAP
PLAN Geometry PLAN Geometry
Algebra 2 Lab Algebra 2 Algebra 2
Dupree Math 402

21. • “You wouldn’t consider taking away
common plan time, would you?” –
Heather G.
• “The effectiveness of our collaboration
is one of the main reasons we have
not looked at moving away from block
schedule.” – Jeremy P.
• “How can we build in some vertical
teams for common plan and
collaboration as well?” – Val C.

22. “FAMILY MEETING”

23. TEAM
"Gettin' good players is
easy. Gettin' 'em to play
together is the hard part." -
Casey Stengel

24. • Chemistry & Relationships
– "If two men on the same job agree all the
time, then one is useless. If they disagree
all the time, both are useless." - Darryl F.
Zanuck
• Leadership involvement
• Agreed upon norms & roles

25. “Family Meeting”

26. TARGET
“The secret is to gang up on the
problem, rather than each other."
- Thomas Stallkamp

27. • The TARGET must be authentic &
relevant
• Think school initiative & current
school goals
• Model effective collaboration & TRAIN
staff in protocols

28. Year 6 & 7 – 2010 & 2011

29. Year 6 & 7 – 2010 & 2011

30. Curriculum Then…

31. “FAMILY MEETING”

32. Room for “Remodeling”
• “Non-core” Teachers
• Inter-disciplinary team time
• Special Education & co-
teachers
• Team Chemistry…ongoing

33. TECHNOLOGY
“I’ve learned more over the
last year than I have in any
kind of professional
development conference." –
Tiffany Della Vedova

35. Is social media the
new
COLLABORATION
tool?

36. Expand your PLN
• TWITTER – follow hashtags
– #collaboration
– #teams
– #leadership
– #edchat
– #cpchat
– #atplc
– @learningforward
– Search for other professional “stars”

37. FABULOUS PRIZES

38. Extreme Makeover
Collaboration Edition
Beth Mulvey
bmulvey@grainvalley.k12.mo.us
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Twitter: @MulveyBeth
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overshowme/