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TEA Collaborative Learning Group
Annual Report
Huffman
2002
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How did your work with your team help you meet the professional growth goals you
set for yourself?
One of my goals is to continue to develop authentic ways for my
students to use technology and the Internet within my curriculum to
extend learning beyond the classroom. My team and I are just at the
beginning stages of working together, but we have had many discussions
about how my Antarctica experience can be used effectively to meet our
curriculum requirements, state and national standards, and our
district's "design qualities." It is a tremendous opportunity, but
also a monumental task. Our discussions have been helpful in that
they illustrate to each of us that we are all facing the same
challenges, even though we teach at vastly different levels.
How did your work with your team impact your content knowledge and pedagogy?
Being the leader of the team, I feel a need to constantly examine
my pedagogy and ask myself why I am doing things in a certain way, and
would there be a better way to present the material. Many on my team
are high school teachers, so I am enjoying the impact their knowledge
has on me. I'm learning so much from them! It is wonderful to have
an expert group to turn to as I develop activities. I am able to check
the science behind the simulations, and discuss with them ways to
improve them.
What materials / resources / workshops did you
use / produce / host with your team members over the last year?
None--although we have begun to develop activities to use next year.
We plan to present some at the March Institute Day for our district's
science teachers.
Based on the past year,
what ideas do you have to improve the effectiveness of
your team interactions?
I plan to continue to do the things I have already instituted:
1. Have an agenda for each meeting and stick to it. We are all
exhausted by the end of the day, and no one has time to waste. We
start on time, and I move them through the agenda.
2. I created folders for each member that we add to now and
then. They have the state and national standards, TEA info., examples
of activities from the TEA site, etc.
3. I bring little gifts to keep them coming back! (Ex: gummi
penguins; a CRREL pen; etc.)
Total hours of collaboration with each team member:
Mary Slack---28 hours
Mark Skarr--24 hours
Thad Whildin--24 hours
Joe Cave--4 hours
Katie Maroney--2 hours
Doug Walter--2 hours
Matt Duncan--2 hours
Additional reflections:
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