List of Figures and Tables
Foreword by Jim Knight
Introduction by John Hattie
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1. Leading Collaborative Learning
Moving to Excellence
Guided by Research
Definitions Set the Stage
How We Lead Matters
Our Research
Broad Themes Emerging From the Research
Collaborative Learning Cultivates Leadership
The Impact of Collaboration on Student Learning
A Pause for Reflection
Chapter 2. From Theory Into Action
Conditions for System Success
Constructivism Frames Our Approach to Inquiry
Collaborative Learning Is Our Approach to Leading
Translating Our Theory of Action Into Four Practical Elements
The Impact of Collaboration on Student Learning
A Pause for Reflection
Chapter 3. System Leaders Working Alongside School Leaders
The Importance of System Leadership
Leadership With Attitude: From Collegiality to Co-Learning
Preparing Leaders to Lead Learning
Structures That Drive Learning
Applying Our Theory of Action
The Impact of Collaboration on Student Learning
A Pause for Reflection
Chapter 4. School Leaders Working Alongside Teacher-Leaders
Leadership for Student Achievement and Collaborative Learning
Five Dimensions of Leadership
Contextual Factors That Build Collaboration
Using Leadership Influence
Practical First Steps Enabling Collaborative Inquiry
The Strong Case for Accomplished Teacher-Leaders in Every
School
Data That Matter
When Time Is an Issue, a System Leader or Principal Might . . .
Voices From the Field: A Case Study
Applying Our Theory of Action
The Impact of Collaboration on Student Learning
A Pause for Reflection
Chapter 5. Teachers Working Alongside Teachers
Unstructured and Structured Collaboration
Changing the “What” in Learning Conversations
Learning Protocols as Scaffolds to Successful Collaborative
Inquiry
Applying Our Theory of Action
A Pause for Reflection
The Impact of Collaboration on Student Learning
Chapter 6. Teachers and Students Working Alongside Each Other
Teaching Is Evolving
What’s the Difference? Cooperative Learning, Collaborative
Learning, and Co-Learning
Authentic Collaborative Learning Matters
Teachers as Stewards
Personalization and Differentiation Matters
Classroom Inquiry-Based Learning: A Timely Approach
Student-Led Learning Walks
Applying Our Theory of Action
A Pause for Reflection
Our Culminating Event
The Impact of Collaboration on Student Learning
Afterword by Michael Fullan
Appendices
Appendix A. Survey Questions
Appendix B. A Protocol to Establish Norms of Engagement
Appendix C. Inhibiting and Enabling Conditions for
Collaboration
Appendix D. Sample Collaborative Discussion Protocol
Appendix E. Benefits and Challenges of Networked Learning
Communities
Appendix F. Guiding Questions for Leaders in the Establishment of a
School Leadership Team
Appendix G. A Professional Learning Protocol: Sharing Student Work
as a Driver for Co-Learning for Three to Four Participants
Appendix H. A Protocol for the Process of Co-Learning With and
Without Release Time
Appendix I. Practical Beginnings to Inquiry-Based Teaching and
Learning
Appendix J. Assessment Within Inquiry Processes
The Book Study
Glossary
References and Further Readings
Index
Lyn Sharratt, EdD, is a practitioner and researcher working in
remote and urban settings worldwide. Lyn is an Adjunct Professor at
the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of
Toronto, Canada; a Fellow at University of Melbourne, Australia; an
author consultant for Corwin Press; an advisor for International
School Leadership with the Ontario Principals’ Council; and
consults internationally, working with system, school, and teacher
leaders at all levels in Australia, Canada, Chile, New Zealand, the
Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Lyn
focuses her time and effort on increasing each student’s growth and
achievement by working alongside leaders and teachers to put FACES
on their data, taking intentional action to make equity and
excellence a reality for ALL students.
Visit www.lynsharratt.com for articles, video clips, podcasts; on
Twitter: @LynSharratt; on Instagram: lyn_sharratt; and on LinkedIn
where Lyn owns the “Educational Leadership” LinkedIn group made up
of 99,000+ members.
Lyn’s authorship includes: Realization: The Change Imperative for
Deepening District-Wide Reform (with Michael Fullan); Putting FACES
on the Data: What Great Leaders Do! (With Michael Fullan); Good to
Great to Innovate: Recalculating the Route, K-12+ (with Gale
Harild); Leading Collaborative Learning: Excellence (with Beate
Planche); CLARITY: What Matters MOST in Learning, Teaching and
Leading (International Best-Selling Education Book in 2020); and
Putting FACES on the Data – the 10th Anniversary Edition (with
Michael Fullan).
