creating a culture of collaboration
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Creating A Culture of
Collaboration Sarah Garr B.A. B.Ed. M.A.
Email garr_s@surreyschools.ca
Twitter @garr_s #sd36learn #LearningPartnersSarah Garr
Mom
Educator
Learning Partners
Department Leader
Unwitting Innovator
“Risk Taker”
My Story
Sarah Garr
Teacher Isolation
Agenda
Making
Global
& Local
Connections
Taking Risks
&
Innovation
Student
Learning
&
Achievement
Sarah Garr
“Schools and systems that foster highly
collaborative practices and purposely
build social capital are places where
new pedagogies thrive. In particular;
teacher isolation is the enemy here.”
-A Rich Seam: How New Pedagogies
Find Deep Learning
Michael Fullan and Maria Langworthy
2014
Teacher Isolation
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Do we have a responsibility as
educators to connect and
collaborate with our colleagues?
Teacher Isolation
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Teacher Isolation
Detachment
Dissatisfaction
Stagnation
Teacher Isolation
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Establishing Global and Local Connections:
Digital and Face to Face
Global & Local Connections
It’s about relationships.Sarah Garr
Global
Connections
--Dr. Alec Couros
There are
numerous
“tools that
mediate
connections
…The
people
behind
those tools
are the
most
important.”
Sarah Garr
“We often complain about the isolation
that is evident in education, but it is no
longer a foregone conclusion.
Isolation is now a choice educators
make.” -- George Couros
http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/4156
Global Connections
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Twitter: Professional Learning Network#sd36learn #cpchat #bced #aussied
Global Connections
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Self-Reflection & Sharing: Making Learning Visible
The good, the bad, and the ugly.
Global Connections
“There’s a
natural
transparency
that emerges.”
How To Make
Better Teachers
--Dean Shareski
Writing My Way Into Understanding
Sarah Garr
Global Connections
Global Audience via Twitter-
But still about relationships.
Sarah Garr
Twitter: School Community & Culture#1000awesomethingsaboutsulli #sullirocks #sullilearns
Local Connections
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Local Connections
Time is a valuable commodity.
Sarah Garr
Sullivan Heights
Learning Partners Program http://sullilearningpartners.blogspot.ca
Local Connections
Sarah Garr
Local Connections
Learning Partners Program:
Decreases teacher isolation by
providing opportunities to connect with
colleagues.
Provides release time to teachers to
facilitate inter-departmental
collaboration and teacher inquiry.
Facilitates and supports reciprocal,
non-hierarchical peer-mentoring
partnerships (both beginner and
experienced teachers). Sarah Garr
Local Connections
Collaborative Teacher Inquiry
http://youtu.be/9bxZ3HK3iiUSarah Garr
The Importance of Disrupting Routines
Taking Risks & Innovation
Sarah Garr
Digitization of Binders
Open Source, Open Access
Binder Digital
Taking Risks & Innovation
Sarah Garr
iTunes U: What is it?
http://www.apple.com/education/ipad/itunes-u/
Taking Risks & Innovation
Sarah Garr
Surrey School District #36
iTunes U Course Development Project
Taking Risks & Innovation
Yup, definitely out of my comfort zone.Sarah Garr
iTunes U Course Manager:
Course Creation
https://itunesu.itunes.apple.com/coursemanager/
Taking Risks & Innovation
Sarah Garr
iTunes U English 8 Course
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/course/english-8/id733901584
Taking Risks & Innovation
Sarah Garr
Student Learning
& Achievement
“The powerful collaboration that characterizes
professional learning communities is a
systemic process in which teachers work
together to analyze and improve their
classroom practice…[which] in turn, leads to
higher levels of student achievement”.
–Richard DuFour, Schools As Learning Communities
Sarah Garr
Student Learning
& Achievement
Supporting Teacher
Collaboration
Supports Integration of
Innovative Instructional
and Assessment
Practices
Supports Student
Learning & Achievement
Supported Teachers = Supported Students
Makes sense to me.Sarah Garr
Picture Credits
Slide 1 Ripples: http://opsafeintl.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/79c29.jpg
Slide 5 Open Door:
http://healthewound.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/closed-door.jpg
Slide 7 Connections:
http://www.activeendurance.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Connection.jpg
Slide 13 Alarm Clock:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b2010-07-
20_Black_windup_alarm_clock_face.jpg
Slide 19 Clock:
http://img.ksl.com/slc/2498/249813/24981301.jpg
Slide 28 Question
mark:http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/agents/kutchuk/files/Man-With-
Question-05.png
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