How is Collaborative Planning like . . . ?

Collaborative planning involves a group, team, or partnership of people working and learning together

Plan curriculum, units, lessons, & assessments

Examine student work

Examine teacher work

Plan the use and evaluation of instructional practices

Powerful Collaboration

. . . is a systematic process in which teachers work together to analyze and improve their classroom practice. Teachers work in teams, engaging in an ongoing cycle of questions that promote deep team learning. This process, in turn, leads to higher levels of student achievement.

Richard Dufour, 2004

What Does the Research Say?Thomas McClure, Carla. The Benefits of Teacher Collaboration. District Administration, September 2008.

Improvements in instruction

Increases in student achievement

Increase in teacher pedagogical knowledge

Overall increase in teacher satisfaction

Lower turn-over rate among beginning teachers

Collaborative Planning Cycle

PLANCollaborative

Planning(weekly or bi-weekly)

ACTRe-teachingEnrichmentIntervention

DOExemplary First

Instruction

STUDYCIFP – Data Protocol(bi-weekly & quarterly)

Collaborative Planning ProtocolCycle of Improvement

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Running Effective Collaborative Planning Meetings: Guidelines

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1. Pre-Work2. Collaborative Planning Protocol3. Data Protocol

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Effective Collaborative Planning

Supported by:• Timely & relevant data provision

• Curricular & planning tools

• Protocols & resources

• Structures (i.e., protected time)

• Tools to communication & replicate innovations

• Culture of continuous learning & improvement

• Strong facilitative leadership

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