Lyn is proud of the recent co-development of the CLARITY Learning
Suite (CLS) - a web-based collaborative Professional Learning
opportunity that mirrors CLARITY. Lyn and her team believe that
‘everyone’s a leader’, thus CLS provides guidance to Learning
Leaders on how to do this work of system and school improvement –
together – to make a difference for all students. Visit
www.claritylearningsuite.com.
Beate Planche is an educational practitioner, consultant and
researcher. Beate is a sessional instructor in Graduate
Education for the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Through
her consulting work, Beate provides research, consulting and
coaching for educators in the areas of literacy programming,
collaborative inquiry, and inquiry-based learning for students.
Beate is a former Superintendent of Curriculum and Instructional
Services in the York Region District School Board as well as a
former Superintendent supervising schools, a principal, vice
principal and a co-director of a private school. During Beate’s
tenure as Superintendent of Curriculum and Instructional Services,
the department she led served over 200 schools and 9,000 teachers
through their work with Area Superintendents, area Learning
Networks and their work with new teachers, and teachers seeking
individual support. In her 20 years in educational
administration, Beate has led in-service professional learning and
has supported and mentored many new administrators, as well as
curriculum and teacher leaders. Beate taught elementary as well as
secondary students, spending a large portion of her career in
Special Education working with students identified with learning
disabilities. Beate has been an adjunct professor supporting
teacher candidates for York University, has worked on contract with
Ontario’s Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat, and, is presently on
the Boards of Learning Forward-Ontario and the Character Community
Foundation of York Region. Beate is the author of over 20 published
articles and reviewed papers. Visit Beate at LinkedIn, on Twitter
@bmplanche, or on her website www.beateplanche.com
"Leading Collaborative Learning: Empowering Excellence is the
definitive source for your comprehensive step by step
implementation of collaborative learning. This book belongs
on every educator’s desk."
*Mike Greenwood, District Teacher Leader,*
"Is your school ready to learn to meet student needs as a team? If
so, Leading Collaborative Learning: Empowering Excellence is the
book to help your staff learn together in order to improve student
learning."
*Renee Peoples, Teaching and Learning Coach*
"I think the particular strength of this book is that it addresses
something that is quite difficult to do, but easy to talk
about—that is, establishing a collaborative culture of inquiry in a
school. So many leaders talk about collaboration, but then
lead by telling. This book helps leaders who may not have had
the best leadership models themselves "see" what it looks like to
"co-labor" (a turn of the phrase that is particularly welcome and
illustrative, in my opinion) in a school setting for the good of
teachers and kids."
*Jo Beth Jimerson, Assistant Professor of Educational
Leadership*
"This is more than just another book on school leadership or school
improvement. Collaborative learning is essential for success, and
educators working in any capacity can find information here about
how their role contributes to the process. From system leaders to
school leaders to teachers to students, this book clearly explains
the necessity of everyone’s participation in collaborative learning
processes. As the authors state, participation in collaboration "is
a powerful way to deepen educator capacity, to increase the value
of the professional capital in the school, and to harness the power
of the collective."
*Melanie Mares Sainz, Instructional Coach*
"This exceptional book is a rich and practical resource for leaders
who realize the power of working together to improve schools. In a
system where collaborative practices are the norm, student
achievement and well-being becomes a shared responsibility. Deeper
learning is maximized for everyone."
*Joanne Robinson, Director of Professional Learning, & Linda
Massey, Associate Director of Professional Learning*
"Recent advances in digitised technology tend to isolate learners
but isolating teachers in their Professional Learning is dangerous.
While collaborative inquiry may lead to deep and meaningful
insights, this kind of work is easier to describe than practice. In
this important book the authors examine what it actually means to
‘work together’ for a common purpose. They understand the
complexity and analyse its components. It is essential reading for
leaders and teachers committed to improvement in students’ learning
through authentic research in the classroom. Full of practical
advice backed up by years of successful experience – the ultimate
collaborative resource."
*Alan Boyle, Author, Researcher, Consultant*
"Finally, Beate Planche and Lyn Sharratt have delivered a bold
definition, provocative insights, and a clear framework for
Collaborative Learning. They compel us in Leading Collaborative
Learning to recognize that collaboration is a focused learning
while outlining outcomes of a quality collaborative process.
Sharratt and Planche have created a vital challenge for improving
systems, schools and classroom practice. This book is a must read
for all who wish to make a difference for the future now."
