EDF5016 Topic 8:

Teacher Professional
Collaboration
Acknowledgement of Country
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 Overview of Today’s Tutorial
Summary of types of teacher collaboration
Collaboration Group Activity:
o Co-teaching
o Collaborating with Teacher Assistants
o Collaborating with Parents
Video: Angus’ Story

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 EDF5016 Learning Outcomes

LOC 5
understand curriculum aspects and teaching approaches to support inclusive
learning for differentiated educational settings and students with additional
needs

LOC 6
apply the principles of inclusion in planning, goal setting and design to improve
learning engagement across diverse student groups and contexts

LOC 7
build a repertoire of positive learning practices to manage classrooms and/or
student behaviour within educational settings

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 EDF5016 – APST Connections

• Support the learning and participation of learners

with disability (Standard descriptor 1.6)

• Engage parents/carers in the educative process

(Standard descriptor 3.7 and 7.3)

• Engage with colleagues and improve practice

(Standard descriptor 6.3)

• Engage with professional teaching networks and

broader communities (Standard 7.4)
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Overview of collaboration
Purpose of collaboration

Develop:

– Shared vision

– Common goals

– Pool expertise

– Shared workload

– Effective partnership

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Teachers can collaborate with…

 Other teachers
 Parents
 Students
 Teaching Assistants
 Other professionals

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Culture of Collaboration can be created with

 Common goals
 Clear roles
 Shared ownership
 Climate of trust and respect
 Openness to learning
 Consensus
 Quick, clear and respectful feedback (Tuning Protocol e.g.
https://schoolreforminitiative.org/doc/tuning.pdf )
 Credit others
 Clear procedures for resolving conflict
 Periodic review/meetings

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Group Activity:
1. Collaborating with other teachers
2. Collaborating with teaching assistants
3. Collaborating with parents
 Group 1 : Co-teaching

1. What are the key recommendations from Loreman, Deppeler and Harvey
(2011) as well as Friend et al (2010) regarding collaboration within the
school community? Evaluate these recommendations and rank them starting
with those that you feel are the most important. Justify your decisions.

2. Watch the following videos:

Team teaching
Parallel teaching
Station teaching
One leads, one assists
3. Make a professional practice summary guide demonstrating & promoting
effective models of co-teaching in the classroom

4. Present these to the class (ten minutes only)

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 Group 2: Working with teacher assistants

1. What are the key recommendations from the Loreman, Deppeler and Harvey
(2011) as well as sections 1-6 of the reading by Sharples et al (2015), for
collaboration with teaching assistants?

2. Watch the following videos:

• Teachers and TAs working together
• Enhancing the quality of TA-pupil interactions
• Ensuring TAs are prepared for lessons

3. make a professional practice summary guide demonstrating & promoting

effective practices for working with teaching assistants AND things to avoid

4. Present these to the class (ten minutes only)

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 Group 3: Home-School Collaboration

1. What are the key recommendations from Loreman, Deppeler and Harvey
(2011) regarding home-school collaboration? Evaluate these
recommendations and rank them starting with those that you feel are the
most important. Justify your decisions.
2. 2.Watch the following video until about 12 minutes:
• communicating with parents
3. Make a professional practice summary guide promoting the critical
components for communicating and managing “difficult conversations” with
parents of students with disabilities and additional needs
4. 3.Present these to the class (ten minutes only)

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• 1-2 students lead the discussion and take
responsibility for extracting key information
from readings
• 1-2 students lead the discussion for
extracting the key information from the
videos
• 1-2 students lead the discussion for the
construction of the professional practice
summary
• 1 student responsible for timekeeping
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Angus’ Story
 Watch Angus’ Story :

• In-class screening only due to privacy

requirements

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 Class discussion
• What were some of the barriers the family
perceived/experienced in working in a partnership
with the school?

• What did you learn from this presentation about

how schools can facilitate effective partnerships
with parents?

• Which other professionals collaborated to support

Angus’ education? How did they contribute to the
quality of his schooling
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• Next week:

• Bring along your drafts for assessment two.

You will be given opportunities to ask
questions about the assignment task

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