I'm new to middle school, and a recent graduate, so I want to do everything "perfectly" . Does anyone have a form for collaboration with classroom teachers? This will be something new to the school and i don't want to scare anyone off!
Thanks!
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Why don't you revise the forms in this Curriculum Collaboration Toolkit taking into account your own personality, school culture and what you know of the teachers? There's no one right way - just listen well so you understand the messages behind what teachers say about their lessons, plans, curriculum. What do they want students to know and be able to do? What are their big goals? How do they conceptualize your help (provide resources? lesson design? assessing the bibliography, etc.)? Get in on co-planning and co-teaching and co-evaluating but think of baby-steps to full collaborative work so you don't overwhelm them initially (collaboration is labor-intensive).
best,
debbie
"It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it." -- J. Brownowski
Hi Claudia,
Did you ever find or create a collaboration form? I would love a copy if you wouldn't mind sharing it.
Thanks,
Jessica