Reflection+3

Today in our group, we learn about teacher study groups and how they help them reflect on issues such as their own teaching. In the study groups the teachers make connections, they are coherent, and they establish a strong network among their peers. Although collaboration with staff takes a significant amount of time in the end it has a positive benefit for both the students and teachers. For example, one of our PLC group members has seen this first hand. At her school each grade level team meets during block time and after school to make sure they have plenty of time for discussion, strategies, questions, and feedback. We discussed how different strategies work such as grouping students. We agreed with the effectiveness of the study group strategy. We know we learned through discussions that we had because we shared ideas, concerns, and situations amongst one another. For example, we learned through our PLC discussion group that some schools or classrooms may have more availability to resources such as technology.