Comments on: I Can’t Do This Alone http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2009/08/12/i-cant-do-this-alone/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul Luke http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2009/08/12/i-cant-do-this-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-14280 Paul Luke Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:31:05 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/?p=738#comment-14280 Funny you should blog about this Graham - just had a similar conversation with my wife at the dinner table. I reckon it's time we had a much closer look at structuring learning teams of (for example) 3 x teachers who work together with 90 students as a learning community over a 2 / 3 year cycle. The students have not one teacher for the year, but 3 x teachers for a longer period, collaboratively planning and sharing the load. Single classroom teaching is a bit like being a single parent - bloody hard yak. Yet 2 x parents sharing the role is no doubt is better than 1. (Please note readers that I am aware that there are many exceptional single parents doing a mighty job - to whom have my total admiration). A bit of creative and innovative thinking and leadership is all that is needed. It can't be that hard can it? (Footnote - say G'day to Steve from me Graham, Cheer, Paul) Funny you should blog about this Graham – just had a similar conversation with my wife at the dinner table. I reckon it’s time we had a much closer look at structuring learning teams of (for example) 3 x teachers who work together with 90 students as a learning community over a 2 / 3 year cycle. The students have not one teacher for the year, but 3 x teachers for a longer period, collaboratively planning and sharing the load. Single classroom teaching is a bit like being a single parent – bloody hard yak. Yet 2 x parents sharing the role is no doubt is better than 1. (Please note readers that I am aware that there are many exceptional single parents doing a mighty job – to whom have my total admiration). A bit of creative and innovative thinking and leadership is all that is needed. It can’t be that hard can it? (Footnote – say G’day to Steve from me Graham, Cheer, Paul)

]]> By: Paul Wilkinson http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2009/08/12/i-cant-do-this-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-14279 Paul Wilkinson Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:57:15 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/?p=738#comment-14279 Graham you have hit a chord with me again. Until last week I was team teaching a group of year 7/8 pupils. By this I mean two of us share 60 children. We do all our planning and discussion together. Although we have two classroom spaces we are one class. We have our desks beside each other in one room. Every time we sit down we have a conversation about learning. Planning has to be collaborative. I've had a change of job this week and I'm missing the collaboration already. Graham you have hit a chord with me again. Until last week I was team teaching a group of year 7/8 pupils. By this I mean two of us share 60 children. We do all our planning and discussion together. Although we have two classroom spaces we are one class. We have our desks beside each other in one room. Every time we sit down we have a conversation about learning. Planning has to be collaborative.

I’ve had a change of job this week and I’m missing the collaboration already.

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