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PBL Collaboration Across Grade Levels and Subject Areas
Administrators can create a culture of collaboration by fostering connections between teachers of different subject areas and grade levels. This collaboration helps teachers embody the practices they are trying to teach students and results in interdisciplinary projects.
Episode Summary: Host Ryan Steuer shares an anecdote to illustrate the power of interdisciplinary units and then focuses on how administrators can create a culture of collaboration among teachers.
How to Create a Culture of Collaboration: Foster collaboration between teachers of different subject areas. This can be achieved through regular meetings of subject area experts to identify overlapping standards and develop interdisciplinary projects. Encourage grade level collaboration. Grade-level teams should use their PLC time to collaboratively plan PBL units. If some teachers on the team are already implementing PBL, they can lead this collaborative effort and even invite teachers from other grade levels to participate in workshops and interdisciplinary projects.
Provide time in the schedule for collaboration. Administrators need to consider the master schedule and create dedicated time for both cross-curricular and grade level collaboration. This might mean adjusting the schedule to allow for more common planning time for teachers across subject areas.
Call to Action: Look at your school’s master schedule to identify opportunities to provide teachers with time for cross-curricular and grade-level collaboration.
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