The School Team Participates in Collegial Conversations

For the school team to participate and benefit from collegial conversations, every member must be involved. Using data and sharing successes and challenges in collegial conversations at the school level makes sharing with peer schools a natural next step.  

Process  

The principal: 

• encourages collaboration and collegiality across the teaching team and with the leadership team 
• shares school improvement data openly with the school team 
• acknowledges successes at staff meetings 
• provides solutions to school-wide challenges. 

The instruction coach: 

• encourages collaboration and collegiality across the teaching team and with the leadership team 
• forges a unique mindset between teaching team members
• acknowledges improvement and uses the knowledge and skills of other teachers.

The teaching team: 

• welcome observations and visits to their classroom 
• take on feedback, coaching and training in their professional practice 
• share techniques and strategies that demonstrate improvement with peers 
• feel comfortable asking for assistance from experienced peers or leadership 
• observe effective teaching techniques delivered by a peer who has mastered the technique or practice.

On the next slide, you will watch a video about the importance of collegial conversations or school professional conversations and why they should be embedded into a school’s culture.