Skills and conditions needed for teacher collaboration by EUN Partnership aisbl

Paolo, Italy

gava_paolo — 2017-10-16 13:43:25 UTC

I agree about the list of competences and conditions mentioned as necessary for the collaboration of teachers to grow in schools. Add to this list based on my experience the ability to tolerate the frustrations that may be in working with colleagues. A good leadership in the institution of a teacher is fundamental to the teaching and professional success of the teacher group. Collaboration among teachers is beneficial for students who can better develop their knowledge, skills and abilities. Working with teachers who are skeptical of collaboration is difficult and I am convinced that only by experiencing them the benefits of group work can one also convince the most skeptical teachers.

Emma, Italy

emmaabb — 2017-10-16 13:54:39 UTC

In Italy in secondary schools where I teach, we have the socalled "Dipartimenti": teachers are divided for subject's area and they plan togheter the yearly program, the assessment rubrics and other activities. So it's natural to work in team and to became a good team member because it's the school itself that carry you in a such disposition. Anyway I agree with the teacher trainer in the video: colaboration is something more then sharing. As members of a team we can also have arguments ( and usually during long Department meetings there are a lot of arguments.....) but the most important thing is sitting around a table, debating, but coming up with a solution at the end. To sum up: for me colaboration is improving my professionl motivation by being ready to change my mindset

Lisa, Scotland

lisa131 — 2017-10-16 15:04:35 UTC

I agree with what she says - I really liked the idea of modelling for the students. As I am a student teacher myself I haven't experienced much of this first hand in schools however, at the university I attend the faculty staff do collaborate with each other to teach us. They also get students to collaborate with each other however we have never been told HOW to work collaboratively - its been assumed that we will know! I think this is something to be improved upon and something I will take note of in my own practice.

Antonietta, Italy

miaaba — 2017-10-16 15:27:27 UTC

I think skills for communication are very important for effective collaboration. They contribute to shared responsability and goals. But I agree you need a new mindset

Ana,Romania

iancumat — 2017-10-16 16:12:24 UTC

We need to have a lot of personal skills: do we have the skills around communicating, or the skills around talking about conflict, or empathy or emotional skills, or psychological skills to work as a group.

Maurizio, Napoli, Italia

maurizio_scialdone — 2017-10-16 16:22:28 UTC

"Move beyond the sharing" ... i'd like it so much !!!
May be one day...
It dipends what you want from yourself.
If you need to improve yourself, you can improve your world, and to share everythings eachother.
But this is the world we all needs?
I wish so.

Linda, Italy

LindaGiannini — 2017-10-16 16:34:25 UTC

Yes, I'm agree with the list of skills and conditions mentioned as necessary for teacher collaboration to flourish in schools

In my experienze I work with teachers who are sceptical about collaboration and with teachers who aren't sceptical about collaboration

Henry, Ireland

henryhurley — 2017-10-16 17:51:43 UTC

Yes, I agree. The list of skill and conditions are very important in the collaborative space.
We work as a group for the department in our school and this does create differences of opinions at times and this only leads to more robust outcomes.

Cristina ,Romania

2017-10-16 18:08:26 UTC

Without skills no one can do enything!

Carlo Italy

carlogino — 2017-10-16 19:00:33 UTC

Yes, I agree very much. in order to have positive results in the field
 skills, knowledge and skills must create collaborative space.
Working together as a team makes the school more advanced, because many times the comparison of many opinions makes the institution more solid.

Fionnuala, Ireland

fionnualalir — 2017-10-16 19:35:31 UTC

We work very much as a team ensuring each of us has a designated role both in designing for classroom plans and extra curricular activities. It has not been without it's problems as we have all strong personalities and there have been clashes of opinions. However, through time this has dissipated. We are now seeing the benefits of collaboration. We have discovered each others strengths and thus delegate roles based on this.

Despoina Amarantidou, Greece

damarant — 2017-10-16 19:43:50 UTC

Personal skills are an important parameter for collaboration.

Maria Rosaria, Italy

tafymar — 2017-10-16 20:57:08 UTC

I' m deeply convicend in the undeniable benefits of collaboration, and I feel very lucky because I found colleagues that share my opinion and collaborate with me in a lot of projects

Ana, Portugal

anaccflores — 2017-10-16 22:20:14 UTC

Personal skills are very important, whatever our discipline we must always work to help develop these skills in our students.
Esyou according to the list of skills presented in this video.
One of the schools where I teach is trying to develop this type of work but it is not always easy, colleagues adapt to this type of teaching and the lack of time to be able to join and discuss how best to carry out this approach. In the other grouping of schools, I do not think there is much availability at this time for this kind of work.

Carmen

carmenvoinea08 — 2017-10-17 01:34:33 UTC

We need to have personal skills for a quality work

Claudia, Italy 🗯

claudietta_ciucci — 2017-10-17 07:25:52 UTC

I agree and I think a collaborative work enriches the teachers. It is not enough just to share, but to work together, to express their thoughts, to exchange experiences, especially among young teachers and more experienced teachers. I had a collaborative experience for an inclusion project. We used Padlet to share ideas and document the work. It was very interesting, stimulating and constructive.

Isabella, Italy

2017-10-17 09:38:52 UTC

I think all the skills described in the video are important but perhaps the most important skill is to be open-minded and well disposed towards collaboration. The whole teachers team shoud comprehend that collaboration is helpful for students and I hope this awareness can help to reduce internal divisions and personal negative attitudes.

Sean, Ireland

2017-10-17 10:03:13 UTC

I agree that the skills mentioned in the video are necessary and very important. I would add that Teachers be prepared to listen and think through issues with their colleagues, Analytical and critical thinking skills are important in Teachers and Students, we should strive to improve in these areas. We at our school are trying something new this year, working with Teachers from other departments to develop and learn from each other as part of our CPD. Yes I would say that some Teachers are sceptical about collaboration. When change is about to happen there will always be an issue relating to change. But Teachers need to be open minded about change and look at the benefits. One excellent comment I heard about Teacher Collaboration was. "Half the effort, double the Outcome". I feel that comment made by a Teacher from a different school was excellent in summarizing the benefits of Teacher Collaboration

Stanley,Nigeria

stanonyedika — 2017-10-17 10:21:28 UTC

The skills mentioned are quite relevant.Collaboration is not very pronounced in my setting but a few of us take personal initiative to exchange notes on the job.The school leadership has however encouraged more innovative in the teaching process via the participation of staff in 21st century teaching skills.A lot is already happening as many have identified with this idea and are undergoing various forms of training.The doubters may be won over by allowing them to observe what the early adapters are doing.

Maria, Cyprus

mariaconstantinou — 2017-10-17 11:05:53 UTC

This was a very interesting video. I agree with the list of skills and conditions cited as necessary for teacher collaboration. I think the list is extensive. I would only add the time needed to collaborate. In school collaboration can be especially useful for teachers teaching the same group of students or the same subject for different students. I don’t work in a school currently.

Laura, Italy

2017-10-17 12:21:38 UTC

I think motivation and attitude are the most important conditions for teacher collaboration, because working together requires a lot of energy and problem-solving skills, especially when you are not used to it. You must change your mind as far as planning lessons and acting in class are concerned and be willing to spend more time then usual for planning lessons

Very true. The attitude, skills, and knowledge are very important factors of collaboration

tracychola — 2017-10-17 12:27:12 UTC

Anita, Croatia

anita_simac — 2017-10-17 12:56:10 UTC

Motivation, the desire to work forward together and a positive attitude are all important skills. Interpersonal skills are vital (emotional, psychological).

Irina, Romania

2017-10-17 14:36:06 UTC

Inner motivation, dedication, passion to teach, empathy are, in my opinion, the main "skills" we need to be appreciated professionals.

Sinzi, Romania

2017-10-17 14:55:19 UTC

100 % true
Very interesting ideas, well presented

Daniela L. - Italy

daria_roni — 2017-10-17 15:40:15 UTC

For a collaborative teaching skills as knowledge, motivation, attitude and communication are vbery important. Attitude is relevant because ego must be set aside as it often gets in the way and affects the collaboration process and so the final result could be a failure. My experience was a positive one because we shared skills, not just ideas, motivation and responsibilities, in short I can say we worked together to teach English to our students.

Michela, Italy

2017-10-17 15:48:18 UTC

I agree with all the requirements listed in the video. I would add teachers have to be trained to collaborate. In the past I avoided collaborating with sceptical colleagues; today I think I would try to change their mind step by step.

Luli, Italia

2017-10-17 16:17:28 UTC

I totally agree with what asserted by Mrs.Dempsey. Teacher need knowledge, of course, but mostly they need attitudes around wanting to collaborate; this is the most dofficult thing for me...it's not that I don't want to, it's simply that I am not used to it; I am used to do things y myself, and this is an attitude that I have in every aspect of my life. I may be able to ask for suggestion, but then either I watch people doing (and I learn, this way, new things) or I do by myself. It really is a question of personal attitude, habit, ability... Then teachers need to have the skills for communication, and this is something that I think I am not lacking... for dealing with conflict, and about this I must admit that "it depends" but I think I am able to deal with them, and most of all they need to have a motivation...The first thing I need to do is removing my own prejudices against collaboration. Maybe "prejudices" is not the right word, it's more a question of capability of working with someone. Maybe once removed this obstacle, it will be easier for me to think in terms of planning collaborative work for my students.

Gaida, Estonia

2017-10-17 17:17:15 UTC

The list of skills and conditions is something I vote for. Teachers need more awareness of how to be a rolemodel in collaboration. When it is normal for a teacher, it will become natural for students as well. Enthusiasm is contagious...Teachers can also value nore simple rules in school culture: keep the deadlines, answer their emails etc.

