Collaboration is something that educators have been doing and having been working to improve for years. Collaboration is described by Merriam Webster as, “To work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor.” With this, collaboration is necessary to create a good environment for the teachers, parents, and the students.

              The article called, The Importance of Teacher Collaboration, Shows the importance of collaboration between teachers and collaboration with students. The article shows that teacher collaboration is crucial in creating lesson plans, communicating about students’ behavior and achievement, and provides support to other teachers. The purpose of collaboration is to create a safe environment for their students, share responsibility, and create a positive work environment for all the students.

              There are a few ways for teachers to have collaboration. Many teachers work with the same children, and they need to create times to plan on what the workloads are for the students and discuss students that are struggling. The article provided a few models to do this, and one of them was a PLC. A Professional Learning Communities is a group of teachers who meet to go over specific issues or questions, and they study and analyze student data. Critical Friends Group is a PLC that develop connections and trusts between educators.

              One of the ways that teachers can create collaboration in their students is to create smaller groups in the classroom. They gave a few examples of how to do this. Station teaching is a way to put your students into small groups so that they can work together and figure out the work. Teachers can also split the class into two groups and have two mini-lessons. Splitting the class up can be a great way to get students to communicate and work together as a team.

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The importance of teacher collaboration. School of Education Online. (2023, May 15). https://soeonline.american.edu/blog/teacher-collaboration-importance/

 Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Collaborate definition & meaning. Merriam-Webster. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collaborate