Peer Collaboration Sample Clauses

Peer Collaboration. The District will provide a block of at least sixty (60) minutes per normal instructional week for professional learning communities/peer collaboration. Collaboration time is working together to improve practice; share ideas; engage in vertical and horizontal conversations; develop common assessments; and share assessment results. It reflects a shared leadership/vision (defined as a balance of teacher and administrator direction). This time will be used and structured in accordance with the following: 1. Collaboration time is purposeful, clearly aligned, and focused on student learning supported by data; 2. Topics discussed must be selected by teams based on team/school needs and goals, and approved by building supervisors; 3. The team will provide written documentation of some form from the collaboration meeting that indicates who is in attendance, what took place and next steps; 4. All members of the team are present and where the team meets is a predetermined area that is made clear ahead of time to the supervisor; and 5. PLCs will provide evidence of the effectiveness of this collaboration time (through data) to their administrators over the course of the year. The administrators will provide evidence of the effectiveness of this collaboration time (through data) to the superintendent over the course of the year.

Peer Collaboration. The District will provide a block of at least sixty (60) minutes per normal instructional 159 week for professional learning communities/peer collaboration. Collaboration time is working together to 160 improve practice; share ideas; engage in vertical and horizontal conversations; develop common 161 assessments; and share assessment results. It reflects a shared leadership/vision (defined as a balance of 162 teacher and administrator direction). This time will be used and structured in accordance with the 163 following: 164 a. Collaboration time is purposeful, clearly aligned, and focused on student learning supported by 165 data; 166 b. Topics discussed will be selected by teams based on team needs and goals; 167 c. The team will provide written documentation of some form from the collaboration meeting that 168 indicates who is in attendance, what took place and next steps; 169 d. All members of the team are present; leave for collaboration is by the superintendent’s discretion; 170 e. PLCs (professional learning community) will provide evidence of the effectiveness of this 171 collaboration time (through data) to the principal/superintendent over the course of the year.