Luca, Italy

luca_mastropasqua — 2017-10-17 17:38:47 UTC

I good teacher who wants to use collaborative work must have a lot of skills! He has to study for a lot of time before using these methods!

Florbela, Portugal

2017-10-17 18:00:10 UTC

I agree with Majella Dempsey. To collaborate, teachers need knowledge, attitudes, and skills such as communicating, listening, being open to criticism, working with others, coping with conflict. They also need motivation, something that makes them want to work together. 
As everyone knows, teachers are reference models for students. It is important that the actions of the teachers reflect the behaviors that we expect from the students. So, if we want them to learn and work collaboratively, then we should do it.
I think the advantages of collaborative work become clear as soon as we give it a chance.

Adela Muresan, Romania

muresan_gabriela_adela — 2017-10-17 18:01:14 UTC

Have the opportunity to collaborate with other teachers form different countries is interesting!
It is easy to find new ideas, new teaching method...

Milka, Croatia

milka_ivanlic — 2017-10-17 18:31:03 UTC

I really agree with all of this. We as teachers need to be an example for our students. I think that it is a great idea for sceptical teachers to be an observers in the begining.

Doinita, Romania

2017-10-17 20:01:55 UTC

I perceive the collaboration of teachers as a team working and in which all team members communicate as in a network. In order to achieve notable results, teachers working collaboratively should have, beyond their professional skills, a host of other psycho-social skills (energizing, empathic, organizational, playful, interrelated). I believe that the efficiency of collaborative work depends essentially on the trust that team members have in the expertise of each member of the team. At school level, is working collaboratively with good results in small teams. The more team members are, the lower the efficiency and the explanations are many and subjective. Experience shows that teams with members who share common concerns outside of school also work very well. The interest of skeptical teachers for collaborative activities should be stimulated, as with students, by gradually including them in already established teams.

Soni,Albania

2017-10-17 20:23:24 UTC

I wish we could have this kind of collaborative environment at my school.Actually,it is not very common to be so collaborative between collegues because the system encourages a bit of selfishness among people.
Anyway,love the way how the speaker approaches both sides of the medal.I totally agree with her

Natalia Grushko, Ukraine

n_grushko — 2017-10-17 20:28:01 UTC

I totally agree with what was asserted by DempseI The skills mentioned are quite relevant.
I agree that the skills mentioned in the video are necessary and very important.
I think motivation and attitude are the most important conditions for teacher collaboration. In school collaboration can be especially useful for teachers who teach the same group of students or the same subject to different students.
Teachers need to be open-minded about change and look at the benefits.

Irina, Russia

irina_golosova2 — 2017-10-17 20:33:02 UTC

To work collaboratevely and effectively we need to have a common goal, to understand why we do this work, what it gives us and how it improves our skills. We grow professionaly every day if we learn every day, not only teach.

Maria Calà, Italy

ilacrisere — 2017-10-17 20:52:56 UTC

The teacher needs knowledge, desire to get in touch and to find colleagues' attitudes of collaboration.
Attitude is important because the self must be set aside otherwise it affects the collaboration process. For a collaborative didactic capacity, knowledge, motivation, attitude, and communication are important.

Vincenza,Italy

cifer2169 — 2017-10-17 21:10:05 UTC

Tânia Serrão, Portugal

taniaserraogomes — 2017-10-17 21:14:24 UTC

I absolutely agree with the teacher Majella when she says that communication skills, ability to resolve conflicts, motivation and willingness to collaborate are determining factors for achieving the desired success when working in a group. In my school, teamwork is encouraged but not all elements have the skills required for the group to function, namely motivation.

Jahidy, AveFénixAlfa. Venezuela

2017-10-18 02:09:05 UTC

I believe that the conditions for the emergence, development and maintenance of collaboration between teachers in institutions has in part much to do with motivation. I do not know how it is in Europe, but in Latin America as a rule (I dare say) there is no real recognition of the role of teachers. This is discouraging and when other factors such as living in rural areas, where the teacher has to travel a long way to go to school, or return home at the end of the daily educational day, it is quite difficult "to remove "Extra time to carry out activities that allow the exchange of ideas and generate agreements to undertake a project of this magnitude. However, thinking positively and with an attitude that is willing to bring about changes that strengthen the impact of the common effort, following the same objective, I believe that it is indispensable to have a high level of responsibility and commitment on the part of the members of that team collaborative Therefore, identification with the project must be generated with absolute clarity of what the obstacles to be overcome and if there is a commitment to reach the end.

Among the skills to consider are: developing a positive attitude towards change, accepting other participants with the usual respect, communicating clearly and directly and also importantly, avoiding problems by learning to resolve conflicts.
Thanks for your attention. Bless you

Ispir Iuliana, Romania

ispiriuliana — 2017-10-18 05:02:54 UTC

I'm trying to work with my skeptical colleagues, unfortunately no results. Or they are better than you and do not want to collaborate, or I believe you important and why to please. But we have found new support since we belonged to school, we are kindergarten. There they work together.

Cristina Mihut

mihut_cristina — 2017-10-18 05:50:08 UTC

The skills that teachers need for collaboration are: motivation, involvement, openness to new strategies and ideas, teamwork. Of course, it is very important to have communication skills, technological competencies.

Alessandro Michele, Italy

2017-10-18 07:10:28 UTC

I think there are some conditions to start and to keep tha collaboration between collegues: motivation, honesty, ability to work in team, competences.

Vasiliki Psaridou/Greece

psaridou — 2017-10-18 13:06:38 UTC

Motivation, teamwork and sharing ideas and methods should be the conditions between school colleagues. However, this is not what happens every time. In my school collaboration and sharing are two important elements. New teachers that come have to keep up with this kind of work.

Antonella, Italy

antonellacaprarelli — 2017-10-18 13:23:32 UTC

I think schools should organize motivation and team working courses for teachers... how can we teach collaborative activities to our students if we are not ready to share ideas and to be positive towards collegues' methods?

Maria Luisa, Genova, Italy

marialuisa_borr — 2017-10-18 14:17:37 UTC

I think that the collaboration between teachers is very important.
For collaborative didactic , knowledge, attitudes, motivation, etical dimension are basic elements to work in team.

Amelia De

amelia_dechiara — 2017-10-18 14:20:55 UTC

I agree with the list of skills mentioned for teacher collaboration, I think we also need time and spaces to make possible the collaboration. Sometimes it happens that we have different timetables and we don't have time to sit down and talk. Sometimes, we have the same spare time but there's no place to sit down or there isn't a lab or a computer to use.

Giovanna Italy

giovanna_festa — 2017-10-18 14:55:58 UTC

I think collaboration among teachers is very important but always they aren't prepared to do it Sharing ideas is important also because students can understand the relationship. Etwinning is a good opportunity tone use teacher to colla

Palma,kindergarten teacher from Spain

palmagarciahn — 2017-10-18 16:37:19 UTC

To be a to work collaboratively you have to be generous,be prepared to give in even if you think you are right.
In my school we work collaborative; in this environment is fundamental the figure of the leader, who sets the guidelines
It is difficult to work with professors skeptics; those who don’t want to work collaboratively we invite them to observe the process and incorporate when they consider that they are prepared .

Iryna Kharchenko, Ukraine

pcv2002irisha — 2017-10-18 18:01:15 UTC

I agree with the list of the skills necessary for collaboration. I also think that teachers should have special courses in team building and leadership. People are different and some teachers may prefer to work individually or are not very motivated to collaborate. I believe the school administration should provide good motivation and incentive to teachers who really collaborate among themselves and teach students to collaborare as these skills are part of social skills and competences which are necessary in a modern world.

Isabela, Romania

2017-10-18 18:34:33 UTC

I agree with the list mentioned in video. Unfortunately most of our activities are individually. We collaborate when we organize the extracurricular activities. Some projects, especially European projects involve collaboration between teachers from other countries. It is a great way to learn and develop new strategies of teaching.

Laura, Italy

nannalaura057 — 2017-10-18 20:05:15 UTC

I think that teachers should be trained to learn collaboration because it is a skill which needs education.Teachers should have the opportunity to try and work together, to make experiences and to reflect on them so that tey could improve their teaching skills.

Anna Maria Mulliri, Italy

morganita — 2017-10-18 21:24:06 UTC

I agree with Majella Dempsey about skills and conditions needed for teacher to collaborate. I would also add being unlimited patient, tolerant and forwarded-looking.

Unfortunately, the leadership in my current school doesn’t model collaboration with, most of the time, the result of a mere formal repetition of useless meetings with no clear common goals to achieve. I found a true work group when planning with my colleagues of my school which is 30 km from the main Institution. A favourable environment which is involving, even the young teachers get easily involved and since they feel part of a group they are willing to share ideas and new tools. However, there are also sceptical teachers whose refrain is “What? Students? They are not students, they are arms stolen from agriculture” but we must profit of their help in practical activities and of their time and they are happy when the see our students outcomes.

Conceição, Portugal

saolsilva — 2017-10-19 00:38:26 UTC

I think collaboration involves willingness to cooperate with others, independently from their personal traits or position in schools. The school administration wants us to collaborate and teachers even have a common free afternoon that was created for that purpose. However, either we have useless department meetings or each of us goes home. As I said before, only a tiny number of teachers are open to novelties. So, I don't see how we could help them see the advantages of working together.

Betty

bettyaggeletaki — 2017-10-19 06:55:48 UTC

i agree that demanded personal skills and abilities in order to work as a team to see the benefits of group work and to leave back the personal ego

Rosy, Italy

rositone73 — 2017-10-19 08:03:29 UTC

I totaly agree.
Students way learn to collaborate it teachers are the examples they could follia.
But teachers have to learn to collaborate among themseves, so they need to realizza that they are not always the centre of school sistema.

