Program Overview

ESS426 Collaboration and Teamwork in the Inclusive School

Collaborative decision-making resides at the core of effective inclusion models. In this subject, participants learn effective practice in the processes of interpersonal, cross-disciplinary, and organisational collaboration and consultation. Practical application of skills in inclusive settings is required. It is assumed that teachers are required to collaborate with a variety of professionals and families.

Subject Description

Capacity is built in collaboration skills, collaborative problem solving, teamwork, and evaluation of the collaborative process, all of which involve working with trans-disciplinary teams in the inclusive school. Emphasis is placed on both collaborative process and the capacity of team members to build solutions using evidence-based practice at a whole-of-organisation level.

Availability

• Session 2 (60)
  • Online
  • Bathurst Campus
• Session 3 (90)
  • Online
  • Bathurst Campus

Subject Information

Grading System

• HD/FL

Duration

• One session

School

• School of Teacher Education

Incompatible Subjects

• ESS406

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

• be able to develop an understanding of the requirements of a collaborative culture and apply that understanding in the development of a readiness for collaboration scale
• be able to articulate features of attitudes, skills, and dispositions for collaboration and apply them to the design of an assessment tool
• be able to analyse an authentic scenario in terms of the features of the collaborative problem-solving model and process, the quality of the evidence-based solution in particular, readiness, attitudes, skills, and dispositions
• be able to deploy their knowledge and understanding in a targeted professional capacity-building session in collaborative meeting process or personal collaboration skills
• be able to employ learning from the modules to provide feedback on a peer's organisational design
• be able to develop a rating scale for assessing collaborative team process and apply the scale to a video-based case of a team meeting
• be able to apply the embedded design principle to position collaboration as a scalable feature of a whole school design

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:

• Readiness for Collaboration
• Personal Collaboration Skills
• Meeting Analysis
• Capacity Building with Collaboration
• Peer Feedback
• Collaborative Team Process
• Embedded Design of Collaboration