*Bill Hogarth, Director of Education (retired)*
"Sharratt and Planche understand that effective collaborative
learning means co-laboring at all levels throughout the system. In
this book, they help readers be better at co-laboring, be it at the
school or systems level, and they offer extensive processes and
resources to make collaborative learning be growth-producing for
all involved."
*Jennifer Abrams, Consultant*
"Everyone knows that educators need to work better together—but the
question of how to do so has rarely been addressed beyond the level
of glittering generalities. In this breakthrough volume, Lyn
Sharratt and Beate Planche provide busy professionals with precise
action plans to build powerful and sustainable collaborative
cultures in our schools. This is an indispensable contribution for
all teachers, principals, and system-level leaders who are serious
about uplifting learning for all students."
*Dennis Shirley, Professor Education & Editor-in-Chief*
"Lyn Sharratt and Beate Planche have done us all a great favor by
writing this book. This well-researched resource provides a useful
vocabulary for talking about and understanding Collaborative
Learning, describes an incredibly helpful set of tools so that
anyone can use them to lead collaborative conversations, and
clearly defines a theory of action to help us organize and ground
our collaborative work."
*From the Foreword by Jim Knight, President, Director*
"It is clear that Sharratt and Planche have themselves done
everything that is in the book. What is even clearer is that they
have helped scores of others engage in these actions suited to
their own situations. This is a book that has crystal clear
concepts, co-learning galore, guided by research, grounded in
practice—all devoted to deep learning by students and adults
alike."
*From the Afterword by Michael Fullan, Professor Emeritus*
"The credibility of Sharratt and Planche, two of Ontario’s most
respected curriculum leaders comes from the fact that they do not
only write about what works, they have done the work! Their call
for deeper learning as a result of collaboration or co-labouring
takes this idea to a new level of much-needed inquiry. Their
discussion of the research-informed elements for authentic learning
and the related competencies further validate their assertions. I
appreciate the holistic nature of their work with the focus on
cognitive, interpersonal and intra-personal skills. The
deconstruction of ideas related to innovation, creativity and
growth mindsets and the identification of the specific behaviours
of classroom teachers that build strong learning cultures will
contribute significantly to our knowledge base."
*Avis Glaze, Former Chief Student Achievement Officer of Ontario,
and Founding CEO*
"If we are to move forward with making learning the central focus
of schools, then we need to understand how to get past adult issues
and politics, and concentrate more on authentic collaboration,
which when done well can improve learning among adults and
students. In Leading Collaborative Learning, Lyn Sharratt and Beate
Planche show us how to do that."
*Peter DeWitt, Ed.D. Author & Consultant*
"This valuable resource explains clearly and persuasively why
collaborative learning really is a good idea. It challenges you to
reflect deeply on your current collaborations, and offers helpful
definitions, examples and tools, whatever your role in the system.
A great read!"
*Dr. Louise Stoll, Professor of Professional Learning*
"Leading Collaborative Learning: Empowering Excellence is a timely,
important and compelling call to collective action and professional
agency. It reminds us that teachers working together on real issues
of learning and teaching can be a powerful catalyst for change.
This is a must read book for anyone interested in securing and
sustaining authentic school and system improvement."
*Alma Harris, Director, Institute of Educational Leadership*
"Good collaboration, collaborative skills and behaviors
increasingly are critical to our success in teaching and learning,
and in the organization of education. Leading Collaborative
Learning provides analysis and roadmaps for understanding, building
and developing collaboration in the work of schools and setting the
stage for deeper learning. It builds on evidence from the field and
points to actions we can take to strengthen collaboration. It is an
important contribution, a good read with intriguing ideas for us
each to reflect upon."
*Gavin Dykes, Chair and Co-Founder*
"Lyn Sharratt and Beate Planche not only highlight the power of
collaboration they go further to identify the key narratives to
which this collective needs to attend. Their notion of
collaborative learning involves systems and school leaders building
collective capacity, energizing knowledge together, and moving
schools from being places of "plans and good intentions" to centers
of "purposeful practice" on the part of all teachers who then
empower students to do the same. Who does not want to part of
such a school?"
*From the Introduction by John Hattie, Laureate Professor,
Director*
"The major strength of the text addresses two points: the
opportunity to really connect the need to engage in collaborative
processes as a way to improve schools, and the way in which that
same learning assists teachers in developing similar processes in
their classrooms with students."
*Chad Ransom, Director of Second Language Services*
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