TEA Collaborative Learning Group
Annual Report

Hanisch
2002

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How did your work with your team help you meet the professional growth goals you set for yourself?
*teamwork kept me focused and motivated *their questions kept me looking for more ideas of incorporating polar science into the curriculum *practice with explaining inquiry methods of teaching improved my own use of these methods

How did your work with your team impact your content knowledge and pedagogy?
*our research together and individually increased all of our understanding of the polar regions *a better understanding of polar regions led to more effective teaching in the classroom

What materials / resources / workshops did you use / produce / host with your team members over the last year?
ESU 16 inservice

Based on the past year, what ideas do you have to improve the effectiveness of your team interactions?
*all of my group were from different schools and teaching different subjects. This made collaboration very difficult. I have moved to Alaska and am now working with two teachers in my school and am also parcticipating in our districts mentor program and will be working with two other science teachers in other villages. This should help with a direction, time allotment and contact.

Total hours of collaboration with each team member:
Mark Freeling - 15 hours (no longer active) Shauna Roberson - 20 hours (somewhat active) Jason Gunderson - 10 hours (no longer active) Marissa Frey - 5 hours (new) Ryan Douville - 5 hours (new) Andy Scott - 5 hours (new)

Additional reflections:
Although I am so excited to share my research and teaching experience, I am quite limited by our isolation, other teaching requirements and other teachers with time they would like to share. I have tried many approaches to arrange meetings, format of meetings, etc, but without time, even the 'funnest' ideas cannot be sold. I hope my new TEA's will be able to form a strong collaborative group.