Kategorien: Alle - trust - inclusivity - collaboration - community

von Dawna Talgorn Vor 3 Jahren

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Fostering Community Collaboration

Effective community collaboration can be achieved through structured discussion events involving various stakeholders, ensuring that all voices are heard and valued. Equity is crucial in this process, requiring efforts to disrupt biases and oppression, and providing tailored support to help everyone reach their potential.

Fostering Community Collaboration

Fostering Community Collaboration

Community collaboration require:

Mutual benefit - consideration of the goals of each collaborator/collaborating group
Candor/transparency
Consistent follow-through
Trust
Integrity
Sustainability
Critical consciousness
Democratic Participation
Mutual Respect

Practical ways to foster collaboration

Community conversation events: structured discussion events with wide array of stakeholder groups
Follow up plan
Focus question
Facilitator

Powerful way to help improve post-school outcomes for disabled students

Requires transition planning

Sujet principal

Equity

Framework for building equity:
Inherently grounded in community in the real world
Requires a systems thinking approach

Change the system, not just how things are run within the system

Relational, inclusive, values-driven change process

Change process must include educators starting to interact and work with community stakeholders

Seen, heard, and felt by students
Requires disrupting bias, oppression
A complex goal: without community support, educators are "perched on an unstable stool with one leg"
"differentiated support enabling all learners to achieve their potential in the face of diverse circumstances."