Eleonora, Italy

2017-10-19 08:51:44 UTC

I think we should learn more about technology and be fully trained to acquire new skills and competences.

Natalia, Moldova

2017-10-19 09:23:57 UTC

Totally agree. Collaboration is very important for teachers because it helps to develop leadership skills, competences, and motivate to be the best, to be up to date with the new technology, ready for students questions

Beate, Germany

2017-10-19 09:59:28 UTC

Teacher collaboration requires those skills and conditions we also would like to develop in our students by means of collaboration. If we teachers want to learn from each other's experience, why should there necessarily be the need to foster leadership skills? The example given in the video illustrated that colleagues shared responsibility and were expected to invest their expertise for the common goal, so the technology expert was responsible for the technological aspect of work. Ideally the initially allocated roles would sooner or later become interchangeable because collaboration should create synergy effects between team members. Teachers need entrepreneurial skills for teacher collaboration, they need to step out of the comfort zone of their didactic routine, be eager to challenge their teaching practice and demonstrate a willingness to grow professionally.
At our school we have certain interdisciplinary experts groups which deal with certain topics as regards school development, but little institutionalized space for curriculum planning.
Currently I am involved in creating an eTwinning team at our school and learn how much it is a sensitive issue to raise curiosity in some teachers, ill-equipped with technology and project work, to inspire them to become changemakers.

Diana Oliveira, Portugal

2017-10-19 11:22:15 UTC

We need frameworks to help shape and organize our collaborative design process. I leave here two models:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262408414_An_Application_Framework_for_Collaborative_Learning

Snjezana Kovacevic, Croatia

knjiznica_zlata — 2017-10-19 11:52:08 UTC

I agree that teachers need skills and conditions for collaboration. First, they need to be willing to collaborate with others and that way they will make their teching more intersting to pupils. I motivate teachers for collaboration in my school and we implement projects, common teaching lessons and other activities.

I completely agree with this list even if not always teachers want to collaborate and lose their individualist view of teaching. When you collaborate you have to learn to listen to others and exchange practices. i think that in the last years we have had a lot of improvement in this direction but we must go on and do better

enzacolella — 2017-10-19 13:13:27 UTC

Raffaella, Italy

raffaella_pierleoni — 2017-10-19 13:45:05 UTC

I completely agree with the list skills and conditions presented in the video. I think teachers collaboration is essential to plan skill-based curricula for students and thus, to lead students’ skills improvement.

I’ve experienced teachers collaboration and I can say that it’s not so easy to reach good collaboration level. Teachers are asked for collaborative skills, they have to be “openmind” to others: be willing to listen each others, accept and discuss wath others suggest and, on the other hand, share own opinions, suggestions, propose solutions and so on. I think effective and efficient collaboration is comparable to “good communication”: there is no communication if we don’t listen to each others!

Chrissa Aggidou, Greece

xrissi — 2017-10-19 16:03:13 UTC

I fully agree with the list of skills and conditions mentioned. I believe that good mood and understanding that through cooperation we can do more, are ingredients for a good cooperation. The headmistress promotes such collaborations. By seeing the students collaborating with us, this is a very good example to them. Of course, in every school community you will meet teachers who are sceptical about working together. They need more time to grasp the benefits of cooperation but it is worthwhile to try.

Paola, Italy

paoladoremi — 2017-10-19 16:33:30 UTC

I believe that the collaborative skills mentioned in the video are very important. I like the idea of leadership distributed in the group because it allows you to share responsibilities and give the best where you feel more competent

Ondina Espírito Santo, Portugal

ondina — 2017-10-19 23:58:14 UTC

I fully agree with the list. At my school we try to work collaboratively with the little time we have. Speaking in general, in the Portuguese reality, everything would be easier if the compulsory bureaucratic work of our schools would diminish, we would have more time for what we like more to do, to work cooperatively and in an interdisciplinary way. Another point that I think is fundamental is the encouragement and motivation given by the directions of the school. Sometimes we continue to work collaboratively because we believe that learning is most effective and we work almost to the point of exhaustion, and we do it because we love what we do. If the school project were to work collaboratively, supported by management, then all other "minor" jobs that take up so much time, without great quality, would disappear and be much more open to collaborative work. Classes with large numbers of students, teachers with a lot of workload are not facilitating factors for collaborative work. After all, I have the good fortune to be part of a working group, with an innovative project, in which the learning scenarios and the collaborative work is our day to day. We must be cordeal, accept the criticisms that make us grow, available, like and believe in what we do for the happiest and most knowledgeable students.

Dulce Seita, Portugal

dseita — 2017-10-20 02:21:46 UTC

Trust is key in a collaborative environment and some teacher have a hard time trusting each other’s. That is why collaborative work among teachers sometimes fail.

Angela, Italy

angela_bertolini — 2017-10-20 08:22:28 UTC

I have really appreciated the contribution about conditions needed for teachers' collaboration. I totally agree with the mention of knowledge, skills, motivation and attitude. If we don't know how to foster collaborationg among colleagues and if we don't beleive in its potential, how can we effectively realise it with our classes? I work collaboratively with some colleagues and the outcomes are always very satisfying, both for us and for our students. There are, then, some colleagues who don't wish to work together and don't accept such projects. All we can do with those colleagues is to show them our work, the results we achieve.

Anna, Austria

msb_grg11 — 2017-10-20 11:18:51 UTC

Prof. Dempsey is absolutely right when she says that there needs to be a will to cooperate. I think this is the most integral part of collaborating. We tend to have our students collaborate all the time, but are not able to collaborate ourselves for no good reasons.
Role modelling of course is hugley important, but, and that's the experience I have made, one cannot expect that. It should, however, not discourage anyone if collaboration is not a key aspect of one's educational institution.

Georgia, Greece

zazouki — 2017-10-20 13:49:44 UTC

I totally agree with this list of skills and conditions for teacher collaboration . I think that we have also to take into account the society we live in . For exemple , in Greece , we are not used to work together , we are individual and competitive with each other, only our goals matters . We really have to learn to do this .So , it's not only about skills, time for collaborating ... it's also about mentality . I usually work in more than one schools, changing schools almost every year. Only a few headmasters are promoting teacher collaboration :-( .

Annamaria, Italy

2017-10-20 14:34:52 UTC

Although I agree with everything I heard in the video, I have to admit that it's very difficoult to work in collaboration and aboveall to manage a team of teachers who share a project. Collegues often don't trust each other or think that criticise other's work means to be clever

Silvana, Italy

silvanasarno62 — 2017-10-20 17:47:00 UTC

I agree with the list mentioned, but the most important thing is 'to want': everything goes quite well if teachers want to collaborate. But some teachers are individualist and I think they can't collaborate!

Jose Teixeira, Pt

2017-10-20 18:13:23 UTC

I strongly agree with the list and conditions mentioned by Prof Dempsey. All of them are necessary to create an effective collaborative environment in schools, but the most important condition is to be willing to collaborate. I would add trust, like an essential condition to work collaboratively.

At my school is not easy to work collaboratively, because teachers complain that they can not find the time to work together. In fact, in Portugal educational system there are lots of paperwork that consume great part of teachers’ time. Direction teams don’t encourage a model of collaboration among teachers, in my opinion, school’s management teams should invest on collaborative work.

Teachers collaboration is quite beneficial for students, because it means that they are working towards the same goal. In my school, there are teachers who usually work in a very individualistic way, I think that a good technique to convince them to work collaboratively is to make them part of a team.

Nicolina, Italy

nicolina_graziano — 2017-10-20 18:35:00 UTC

I teach in a lower middle school and we have the so called “Dipartimenti” where teachers are divided for subjects area and plan together the programme, the assessment rubrics and activities. So it’s natural to work in team and to become a good team member. I agree with the teacher trainer in the video that collaboration is something more than sharing. As members of a team we can also have arguments but the most important thing is sitting around a table, debating and coming up with a solution at the end. Collaboration among teachers is helpful for students who can better develop their knowledge, skills and abilities.
Working with teachers who are skeptical of collaboration is difficult but only if we make them experience the benefits of a group work, we can also convince them of its benefit.

Angela, Moldova

andimitriu337 — 2017-10-20 19:53:06 UTC

I do agree with the list mentioned. The most important thing is to be open-minded for collaboration.

Marília, Portugal

mariliabacao — 2017-10-20 20:11:34 UTC

I totally agree with the list of skills and conditions to work collaboratively. The culture of each teacher, the way he was taught, the culture of school and the conditions given for collaboration (time) are determinant to tack collaboration.At school we have 50' to collaborate every week. This is done for every department. It's difficult to plan and work together during only 50' but it's a start and we're improving. Leadership is essencial but not easy because some teachers don't trust each others and sometimes they really have reasons not to trust

Giovanna Zito

giovanna_zito51 — 2017-10-20 20:28:36 UTC

I agree with the list of skills and condition, but I would add to this list this ones: the curiosity, the will to face a challenge and the desire to be always involved in new projects! The leadership in my school encourages collaboration, but he didn't model a suitable environment yet. As teachers, we are supposed to work collaboratively in team called Departments, grouped by subjects, but it doesn't happen indeed. The majority of teachers, they prefer not to change anything in their way of teaching and in their approach, as it's so confortable to do the same stuff again and again! When I told them about the eTwinning projects, they just nod smiling, and that's all

Lúcia Ferreira, Portugal

luciamealhada — 2017-10-20 21:01:46 UTC

I agree with the list of skills and conditions, but according to my personal experience, I think that more spaces and specific times should be promoted for collaborative work in school. One of the biggest constraints I face is that some teachers claim they do not have the time. Sometimes teachers do not feel safe, they do not like to be exposed to criticism, they are not receptive to change ... they like to keep their practices over time ...
Teacher meetings that serve to decide the implementation of curricula and benchmarking tools to be used by all do not focus on solving problems encountered by students or on outlining common strategies. I think there is a need for real leadership on the part of the managers, there is a lack of collaborative work that promotes the rotation in the roles to play and promotes the leadership capacity ... normally the professors hold the positions for long years.
To motivate colleagues I try to make myself available to produce materials together, share knowledge and above all motivate for curriculum development through the implementation of projects ...

