Conversations


 * How does your school/district currently support and or encourage collaboration between teachers? There is very little time for collaboration. Often when working with district peers we are working on assessments or other mandated work, and sometimes we just want to discuss lessons and assignments that worked or didn't. I never have time to talk or collaborate with other social studies teachers in my building. It would be great if we could collaborate to making moving from grade to grade in one subject area more streamlined.
 * How much do you seek to collaborate with teachers and how do you accomplish this? Email is still my go to for communicating and collaborating with co-workings. I will often add attachments and messages to an email. I am trying to work more with wikis to centralize my collaborations.
 * To what extent do you think collaboration is of growing importance for teachers seeking to implement a 21st century classroom? I think as we see more and more young teachers enter the workforce, it will be easier to create collaboration for growth. Young teachers like myself are looking for ways to instruct students, how to do things better and share ideas and stories. This will develop into a career long growth if encouraged by administration.