Welcome Back--Interesting Study

I hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break.  We are on the home stretch for this school year....

Today, Learning Forward shared an interesting study that finds link between school climate, teacher turnover, and student achievement in New York City Schools.  You can access the study at this LINK.

Four aspects of middle school organizations were identified:

1. Leadership and professional development;
2. High academic expectations for students;
3. Teacher relationships and collaboration; and
4. School safety and order.

Of course, I was interested in the collaboration aspect of the study.  Here are a couple highlights from their study about collaboration.

• "Over time, teachers improve their ability to raise student achievement more when they work in school environments characterized by meaningful opportunities for feedback, productive peer collaboration, responsive administrators, and an orderly and disciplined environment" (Kraft, Marinell, & Yee, 2016, p. 3).
• "The third factor, Relationships, primarily reflects items that capture the nature of teacher relationships and collaboration in a school and explains 14% of the total variance" (Kraft, Marinell, & Yee, 2016, p. 12).

After reading over the study, what are some insights you gained from it?

There is a professional resources reading list available as part of the collaborative inquiry toolkit located at http://www.mnpscollaboration.org/reading-list.html.

Are there other articles, research, and/or resources around collaboration that you can share?

If so, please email them to Margie Johnson at [email protected].