Ana Cotovio, Portugal

lc_anapaula — 2017-10-20 23:23:59 UTC

I agree whit the list of skills and conditions mentioned.
Last year I worked with colleagues from different areas in the implementation of a multidisciplinary project that involved ICT, music and arts teachers. I think it was a very important project for the students and the teachers because we had a shared goal and all the teachers gave their contribution to the activity.
In the final presentation of the project to the school, everyone recognized the work done by the teachers and the students, which was important.

Monica Italy

monica_donato2 — 2017-10-21 04:48:46 UTC

Yes I agree with the list of skills and one of the most important concept expressed is that "

sometimes we think that just because we put a group together that they are going to work collaboratively, but in actual fact we need to do a lot of groundwork ahead of time in order to ensure that a group will work together "

Ioanna, Greece

ziakaioa — 2017-10-21 05:02:04 UTC

All the skills mentioned are necessary to develop collaborative work both among teachers and leaners. In my school we sometimes share a class and students see two teachers teaching it within the same hour. This needs understanding and collaboration beforehand so that shared roles and leadership are respected.

Irini, Greece

ikassotaki — 2017-10-21 07:43:55 UTC

I agree that teachers' collaboration helps them to develop

leadership skills, since they take on different roles within a group or a team. I also agree that in this kind of collaboration, you must have the shared responsibility and you have to be able to take on different roles within it.

Micaela, Portugal

mail_micaela_pereira — 2017-10-21 09:05:01 UTC

I agree on the list of skills and conditions mentioned. I think what happens today in my school is that teacher’s of our group have the right mind-set, the right skills, we trust each other, but we really have so much work that is difficult sometimes to find time. I think with more time available we could do more, we would be even more involved with teacher collaboration...

Ad, Belgium

2017-10-21 11:40:11 UTC

I believe to most important skill you need to implement collaborative learning is audacity, dare or boldness. In my school there isn't really a climate for collaborative learning although there has started a co-teaching project. In some classes with 'difficult students' there are two teachers. The main reason is not collaborative learning and that's a pitty. But I see it as a first smaal step in the right direction. Meanwhile I try to develop my own small projects within my classes and I feel positive about that.

"Change the school" is in the optics of leadership and cooperative learning assessment

claudia_murelli — 2017-10-21 11:48:08 UTC

In view of an advantage for all teaching teams, pupils, Executives
Claudia Murelli

Daniele - Italy

danvir — 2017-10-21 15:00:02 UTC

Do you agree with the list of skills and conditions cited as necessary for teacher collaboration to flourish in schools? What would you add to this list based on your experiences? Does the leadership in your teacher training institution or the current school in which you teach model collaboration? If so, how, and do you think this is motivating and beneficial for students? Do you work with teachers who are sceptical about collaboration, and what have you tried - or intend to try - to help them see the advantages of this way of working?
The skills mentioned are really important. The school leadership usually encourage this new efforts to get learning better, but not always colleagues are happy. They usually think that it is a loss of time and some times also organizing formative meetings are difficult and the usual question is "Is this meeting compulsory?" or "Is there a certificate? If not I will not come".

Greta, ITALY

greta_romano — 2017-10-21 16:04:25 UTC

Yes, I think that those are necessary. To me, it's really important to give credit, to listen to everybody's ideas and to be respecful. If you have those things, you can be sure that you will have a good collaboration with your collegues.
I worked with teachers who just ignored me or didn't give credit to what I was saying, but in the end I turned out to be right, so they understood that I had something to give and that they could talk to me/trust me. But it was really hard at first.

Mariella Brunazzi - Italy

mariella_brunaz — 2017-10-21 16:18:35 UTC

I agree with the skills and conditions mentioned as necessary for teacher collaboration. I would add respect for each other and each other’s experience and competences because what I observed in some cases was the tendency to take ideas from more experienced colleagues and then spend them as one’s own together with not acquired alleged competences. It is said to state this but unfortunately I witnessed it happen more than once.

The current school where I work does not model collaboration as it happened in the previous one until the headmaster who supported it retired. What I have seen up to now is the tendency to foster competition among teachers and a strong resistance to change on behalf of the staff of school despite an open-minded headmaster. Anyway I’m new to this school; what I’d like to do is to gradually create connections with other colleagues and start collaborating hoping to achieve some fruitful changes.

Nicoleta, Romania

marianborsa — 2017-10-21 18:03:55 UTC

The skills and conditions described as necessary for teachers to bloom in schools are very real. The projects are not designed for teamwork. Everyone tries to apologize for not getting involved in such a project.In the past I worked with other teammates and I was very pleased with the results. I hope to be able to do the same thing in the current school.

Anna Bottari, Italy

anna_bottari33 — 2017-10-21 18:17:53 UTC

I agree with the list of skills and conditions described in the video. Collaboration among teachers is not to share materials but it means to talk and discuss about a lesson plan, to share responsibility and skills, to get positive feedback. In my school leadership wants more collaboration among teachers because it changes the way to teach and involve students. This year I teach "coding" in my classroom and I have asked my colleagues to share this experience with me but they haven't approved my ideas. i'm going to ask my leadership to create a group work about coding to help teachers.

MARIA, Italy

mariadeleo77 — 2017-10-21 19:14:49 UTC

Do you agree with the list of skills and conditions cited as necessary for teacher collaboration to flourish in schools?
Nowadays I think it's necessary for teachers and the school changing the mindset: we can't close eyes in front of the changing society that is trasforming itself.
Traditional approaches and methods are unuseful because the world is based on the connection and communication, so we are isolated in our experiences no more.
Some of my colleagues insert laboratorial experiences in their activities, but according to me also this methodology has no sense if it remains separated from the contributes of those colleagues who teach other subjects.
I often tried to convince some colleagues of the importance of using technologies when we show to students some arguments that have more points of connection between them.
Sometimes I did it, for example, I used Google Earth to show ahead of time some places which students should had visit in the trip to Rome. They first have could see Colosseum, Quirinale, Vaticano through the technologies and moving in virtual way to explore places. So they learned also the position of the monuments and places and the history of each of them with this app that I also integrated with another app that contained more data, information and galleries of pictures. Thanks the synergical work with the colleague of History students deepened their knowledges so our collaboration gave real benefits to students' learning.

Anaida

anaida_p — 2017-10-21 19:20:43 UTC

I agree with the list of skills and conditions mentioned. I have many collegues who are sceptical about collaboration and don't want to share with others . We allow them to be observers and we giv them time to understand the benefits of collaboration.

Anastasia Botou, Greece

botouanastasia — 2017-10-21 19:59:05 UTC

I agree with skills and conditions cited as necessary for teacher collaboration to flourish in school. I think that school “ethos” play important role, too. Good relationships among leadership and staff are necessary. Leadership, based on democratic principles, promotes collaboration. In the other hand, some teachers are skeptical about collaboration because they believe that students learn better by individual teaching. I suggest teachers to watch students' face answering the question when are students more happy, when working individually or collaboratively?

Evelyn. Italy

ivelyn — 2017-10-21 22:01:30 UTC

I thought the list of skills and conditions gave a good idea of the complexity of collaboration. You need knowledge, attitudes, skills, motivation, an ethical dimension, personal skills, to name but a few. I would add imagination to the list though maybe it is there embedded somewhere along the line. Our school values collaboration up to a certain point since it is quite traditional and hierarchical too. Many of my colleagues are sceptical about collaboration bbut if the truth be told they are sceptical about a lot of things, and yet surprisingly helpful when they can be persuaded to lend their skills. I think humility is essential when approaching colleagues and hope to be more involved myself in the near future.

Zulmira, Portugal

zulmiramag — 2017-10-21 22:01:35 UTC

I agree with everything teacher Majella Dempsey said. In my school, we have only 1 hour in common (all teachers) each week , to do collaborative work: plan lessons, discuss a topic, make formative tests, use new technologies to improve student engagement, and so on. Usually, there are teacher meetings with the same subject, Maths teachers, English teachers, and so on. We share what we do and accept ideas from the others, at least in my Maths group, but 1 hour, is few time to do a good job. Teachers get unmotivated and tired because it is a lot of work and little time to do it. For example: with the work I have at school, and then the work at home for school, (and of course I've family that needs me), I can only work in this MOOC at night, sometimes very tired and with classes next morning. I love to collaborate but, teachers deserve better schedules that would allow them to actively collaborate.

Gabriella, Italy

GaDiBi — 2017-10-22 02:36:41 UTC

The motivation for collaboration is the learning of young people. Can that be enough?
I realize that for there to be cooperation between teachers I have to go to my colleague.
It is not easy for me. And it creates tension.
Empathy, confrontation, listening, acceptance of the other, planning and evaluation of a lesson, systematic observation are words and habits to be brought to the classroom.
Though the other doesn't have these skills, no matter what, I'm learning them too.
But I'll go to school with heel 15... so every now and then I'll be pounding my colleague's inflated balloon style....

Michaela, Austria

michaela_friess — 2017-10-22 06:17:22 UTC

In my type of school you have no choice if you want to collaborate or not. You have to, it is part of the law.

For me Majella Dempsey best point is the importance of leadership. Someone must have a overlook and set the time conditions and goals. Everyone must be aware of his / her own responsibility. If not, it could happen that the preparation for school is not finished at the time you need it.

