With the new educational paradigms, the
figure and the role of the teacher changes. It is no longer the person who
centralizes all knowledge, but acquires a role of guide and accompanist in the
teaching-learning process of students. At the same time, they begin to
value the multiple advantages of working as a team against the old idea that
conceived teaching as an individual professional activity.
It
is necessary to find forms of organization that allow an interdisciplinary
to obtain a balance between the amount of content that marks the
curriculum and the time available for teaching at Teaching Point.
Advantages
for students:
·
The coordination of the
teachers allows coherence in the methods that are carried out and in the
evaluation criteria. This avoids the overlapping of knowledge, the excess
of duties and allows the subjects to be worked in an interdisciplinary way.
·
The evaluation of the Teaching
Point is more continuous and permanent, which facilitates the updating
of the methodologies.
·
Teachers' team work is always
a good example for the students. It is almost impossible to teach to
collaborate, if it is not started from the same practice.
·
Also, working collaboratively
can identify and analyze those conflicts that arise among adults and
that can later be used to adopt strategies and guide students who are in the
same situation.
Advantages
for teachers:
·
Collaborate
provides learning opportunities, thanks to the joint reflection of the
teaching team.
·
The excess of work is reduced,
since the burdens and pressures associated with teaching are shared.
·
Sharing conflicts, frustrations
and failures can help reduce teacher stress, feeling that peers are living
similar situations and that we can ask for advice and opinion from those who
have gone through the same and in this way be able to analyze a situation from
different approaches.
· Thanks to the synergy of the
members of the group an improvement of the teaching performance is
promoted, a higher educational quality.
· The personal development
of each one of the teachers is strengthened, since when working as a team you
get security and affection, as well as constant contact and dialogue.
But,
Where Do You Start?
The advantages of creating an educational
network are indisputable, but when it comes to carrying it out is a complicated
job. But the best way to learn is to put it into Teaching Point. Starting
from real problems, little by little, teams can be built that will help improve
educational action. Therefore, a change in practices and resources is
important and take into account a series of factors:
· Good communication: For this, it is
essential to create a communication plan that specifies issues such as the
delimitation of responsibilities, action protocols, the establishment of
communication channels, etc.
· Common objective shared and agreed with all team members: From here, all must do their bit to achieve the proposed goal,
being necessary for each team member to develop some essential action to reach
the final goal.
· Positive personal attitude: The
attitudes adopted by each of the team members will shape the work
climate. That is why it is important to have a positive attitude of
collaboration, adaptation to change, help, involvement in the project, etc.
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