Teacher Collaboration

Introduction

The term teacher collaboration may be used to imply various meaning . For example it may be used to mean teachers working jointly in a classroom to teach a number of students in a classroom who includes those with disabilities . Or the term collaboration could be used to describe teachers meeting they held for a discussion on students transferring from one school to another . In addition , the term might be used to report the attempts being done by the school 's committee to have a close working relationship with teachers . However , Niles

Marcellino (2004 defines collaboration as a type of direct association between more than one co-equal parties freely engaged in mutual decision making while working towards a common objective

The following features can be applied to further explain teacher collaboration

Teacher collaboration is voluntary : Teachers might be needed to work closely , but the teachers can not be obliged to collaborate . They have to make a personal option to collaborate in these circumstances . Since collaboration is voluntary , and not directorially commanded , teachers usually create close , though informal , collaborative working partnerships with other teachers

Collaboration is founded o parity : The teachers who are collaborating have to trust that each teacher 's contribution is valued uniformly . The degree and nature of certain teacher 's contributions might differ largely , however the teachers realize that what they provide is essential to the collaborative endeavor

Needs a shared objective : Teachers can collaborate simply if they have a common objective , supposing the teachers are working on...