Ame, Italy

2017-10-22 06:58:22 UTC

In italian primary schools you have 2 hours a week to plan the weeks lessons and share ideas, projects with your team mates

Niyazi ALKAN

2017-10-22 08:57:52 UTC

They need knowledge, they need attitudes around wanting to collaborate, they need to have the skills for communication, for working with others, dealing with conflict – they need to have a motivation, so there has to be something there that motivates them to want to work together.Of course I agree with these skills but to me the most important skill that a teacher need is;geneal culture.A teacher should know a lot thing when telling a lesson to example the subject.

JESÚS Spain.teacher collaborative learning goes beyond school timetable and will allow us to put in common with others our planned projects using the wide open tools that internet has and brings to our school environment and students skills , it makes them to connect and develop collaboration with students from around the world , but the most important guide and challenging objective is the lead of the teacher for the students , if they see that the teacher do not have clear idea of whaty he wants from them they hardly follow the project of collabaration in groups or develop any sort of rewards or incentives , the shared of responsabilities or take out different roles as the profesor MAJELLA DEMPSEY says in the video-

catulosade — 2017-10-22 10:22:15 UTC

Ana Pereira, Portugal

2017-10-22 13:10:31 UTC

Agree. Yes i do and yes.

Renata, Croatia

renata_pintar — 2017-10-22 15:19:15 UTC

In Croatia, in every school we have expert council of teacher of related subjects. In our scholl there are more than 10 such councils. For instance: foreign languages council, Mathematics and Computer Science council, etc.
At our council meeteings we determine evaluation criteria, present good practice of our work to each other, discuss projects and arrange collaboration between teachers of our council and sometimes other teachers of our school.
It is beneficial for students.

Erica, Italy

nickregata — 2017-10-22 15:40:48 UTC

In my school there are teacher meeting with the same subject in departements: we share what we do and accept ideas from the others. But there is an other department and it's new: cross-department teacher. This is my case. I'm a cross teacher, my subject is music but in the classroom I collaborate with my colleagues to do collaborative work: plan lessons, discuss a topic, make formative tests, use new technologies to improve student engagement. In my opinion I would add imagination to the list.

Marta, Portugal

martaisabelconstantino — 2017-10-22 16:25:37 UTC

I agree with the one exposed in the video. At my school we have one hour a week for peer collaboration. However, this time is too little to plan, to devise strategies, to share doubts ....

Izabela, Poland

2017-10-22 16:32:33 UTC

I am the leadership of science group in my school, but this group counts 5 teachers and they collaborate with each other without any problems, they are open-minded.

Anna, Italy

annana05 — 2017-10-22 16:38:46 UTC

4.4 Skills and conditions needed for teacher collaboration

I agree with the list and conditions mentioned and I particularly stress the importance of giving value to each other. When working in a group no one should feel more important than the other team members because everyone adds something to the group work, brings his/her own expertise.
THis is the right way to model group work for the students.
Last week I told my class how I would assess their group work and they told me:" this is what our Italian teacher does!" This is an example of collaboration. I talk and plan with my Italian colleague and try to show students that even if we teach different subjects learning has no barriers and we have more in common than they think.
Sceptical teachers are another matter. Sometimes they do not observe but, unfortunately, they try to undermine other people's work.

Teresa, Portugal

2017-10-22 17:00:52 UTC

The most importante thing for me is the common goal the team wants to achieve, they can work at the same level and contribute with their own ideas. Sometimes, there are projects that involve interdiscplinary contents, that’s when i thinK teachers bring different contributions at different levels. Teachers must be an example, so no better way than collaborate with others. For the most sceptical, the observation looks like a good idea.

Adnan AKYÜZ, Turkey

adnanakyuz — 2017-10-22 18:47:44 UTC

Each teacher should be in cooperation with their colleagues in accordance with our educational system. Meetings and evaluations are held at the beginning of the academic year and at certain periods. Lesson plans and examinations are created together. Special programs are prepared for students with special learning needs. Teachers in the same field collaborate on this issue. Different branch teachers and teachers entering the class in the same class cooperate. As a result of these collaborative efforts, our students are targeted to be more motivated in classes.

Daniela D'Arrigo, Italy

2017-10-22 19:11:28 UTC

I agree with the list and the condition recalled by Majella Dempsey. The collaboration work is very important for the school, thought it is very difficilt to do. Many my colleagues prefer to work alone and they think it is waste of time.

Rosa, Italy

rmongi74 — 2017-10-22 20:38:41 UTC

I agree with the list of skills and conditions described in the video. I think collaboration is very important for teachers because I think it helps them to develop leadership skills.
Collaboration is where teachers sit down and we talk each to other, within a group of two or three… Teachers decide what is really good about the resource or the lesson plan, or the planning of the curriculum that they are doing, and if they are able to share their different skills, their different motivations about why they want to do it in that particular way.

Hasime, Macedonia

hasime — 2017-10-22 20:44:21 UTC

I agree with list of skills described on this video. Teacher must be example for students, if students see group of teachers who collaborate this could be a good example. Teachers can exchange ideas for teaching, this can give them more resources for next activities, they can develop better lesson plans for their teaching.

Ele, EST

ele_elav — 2017-10-23 08:20:27 UTC

This time I watched two times :O
I think I have to share this material with our teachers.
Collaboration is important.
Most importantly there has to be curiosity and ongoing will/wish to learn.
I am so pleased we have a special time in our time-table for team-work or collaboration.
Though I am not sure how effectively teachers are using the time for it.
We can' t check teachers either :)

Simona, Romania

simona_petrescu — 2017-10-23 10:03:58 UTC

It is time for us to put ourselves in our pupils shoes. How could we make them learn collaboratively if we, teachers, cannot?

David, Spain

david_galiana — 2017-10-23 12:17:59 UTC

Common goals
Change our minds
Self motivation and improvement

Mahesh bhardwaj (India)

maheshbhardwaj9 — 2017-10-23 14:39:54 UTC

These days students are very advanced and they want to learn in new way. They are not comfortable with the old method. for the improvement we teachers have to make a team in which we can learn different teaching technique with the fellow teachers. Without collaboration a single teacher with his/her old method are not going to be effective in the class room.

i think collaborative teaching help the teacher to improve in the class room.

Maria, Italy

mariadecarlo — 2017-10-23 16:01:00 UTC

If you work together with teachers, students also have a different attitude, a better participation and involvement ... But in Italy as well as the time (secondary school degree) is organized and the activity is not always possible to collaborate together...

Zita, Budapest

2017-10-23 17:25:21 UTC

The list is absolutely completed it has everything you need for good collaboration.
It was very motivating to hear about the importance of the different roles and the leadership that are fundamental for effective collaboration.
In my school theoretically we can collaborate when we find the place and time to plan together on the other hand the school environment is not encouraging to do that unfortunately.
Yes I have worked with teachers who are sceptical about collaboration and beyond that they are not able to collaborate at all. I have tried many different ways and I still couldn't achieve a tiny little goal either...

Agata, Italy

agatella64 — 2017-10-23 19:44:00 UTC

I agree and I like working in a team; itìs a challenge but we need it to enrich ourselves

Emiliano Pancaldi, Italy

emilianopancald — 2017-10-23 20:15:02 UTC

Q: Do you agree with the list of skills and conditions cited as necessary for teacher collaboration to flourish in schools?
A: Yes, I agree. If each memeber of a group has a specific role, it's simpler to work all together at the same goal.

Q: What would you add to this list based on your experiences?
A: It's necessary to have a good coordinator, and a trust leadership shared with everyone.

Q: Does the leadership in your teacher training institution or the current school in which you teach model collaboration?
A: In my school we don't talk about leadership every day... There aren't any courses, any groups about leadership in our school. In these weeks I'm learning on edx.org a course about "inclusive leadership". I'm going to plan a course for my colleagues, after the end of this another online learning adventure! ;-)

Q: If so, how, and do you think this is motivating and beneficial for students?
A: I think that leadership is shareable with our testifying. Students look us and absorbe our behaviors, our values, our resilience skills.

Q: Do you work with teachers who are sceptical about collaboration, and what have you tried - or intend to try - to help them see the advantages of this way of working?
A: I prefer to learn everything from everyone, included the sceptical teachers. They're often old teachers, who don't like technologies, but they can teach me many many tips on leadership, the control of class, the capacity to mantain the energies along my daily works with students. To help them see the advantages of this way of working I think that it's important to plan a valid work group structure, giving to everyone a specific role. I'm agree with Majella Dempsey, in this case.

Lia, Italy

lia_molini — 2017-10-23 20:27:52 UTC

Based on my experience roles and responsibilities, tasks are very important to encourage collaboration and give opportunities to everybody to contribute to the activities. I think that every teacher has special expertise that should be appreciated and used so that each teacher feels involved into the activities. The leadership in my school promotes model collaboration; students can take advantage from teacher collaboration, because it increases student's effort.

Gökhan ARIKAN, Turkey

gokanhoca — 2017-10-23 20:56:42 UTC

I agree with the list. I gave teacher training on behalf of the development of cooperation in the school, but I have to state that. Collaboration is not just shared, and everyone needs to spend time. Your job is really difficult if you can not exceed some teachers' communication problems and individual work approach. Collaborative work requires a more social environment.

Sandra Leite, Azores - Portugal

leite_sandra — 2017-10-23 22:37:05 UTC

As a teacher of 1st CEB I agree with the list of skills and conditions cited as necessary for teachers' collaboration to flourish in schools. Teachers need to empathize with each other and to identify as educational professionals. It is true that each individual has to be valued and that the work theme captivates both parties. I always work in a pedagogical way within the classroom and the teachers who work with me accept the model collaboration being motivating and beneficial for students and teachers. The teachers who work with me love to work collaboratively.

