Collaboration

Collaboration - Melissa and Emily

big idea, equal partners, not top down, shades of hands intertwined, trust those that are involved in other aspects of collaboration so no one has to be in charge, communication is the key so that even if someone is not involved can play a role, trust is essential in the collaboration, create an environment (possibly school culture), must trust the leader (mentor, etc.), being interested in knowing about what the other people are doing so you know where what you do fits in the big picture (curiosity, inquiry). Drinking coffee/social networking/person to person relationship (interpersonal) build that relationship with mentors so when you need something, they are willing to help, give mentors the chance to be the expert. see: Defour & Defour; Fullan; Hargraves; Darling-Hammond; Marzono