Teacher Collaboration

An experienced educator offers practical tips to help English language learning specialists work effectively with classroom teachers.

This school has identified core instructional practices and conducts regular walk-throughs for teachers to observe their peers’ lessons—then designs targeted professional development so every classroom can get aligned.

When teachers are in tune with their emotions and those of their colleagues, it's easier to work collaboratively.

It won’t be easy, but if you prepare for turbulence and set reasonable goals, you’ll stay calmer and make progress in all the right places.

When instructional coaches also teach in the classroom, they can build mutual trust and respect with teachers.

When time is of the essence—and the goal is to drive deeper student learning—here are three ways to keep teacher teams focused and productive.

Teacher candidates at the University of Wyoming Lab School co-teach with veterans to learn about planning, instruction, and assessment.

These design strategies can help support relationship-building and active learning in a team-teaching environment.

A teacher who has been in roles ranging from long-term sub to assistant principal has noticed four common strategies used by supportive school leaders.

School leaders can make collaboration a priority so that teachers learn from each other and develop their instructional skills.

Incorporating digital collaboration into PD gives teachers a model to replicate when setting up tech activities for students.

A school team’s emotional intelligence might be the most important predictor of what it will to do together and how conversations will go.

Working in small teams, high school teachers offer each other support and feedback for improving in their work.