Paola Patrizia Cardo Italy For the skills listed, everything is ok even if I think a very important one is that ability to manage, build, and support the relationship with the subject in formation. I think skills are important to you to collaborate, but sometimes it's a bit difficult because there may be hindering dynamics: mutual prejudices, wrong initial expectationslack of will to cooperate, jealousy and more. We should, however, often make a constant and critical analysis in our professional work, especially when it is expressed in "emergency" actions for which prompt response and little space are required of reflection in the "here and now" n my school, we try to always have a constant dialogue and confrontation, we try to share the different points of view in the perspective of a global and coherent path for the individual.

paolapatrizia_cardo — 2017-10-24 11:07:16 UTC

Manuela, Italy

emanuela_antezza — 2017-10-24 12:35:41 UTC

Yes I agree with her list of skills and conditions cited. I think each teacher has to empathize with Others and each one has to be valued by its work!

Francesco, Italy

boffra — 2017-10-24 15:35:44 UTC

I believe that the basic ingredients of a collaborative team are the personal relationships between the members of the group. If we want to share a common goal into a shared project we have to understand and appreciate the presence of other colleagues in the team. So it is important to build solid relationships among the members of the team before starting any teaching path in common. When we get confidence with other colleagues it is very easy to share ideas, projects, points of view, future programs...

SEYİDE EROĞLU, TURKEY.

seyideeroglu — 2017-10-24 15:40:38 UTC

skills required for inter-teacher collaboration:
positive attitude
effective and correct communication
positive motivation
respect for ethical rules
empathy
speech skill
focus on a common goal
leadership skills
share responsibility
positive feedback

Ana M., Almeia

anaparreira — 2017-10-24 16:58:36 UTC

I agree, in school there are always teachers who are more open to collaborative work than others. I think sometimes this kind of collaborative work will not work as well because it is imposed by the directions of the schools. As for working with students, what I have said is very important.

Vanda Serpa, Azores

vandaserpa — 2017-10-24 20:07:49 UTC

I agree, and as in other professions, we do not choose who our colleagues will be, but we have the freedom to be able to work on projects with those who have more affinity and share our ideals and projects.
Doing this kind of work with our students will be all easy, now the biggest obstacle in my school is the lack of means and tools. At the digital level we are far behind other schools.

Chiara Semplicini, Italy

chiara_semplicini — 2017-10-25 10:01:15 UTC

I strongly agree. It is not easy to find a school where all teachers are willing to collaborate and share practices with colleagues. I think there should be someone at school (for ex. a teacher) in charge of making the staff aware of the opportunities connected to co-teaching and able to regulate cooperative practices at school.

Maria, Italy

mariadecarlo — 2017-10-25 12:32:06 UTC

I agree. Bat it's not easy to find in the school teachers to collaborate and share practices with colleagues... I'm trying.

Antonella Sasanelli, Italy

antonella_sasanelli — 2017-10-25 13:21:48 UTC

Intermediate leadership and mentoring practice could generate the right climate for an effective collaboration. Nowadays teachers and principals in Italy are mostly opposed and that's a serious issue.

Mariangela Fabiana Gramegna , Italy....

2017-10-25 16:01:31 UTC

It's important to build a hard groundwork to let teachers to collaborate and to practice emotional, personal, psychological skills together with knowledges and ethical dimension.

Angela, Catania

angela_schiliro — 2017-10-25 16:35:29 UTC

I agree with the list of skills and conditions necessary for teacher collaboration: " Teachers need knowledge, they need attitudes around wanting to collaborate, they need to have the skills for communication, for working with others, dealing with conflict – they need to have a motivation, so there has to be something there that motivates them to want to work together."
I think that Teacher Collaboration , like students' collaboration , should be a project based process to be motivating for teachers

Manuela, Portugal

mmanuelavieira — 2017-10-25 17:31:48 UTC

I agree but it is, some times, difficult to work because is not easy to have time to do so and most of my colleagues works individually. But, I think that we must fight for collaboration with students and w

Manuela, Portugal

mmanuelavieira — 2017-10-25 17:31:51 UTC

I agree but it is d

Olga, Spain

2017-10-25 18:55:46 UTC

I agree with all of them. I would also point out how important is to be honest and transparent recognizing sucess/failure during the workprocess. Working groups need time to achieve cohesion, being patient and adopting a positive attitude is fundamental to encourage the most skeptical.

Lina Tetradi, Greece

ltetradi — 2017-10-25 19:36:02 UTC

I fully agree with the list of skills and I can't find anything to add to it. Actually, I've never thought of the impact teachers' collaboration could have on students before, and, to be frank, I strongly believe that most teachers who realize how beneficial it is for the students would change their mind about collaboration and they'd be willing to give it a try and see for themselves the advantages of working collaboratively with their colleagues.

ZEYNEP ÖZDOĞAN / TÜRKİYE

zeynepozdogan — 2017-10-25 20:15:53 UTC

I totally agree. Good leadership is motivating and beneficial. In my school most teachers are collborative and cooperative so we can run projects easily

Vito, ITaly

vitoanimatore — 2017-10-25 20:30:50 UTC

Starting from the fact that the school is a body with weak links, I believe that the problem of collaboration between teachers is to be found in the lack of motivation, incentives and a high degree of frustration. If we add to this the organization of time in the school where meetings between teachers are reduced to a minimum, we can easily understand how the culture of collaboration does not exist. And this is a nonsense within an educational institution that should also educate its pupils to collaborate.

Anna Naddeo, Napoli

anaddeo19 — 2017-10-25 20:52:33 UTC

I know that collaboration is very important for teachers because it helps them to develop leadership skills
Good leadership is hugely important in collaboration .
In my school is very difficult Collaborative teaching

Rosalba, Italy

rosalba1963 — 2017-10-26 12:39:28 UTC

Teacher's collaboration is really important even if difficult to reach at a large scale. Increasingly we are planning learning units which involve the participation of more subjects inside the curriculum. The only place where we have discussed the implementation of the learning unit so far, has been the consiglio di classe at the beginning of the school year. It seems that most teachers are skeptical about this new kind of teaching approach but I think that it could be really motivating for our students. Last year I attended a course based on the construction of collaborative learning units through a digital tool, called curriculum mapping which I found very useful for sharing information but above all for analysing the goals each subject pursued for the realization of the final project inside each classroom. I invited my colleagues into the platform and even if very slowly we started collaborating to construct our learning units It's just the beginning of a new slow process which I hope can represent the first step of a greater collaboration.

Mariana LOUREIRO, PORTUGAL

marianaloureiro709 — 2017-10-26 13:30:13 UTC

I know that the lack of collaboration is worldwide and not only in some portuguese schools, but somehow this is a result of frustration, low motivation and the same works year after year. The system itself don't make improvements to growth and leads teacher's to self-motivation, self-improvement and some of us (teachers) they just don't have it at all. So what we can do to improve motivation and collaboration? What are the examples we wanna give to our students? Even if the system is wrong, full of bad features and not giving back the effort ... we have to make it happen, for us, for our future students! They deserve better and in this course all of us are preparing to better collaborative teaching and learning, knowing that is complex and has so many challenges but we will do it, anyway.

Silva, Italy.

silvacasadei — 2017-10-26 14:01:46 UTC

I agree with her list. I think collaboration is very important for teachers and I think it helps them to develop leadership skills, people take on different roles within a group or a team. In my teaching esperience I often collaborated because the collaboration is very important to build good relationships.

Maria Concetta Fusco, Italy

mcfusco_mail — 2017-10-26 14:35:18 UTC

Teacher collaboration is the key, each teacher with their own skills and attitudes can make up a strong collaborative group. The skills and conditions mentioned are fundamental, but they are very rich and complex, and the richer they are, and more complex they are, the stronger the collaborative team and the stronger the benefits for our students. Only, it is not easy to work in such a way: it requires time, strong motivation, and space for collaborative planning. These factors are not always there.

Georgia, Cyprus

gtheopha — 2017-10-26 15:32:49 UTC

Collaboration depends on many issues. If teachers are motivated and want the best for their school and their students they should aid each other. When they explain to their colleagues the way they work and they don't mind for their criticism, they learn and become better

Silvia, Italy

silvia_azzi — 2017-10-26 16:21:51 UTC

I totally agree with the collaboration skills in the video; I think teachers are a model, and if they really collaborate, students can feel it and imitate their model. I know it's difficult, because, in Italy, teachers use to work individually; in my school we work on the curriculum as a team and it's a really motivating experience.

Natalia Mikhajlova, Ukraine

nmikhajlova — 2017-10-26 17:50:19 UTC

I agree with the list of skills and conditions presented as necessary for the cooperation of teachers to succeed in schools. I would have added more support to the school administration. It is very necessary. There is a leadership in our school, there are teachers who get involved in international projects. This is a mathematics teacher. Such projects motivate students very much.But in my school there are teachers who are skeptical about cooperation. They like to work in the old way.

Athina, Greece

aginoudi — 2017-10-26 19:57:22 UTC

I think it was a very interesting video about necessary skills and conditions for collaboration. I work with teachers who are very sceptical about collaboration and I work also with others that want to have collaboration but they haven;t developed the necessary skills yet. I agree with the video that teaching is still a very isolated and isolating practice, so we have to work hard in order to gain the required skills.

Cinzia Vignoli,Italy

2017-10-26 21:48:28 UTC

Sometimes I happened to work with skeptical teachers on the results of a good collaboration between teachers. I believe that collaborating, work becomes less tiring, more clear to users, and relaxing for teachers.

