A word spoken often in our school, during teaching, learning, coaching, leadership and learning, and varied education literature and forums.
During a recent NZEI seminar - Anna Stephenson presented her journey related to the teacher appraisal process and shared several successes she had trialled and tested to improve not prove.
Collaboration was the buzz word of the day for me, largely based on her ability to simplistically break it down in relation to coaching throughout the appraisal process, something very topical in the education and leadership. Anna mention that working collaboratively needs to be built around trust and respect and that fostering those around us with 'less' builds relational trust.
Anna also contends that collaboration is about working differently and not about 'delegation' or a passing phase. And that coaching is a skill set and if done well, helps to build capacity in others as well ourselves. Coaching involves articulation of what you are sharing, therefore improves your analytical skills of inquiring and critiquing.
Coaching therefore seems to be the ' how' and 'what' of collaboration. If TAI is the basis of our appraisal and both purposes align to development and accountability , then coaching is something I need to become skilled at.
During a recent NZEI seminar - Anna Stephenson presented her journey related to the teacher appraisal process and shared several successes she had trialled and tested to improve not prove.
Collaboration was the buzz word of the day for me, largely based on her ability to simplistically break it down in relation to coaching throughout the appraisal process, something very topical in the education and leadership. Anna mention that working collaboratively needs to be built around trust and respect and that fostering those around us with 'less' builds relational trust.
Anna also contends that collaboration is about working differently and not about 'delegation' or a passing phase. And that coaching is a skill set and if done well, helps to build capacity in others as well ourselves. Coaching involves articulation of what you are sharing, therefore improves your analytical skills of inquiring and critiquing.
Coaching therefore seems to be the ' how' and 'what' of collaboration. If TAI is the basis of our appraisal and both purposes align to development and accountability , then coaching is something I need to become skilled at.
