Collaborative Teaming Collaboration and Teaming What is collaborative

Collaborative Teaming

Collaboration and Teaming • What is collaborative teaming and why is it important? • A team cannot function if there is not effective collaboration. • Likewise…collaboration cannot occur if there is not a team to collaborate with.

Collaboration • Collaboration in latin means, “to labor with; or together. ” • Collaboration is active and relational. • It is something that is done with others • At it’s very core is an understanding and acceptance by all parties, equality, engagement, shared decision making, and common goals are represented.

Teaming • • Teaming is an important part of our society. What are the purposes of teams? Team dynamics are multipurpose. Teams can function independently as members to achieve one common goal. • Basketball and Golf analogy

Collaborative teaming • If collaboration is what we do and how we do it, collaborative teaming refers to whom we do it with.

The need for collaborative teaming • My book…page 178

Types of Collaborative Teaming • • Multidisciplinary teams Interdisciplinary Teams Transdisciplinary teams Knowing that there are three different kinds of teams is important to understanding how the three different teams function.

Multidisciplinary Teams • What are MDT? • How do they function? • What would goals and objectives look like for a MDT?

Interdisciplinary Team • What is an IDT? • Think Child Study? • How are goals and objectives created by an IDT?

Transdisciplinary Teams • What are TDT? • What would goals and objectives look like when created by TDT?

Teaming • What kind of teaming is used most often across special education, why?

Why do it? • • Requirements of the Law…IDEA 2004 Legislation requirements Best practices approach Alleviate the shortage of qualified teachers – Determination of eligibility – Design implementation and evaluation of individualized education programs – Design implementation and evaluation of FBA

Teacher Burnout • What causes teacher burnout, especially for teachers of students with EBD?

Collaborative Teaming • School-based teams should use collaborative teaming for the following reasons: – It is legally mandated – Best practices approach – Affects student outcomes – Affects teacher retention – Improves disproportionate representation

How to create an effect collaboration team • Core Component #1: – Commitment

How to create an effect collaboration team • Core Component #2: – Skills – Technical skills – Problem solving skills – Interpersonal skills

How to create an effect collaboration team • Core Component #3: – Accountability

Framework • • • Step 1: Premeeting prep Step 2: Presentation or discussion Step 3: Agenda Development Step 4: Documentation procedures Step 5; Evaluation procedures

Collaborative Teaming • Who is involved?

Interpersonal Teaming • Teacher/para collaboration • Teacher to teacher collaboration – Teacher-teacher model in special ed – Teacher-teacher model in inclusion – Teacher-teacher model in gen ed – Teacher-Administrator

Interagency Teaming • Teacher-Behavior Interventionist Collaboration • What does it look like

Family and School Collaboration • Why do we do it? • How do we do it? • When do we do it?

Communication • How are you going to communicate with the team in which you are collaborating with?