Aura Romania

2017-10-27 03:46:22 UTC

I am agree with these teacher ideas.Everyone must adapt to new ways of teaching

Edmond, Ireland

2017-10-27 10:17:50 UTC

Majella made some very interesting points in the piece. I know that, as a teacher, I have a particular skill set that may serve my pupils well. but I also know that other teachers on my staff have other skills, which I don't possess, but which would also lead to more engaging and effective lessons for my students. If I could 'buy' these additional skills and experiences online, I would be waiting expectantly outside my classroom door for the courier to arrive with the box of skills and experiences. So, why would I be reluctant to avail of the vast amount of experiences and skills that lie in the staff room, just across the corridor. We are probably one of the greatest resources each other has - collaboration can release this enormous potential.

António Pedro Duarte, Portugal

duarteapd — 2017-10-27 13:50:05 UTC

The complex integration of collaborative skills is an educational process that can start at any age. Consuming too much time, recognition of the advantages of this work methodology has to be progressive, preferably demonstrated through concrete examples (by "induction"). It is of utmost importance that the different levels of school management (in particular departments) disseminate the good practices and their respective advantages related to the teaching and learning processes.
Of course, many of the skills required for collaborative work derive from lifelong education, from how we overcame difficulties and from the characteristics of the people who most influenced our way of dealing with situations.
Perhaps for this reason, collaborative work among teachers already shows different levels of development between countries.

Elisabetta, Italy

deganoelisabetta — 2017-10-27 15:48:51 UTC

I agree with Majella's list, but sometimes it is very difficult to work with some colleagues who keep using their way of teaching which is, sometimes, isolated or individualistic. Of course "they need attitudes and knowledge" about technology but above all they have to be prepared to collaborate and share ideas or doubts.

Mirela-Emilia Pop, Romania

mirelaemiliapop — 2017-10-27 17:47:40 UTC

I think collaboartion is very important for teachers beacuse I think it helps them to develop leadership skills.
By learning colaboarively, students become more responsible and avoid conflicts.
It is important for teachers to attend courses to learn collaborative learning methods.
From my personal experience, not all teachers want to apply collaborative learning methods.

Diana Szasz, Romania

dianaszasz — 2017-10-27 18:43:34 UTC

Every teacher should improve himself and adapt to the new ways of learning

Alexandra, Gree

alexandranakou — 2017-10-27 20:04:48 UTC

I always thought that the important key is time. When teachers have the chance and the time to get to know each other then is easier to develop communication skills or to build a strong trust between them.
Sometimes is difficult to convince others to work in a more collaborative way and in a way of sharing and understanding the aspect of others.

Laskarina, Greece

laspolemi — 2017-10-28 07:38:33 UTC

I do believe that unless teachers themselves work collaboratively, it is very hard to convince, let alone inspire teachers do the same. All teachers involve in a project should bring along their own expertise and they should make sure to encourage each other.

Cristina Martins, Portugal

cristina_martins — 2017-10-28 10:46:37 UTC

I find this video very enlightening.
I find Moving Beyond the Sharing a changing mindset challenge.
One of the essential skills for Collaborative teaching work, i would chose it as a Marketing line!
My school as a low level of collaborative teaching work but I think the Board is open minded to that.
As for skepticals there are many and always will be.
But if the conditions identified in the video were given surely they be less and less in every school. Specially if they see ( very good strategy to allow observers) the benefits to their Learning Process and to the Students.

Chiara-Italy

chiarapellegrini — 2017-10-28 13:36:26 UTC

I found the issues in the video absolutely stimulating. Collaborating among teachers is not just displaying, but building together.

Antonella

cambridgesiciliani — 2017-10-28 13:54:09 UTC

I agree with the list of skills and conditions mentioned. In my experiences it's not so hard to try colleagues with these features
even with some difference.

Sandra Rebelo, Portugal

sandrarebelo — 2017-10-28 17:50:36 UTC

I agree with the list of skills mentioned. My school Board is open to collaborative learning environment but most of my peers believe that collaborative work is just putting the teachers in a group. It is really difficult to change those close minds, it will take some time.

Anna-Rita Italy

annarita_rss — 2017-10-28 18:43:15 UTC

the skills and conditions mentioned are essential for teacher collaboration to flourish in schools. As in every school, I work with teachers who are sceptical about collaboration, and I have worked a lot to help them see the advantages of this way of working but not everyone has been willing to do it: Anyway I'm lucky because we are becoming a good team, even if we are all well on years!!

Elisa

elisazannoni — 2017-10-29 07:46:57 UTC

Elisa, Italy

elisazannoni — 2017-10-29 07:47:01 UTC

I totally agree with the list of skills and conditions listed. I think the most important one is Moving beyond the sharing, but at the same time it is the most difficult to develop because of the time factor. Skeptical teachers, for example, will stick to sharing. About the roles of each teacher as member of a collaborative group I think another one is necessary: someone who is really in touch with the world around, someone who can stimulate colleagues- and students- to consider subject from always new and up-to-date perspectives. If you have to start working with a new methodology we have to be sure that the subject we propose is at least as challenging as it

Elena, Romania

elena_sidonia — 2017-10-29 11:29:55 UTC

I think that it is imperious for a good collaboration to have team members who are truly willing to collaborate for a common goal.
In our school, teacher collaboration is not at its best, I hope this will improve.

Yazgı Albayoğlu Akyüz, Turkey

yazgicik — 2017-10-29 15:49:26 UTC

teachers in my school usually prefer the presentation method.
As it is known, the presentation method makes it easier to teach in crowded classes.
little time - lots of information.
I think that they need to train and experience this method in order to understand the importance of collaboration.

Ioana

miha_ioana08 — 2017-10-29 16:25:29 UTC

In the school where I work, not all colleagues look for collaboration, some do not deviate from the traditional. I think the mentality needs to be changed.

Marta, Poland

meg_paa — 2017-10-29 20:02:36 UTC

I fully agree with the given examples of skills and conditions cited as necessary for teachers to develop collaboration in schools. In my opinion the most important factor is a good will - if there's a will, there's always a way.
I haven't been taught collaboration during my studies, lately I've seen some courses provided by teacher training institutions about collaboration but I haven't been convinced to take up any of them. In my school the team does collaborate, more or less effectively, mainly while there are common goals to achieve. I have tried to convinced some of my colleagues to work in a more collaborative model however I am easily discouraged by their lack of enthusiasm or sceptical attitude.

Simonetta, Italia

2017-10-29 21:40:04 UTC

Professor Dempsey's list of skills and conditions cited was very exhaustive... As a teacher trainer myself, I tried to teach model collaboration, but I found it harder with the adults than with the school students... To be teachers were very sceptical about collaboration, and in the beginning only did it because they had to, Eventually though in the end most of them agreed on the benefits of collaboration. I am definitely going to try to have a non-collaborative person work with a group of very collaborative people, as suggested... I am sure it will work, thanks for the tip!

Gabriella, Italy

2017-10-29 22:26:45 UTC

Openmindedness is a basic need to allaw collaboration, especially among adults who have to choose to listen and learn form others. In my school we tried to make a group to experiment and share some good practices, and teachers can partecipate or simply assist.

Alexandra, Romania

alefejer — 2017-10-30 07:33:29 UTC

I agree entirely with Prof. Dempsey. But, unfortunately, in my school, leadership doesn't model collaboration. We don't collaborate with our principle or with our colleagues, we share our experiences during our breaks and we can get advises or support for older teachers, but we don't work in a team. That's why I am here. I want to learn how to change my mindsets, and then, my colleague's mindsets, how to change this individualism. I don't even have colleagues opened to collaboration in my school, they all are skeptical about collaboration, but I knew on Facebook some people opened to that from my town and, from this summer, we started meeting at our local library and have some workshops and discussions sessions with the goal to start a community of collaboration. We are from different schools and this is a big challenge, but we are focused now to share our vision with others and challenge them to be part of our team.

Gamze Siper/ Turkey

gamzesiper — 2017-10-30 08:37:50 UTC

I you agree with the list of skills and conditions cited as necessary for teacher collaboration to flourish in schools. I would add problem solving, using technology effectively, and critical thinking and creativity skills. These skills make teacher team better. We don’t teach leadership in our school but if we would teach as optional lesson it would be really useful. Yes I do work with that kind of teachers and I have worked with teachers with my workshops. In workshops I just told them why it is important and students take as a model teachers. But in my school I work different subjects from them so I have not get any opportunity to try.

Adela Redes, Romania

adela_redes — 2017-10-30 13:50:17 UTC

Developing teachers competences is a continuous proces.

Timb Edina, Romania

gavrus_edina — 2017-10-30 15:35:20 UTC

The list of skills and conditions cited as necessary for teacher collaboration to flourish in schools is absolutely necessary. Collaboration is all the more frugal as the people involved share the same ideas, are motivated and aware that collaboration is first and foremost beneficial to students.

Carmela, Italy

pirata76 — 2017-10-30 17:06:30 UTC

Creativity that's all you need and passion

Shukufa Najafova

2017-10-30 17:40:15 UTC

Ismailli, Azerbaijan
I agree with Gamze, yes, problem solving, using technology effectively and critical thinking make teacher team better

Maria S., Catania

2017-10-30 18:09:31 UTC

I agree with everything Majella Dempsey said. In order for teachers to collaborate, they must have the skills listed, but among all the most important is the motivation to achieve a common goal, otherwise the initial enthusiasm diminishes, until it disappears completely. I have little experience of collaboration, and only for some short-term projects. I would very much like to go beyond the individualistic way of teaching and finding ways to collaborate in a constant way with my colleagues, but perhaps what I miss is the competence of the leader.

Cristina, Romania

2017-10-30 21:05:15 UTC

There will always be teachers more prone to collaboration than others. You need not cristicise those who do not or who won't. It's a matter of choice based on who you are.. What we always must do, on the other hand, is to better ourselves in everything we do

Daniela,Italy

2017-10-30 21:49:39 UTC

Collaboration between teachers is not easy to realize because of competition, no time available for sharing experiences, personal attitudes so we have to learn to create a more collaborative environment also for our students.

