Common use of Collaboration Time Clause in Contracts

Collaboration Time. 1. The District and the Federation support educators to work in collaboration with colleagues during collaboration time. 2. Collaboration involves a team of educators committed to working together and collaborating in ongoing processes of collective inquiry and action research in order to improve teaching and learning. 3. A collaborative team should have something professional in common. What they have in common depends on the school. Members could share content, students, or roles including all support and related services personnel. 4. Ultimately, the goal is to deepen the content knowledge and pedagogical skills of all educators in order to continuously revise instructional strategies in response to evidence of student learning. The focus and the conversation should rise from the group of educators. Members should ensure equity of voice within the group. 5. Individual preparation time shall be considered separate and exclusive from collaboration time.

Collaboration Time. ‌ 1. The District and the Federation support educators to work in collaboration with colleagues during collaboration time. 2. Collaboration involves a team of educators committed to working together and collaborating in ongoing processes of collective inquiry and action research in order to improve teaching and learning. 3. A collaborative team should have something professional in common. What they have in common depends on the school. Members could share content, students, or roles including all support and related services personnel. 4. Ultimately, the goal is to deepen the content knowledge and pedagogical skills of all educators in order to continuously revise instructional strategies in response to evidence of student learning. The focus and the conversation should rise from the group of educators. Members should ensure equity of voice within the group. 5. Individual preparation time shall be considered separate and exclusive from collaboration time.