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Peer Collaboration Process



What is peer collaboration process?

� Pugach and Johnson (1995) definedpeer collaboration process as a four-

step problem-solving process



What are the steps in peer

collaboration process?

Clarifying

problem

Summarizing

the redefined

problem

Generating at

least 3 possible

solutions

Developing an

evaluation

plan



What is peer collaboration?

Structured interaction

Pairs of teachers work

together

Prepare new

ways of thinking ORDevelop effective

instructions



Through peer collaboration process,

teachers assist each ot her in

developing a clearer

understanding of the problems

potential solutions to the

problems



Peer

collaboration

Is constructed

through dialogue

Problems can be

solved if teachers

work together

Main objective

develop successful

solutions



Teacher Support Teams



What is teacher support team?

A way of supporting

individual teachers

Request support over a

teaching concern

Relating broadly to special

educational needs



How often does

Teach

erSupport Team meet?

WEEKLY

OR

BIWEEKLY



Teacher Support team is attended by:

1) The teacher

who has referredthe student

2) Other teacher

representatives

3) The principal

4) Parents

5) Support staff in

the building



Sometimes, a child will attendTeacher Support Team (TST) as well.

Focus : communicating with bothparents + child

The child will be given responsibilityto make decisions



Support teams can also be built

as a response to "c rises,

behaviour al challenges or acad emi c problems of

stud

ents



T

each

er SupportT

eam promotesc oll abor ative c onsult ationbetween special education and

general education teachers

Collaborative consultation is a process inwhich teacher presents an issue and

obtains assistance from others



Examples of Teacher Support Team

Teacher coaching team

Intervention assistance team School-based resource team

Teacher assistance team



Purpose of teachercoaching team

Build ± communities of teachers ± continuously

engage ± study of - craft



Teacher coaching

team

Built upon : a team of

teachers ± agree topresent model lessons

Non-threatening ± do notevaluate each other

Everyone is learning

from each other



Training period

Teachers learn how to provide coaching

Coaching cycle

³mutual examination of appropriate use

of a new teaching strategy´

2 d istinct phases:



Intervention AssistanceTeam (IA

T)



What is Intervention Assistance Team?

A team designed to supportstudents, parents and

teachers



Intervention assistance team consists of:

Administrators Teachers Counsellors

Parents

Identify possible ways to help a student



Intervention

Assistance

Team

Is formed as

needed

Members ±

within or

outside of theschool building



Benefits of

Intervention Assistance

Team

Immediate

response

Decreases disciplinary &

special education

referrals

Provides early

interventions

Positive home-school

collaboration



School-based resource team:

formed to add ress a parti c ul ar type

of problem

always formed by personnel within

the building



The process of school-based resource team

Any member of the school can refer

a student

The standing members will consider the referral and may conduct a test



Teacher Assistance Team



What is Teacher Assistance Team?

"school based , problem-solving

team designed to enable all teachers to

meet the needs of their studentsdemonstrating difficulties"



special education personnel are

not involved ex

cept wh

en th

ey areinvited to serve as consultants to the

committee



Steps in T.A.T meeting:

Problem identification

Problem analysis ± problem and goal are stated

Generates list of intervention - brainstorming

Selects interventions and implements plan

Teacher Assistance team helps teacher to select

progress monitoring device



Conclusion

� the four collaboration models mentioned are

very helpful in promoting c oll abor ation

among th

e teach

ers and th

ey are alsoeffective strategies to promote inc lusionin the school

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