Marta, Spain

2017-10-30 23:59:22 UTC

I agree with her, we have to be enthusiastic and always count on different personal situations to enhance motivation. If the students achieve better outcomes, it will show the advantages of this way of working

Fikret

2017-10-31 06:45:30 UTC

Fikret,Turkey

2017-10-31 06:45:31 UTC

I agree all good advice and ideae because some teachers are sht to try learnand perform new tools and methods in their profession life.Some teachersare egear to develop their some skills, such as language,technology,web tools and new methods....So teachers should do collabaration to complete eachothersweaknesses.

Ignacio, Spain

2017-10-31 07:21:05 UTC

In many cases, as far as my experience is concerned, more than collaboration, there is competition, and a certain degree of lack of solidarity that clearly harms the students. New competences are necessary for teachers to work collaboratively, and this requires time, but also specific training and recognition.

Çiğdem Öztürk

cigdemozturkk — 2017-10-31 15:51:23 UTC

I agree with her about the mentioned skills. Teachers need to have some knowledge, positive attitude towards collaboration, communication skills, and motivation to work with each other in a collaborative atmosphere. Some teachers can be tough. They only do the teaching and that's it! They believe that they do the best and they don't accept any compliments, criticism or advice. They isolate themselves. They don't want to cooperate and collaborate. They are hard to access. That's a big challenge

Spasija Neshkoska Cuculeska

spa_neshko — 2017-10-31 16:09:36 UTC

Knowledge, skills and attitude are the three key elements of the competences needed. The current school I teach in has an excellent approach to collaboration and the managerial team supports it. We use different methods and techniques, share experiences, share materials as well as methods and techniques especially when talking about special needs students and the process of inclusion. There might be some teachers who are sceptical about collaboration, but I believe that almost everybody has already understood the benefits of collaborative working in my school.

Francesca, Italy

francesca_calderoni1 — 2017-11-01 16:34:17 UTC

I agree with the skills list cited by Majella. According to my experience, I like to collaborate with teachers. This is a need in my job, I think. Other teachers told me they need to collaborate with others too. It took years to me to learn how to do it and I think it will take other more years to improve. In few words: in my view there is no end to this type of learning. I think it is also important to respect the skeptical ones: their role enrich the human biodiversity in schools.

Daniela R. Italy

DRubagotti — 2017-11-01 18:11:12 UTC

There are a lot of teachers happy to collaborate with you but others think that you want to judge their work and their capabilities. So I'm always cautious to propose collaboration with others teacher but sometimes I discovered that also the teacher that works in an individualistic way, appreciates the exchange of ideas. It's often a matter of "gentle touch": initially I propose tiny collaboration and then I go further...

Vasilis S, Greece

billstath — 2017-11-02 19:19:58 UTC

I agree with that list of skills and conditions, also trust between colleagues, with collaboration you improve yourself and that reflects to the students.

I work with teachers who are sceptical about collaboration and I agree the best thing to do is to call them in your class to sit as observers, just to see how collaboration is going to be.

Maria, Italy

mcangialosi — 2017-11-04 18:14:35 UTC

Collaboration is one of the best thing that generally teacher can do. Because it increases a lot of skills and teachers can learn a lot from their colleagues. In my experience, I collaborate a lot with my colleagues but sometimes I prefer to made a draft of learning design alone and after work on it with my collegues because generally I'm very fast compared to others.

Badea Romania

2017-11-05 04:14:49 UTC

Iagree with her about mentio

ROSITSA, BG

2017-11-05 14:04:32 UTC

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Rasma, Lithuania

2017-11-06 08:47:16 UTC

I agree with all of skills and conditions cited in the video as necessary for teacher collaboration to flourish in schools. I am sure that much more can be done in modelling collaboration in our school, despite the fact that we already try to make some steps towards it. This video has inspired me to invite sceptical teachers to observe the process and otcomes of successful collaborative teaching and learning to change their attitude. I cannot but agree more that collaboration is motivating and beneficial for both teachers and students. For example, in our school there is a huge gap in methodology used by experienced and young teachers. If those teachers could come together or at least plan a lesson, there would be a chance of putting a bridge between using traditional and modern methods.

Caterina, Italy

2017-11-06 09:10:29 UTC

When teacher cooperate and work with students they share responsability, they show ability to work with others, they are motivated and so they instill their abilities to students that learn following their example.

Maro Constantinou, Cyprus

mconstantinou1 — 2017-11-06 10:37:48 UTC

I liked the biodiversity in Schools Vasilis from Greece used!
Teachers are skeptical as well as anxious to collaborate with others!
Leadership is important in teaching! The teacher is the leader of the class! In order to succeed you need to inspire your students!

cerasela, Romania

ceraselaiulianamarleneanu — 2017-11-06 17:47:19 UTC

I agree with the skills mentioned as necessary for teacher collaboration to flourish in schools, and I would add openness and maybe empathy. In my institution leadership encourages collaboration. There are many teachers in my school who love collaboration and are enthusiastic when they have the opportunity to work collaboratively. I haven't worked with teachers who are skeptical so far but if this might happen I will definitely help them see the advantages.

Ana Almeida, Portugal

arsalmeida — 2017-11-06 20:13:16 UTC

I agree with this testemony. I would add that we need, in my country, a fundamental change in the way we perspective education, curriculum alterations, students stability and a mentor/mentee relation to promote collaboration.

Iuliana, Romania

iulyanaivan — 2017-11-06 20:20:49 UTC

I agree with this list.
I believe that all teachers should be formed in this respect.
And in each school there are projects involving teachers, students, and parents alike.

Teuta, Albania

2017-11-06 23:09:21 UTC

I often try to teach my colleges about new technology. I am unstoppable in searching new ways of tools to use in class.

Joaquim Almeida, Braga, Portugal

joaquimalmeida — 2017-11-07 00:54:55 UTC

I think that in our days we need teachers who are willing to share, support, and explore together. I think that developing a collaborative culture will result in reducing teacher attrition, improving student learning, and creating the type of school that everyone searches for when they decide to become an educator.

I've worked with colleagues with whom it was completely impossible to work anyway for personality reasons. It is very frustrating when we want to do a good job and we depend on the collaboration of someone who is not aware of this possibility and undermine all our efforts. There was no way to communicate with such a closed person.

Alexandre, Brazil

alexandre_barros_vieira — 2017-11-07 14:09:56 UTC

I would like to highlight what was said at a point: "We have to know each other." How can or could we collaborate with each other if we barely know one another? So, working in collaboration can certainly help us really be part of a team not just "another brick on the wall". I agree with her when she says that those who are still reluctant in taking part of the process can just sit there and be an observer, because as the processo of collaborating is an involving one, they will surely feel like taking parts.

Chiara, Rome

chiara_loasses — 2017-11-07 17:01:49 UTC

I agree with the list of skills and conditions, and that teacher collaboration is motivating and beneficial for students.

In my school we are trying to do peer osservation welcoming colleagues in class during our lessons

Jeane de Fatima, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

2017-11-07 18:18:02 UTC

It really is very difficult for all teachers to have an interest in modifying their routine and the way they work.
Many teachers do not join and for fear have no interest in joining a collaborative activity.
I think the work developed by American Schoolnet is innovative because it offers the teacher arguments, examples that can be supported and create and improve their participation.

Adriana RO

2017-11-08 14:59:18 UTC

I agree. I change my routine because no class is the same , no student is just like his classmate , so I like to work with groups. I divide the class into 3 or 4 groups and I give them task according to their level. It is hard to prepaire and not easy at all but it is rewarding.

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2020-03-26 20:38:29 UTC

Gonçalo Costa, Portugal

2020-03-26 20:38:54 UTC

I agree with these ideas of the teachers and also everyone must adapt to new ways of teaching over time.

Deniz YAPICI

ozyuvayapici — 2021-01-24 01:23:09 UTC

Maria, Romania

2026-04-22 10:48:58 UTC

The conditions and skills necesarry are really well presented, and I do agree they are necessary. Regarding leadership I agree that a less hierarchical position would benefit the students as well, but then the team of teachers have to be really well known to you, and each to know what they are supposed to bring to the table, or at least know what their strongest points are, otherwise you need someone to step up just to give each their role.

2026-04-30 22:23:53 UTC

Most key conditions for effective teacher collaboration—such as trust, shared goals, communication, and time for planning—are valid. However, additional important factors include psychological safety, clear roles, protected collaboration time, conflict management skills, and regular reflection.

Strong leadership plays a crucial role when it actively models collaboration, supports teachers in practice, and involves them in decision-making. This increases motivation and improves consistency in teaching, which benefits students.

Some teachers may be skeptical about collaboration, often due to past negative experiences or workload concerns. This can be addressed by starting with small steps, demonstrating clear benefits, respecting teacher autonomy, and focusing on student outcomes.

Overall, collaboration is most effective when it is embedded in school culture and supported by both leadership and practical experience.

Víctor, Spain

2026-05-01 09:59:01 UTC

I agree with the skills and conditions in the video, especially communication, empathy, shared goals, and conflict management. Collaboration clearly requires more than just grouping teachers—it needs structure and intention.

I would add two key elements: protected time within the school schedule and psychological safety, so teachers feel able to disagree and share ideas openly.

The leadership example is strong, particularly modelling collaboration through co-teaching. This makes collaboration more credible and is likely beneficial for students, as it aligns practice with what is being promoted.

For sceptical teachers, gradual involvement (like observation) seems useful. Often, seeing real student and workload benefits is what eventually shifts attitudes.