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TEA Collaborative Learning Group
Annual Report
Harris
2002
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How did your work with your team help you meet the professional growth goals you
set for yourself?
Carolyn and I spin wheels. Sometimes I think that I should develop materials on my own and then get together with Carolyn for fine-tuning. We do not work the same and we do not always have the same goals for our students. Carolyn teaches honors and AP and I teach students that struggle. Our methods of achieving the same end (success for our students)are often opposed to each other.
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How did your work with your team impact your content knowledge and pedagogy?
Carolyn is a full of information especially where current trends in pedagogy is involved. I was continually enlightened by her incessant reading of natural history. Actual polar content was rarely addressed. We seemed to be more interested in comparing what we already know about polar science to other climatic regions.
What materials / resources / workshops did you
use / produce / host with your team members over the last year?
We developed a simple graphing activity.
We used numerous websites, especially Biology Place and the Jason "Frozen Worlds" program
Based on the past year,
what ideas do you have to improve the effectiveness of
your team interactions?
Prepare beforehand and then present ideas. Again, we do not plan very well together. We have different ideas about how things should be done.
Total hours of collaboration with each team member:
28
Additional reflections:
I still find the mentoring aspect of TEA the hardest and yet, I realize that this, above all, is what the TEA program is all about. I wish that I could have been more successful. If I am fortunate to be able to travel South again in the fall of 2003, I will ask to be made part of a collaborative mentoring group. Feedback from other TEA's has been very positve about this new addition to the program.
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