Methods of
Collaboration
Learn about teamwork with the teachers of ALFA Foundation
Methods of Collaboration
Learn about teamwork with the teachers of ALFA Foundation
No matter what we do, at some point in our lives, we will work with other people to reach an objective. It may be achieving more sales, launching a product, setting up a new process or teaching kids, like the teachers at ALFA Foundation.
On their way to achieving the highest objective (that each and every student reaches their highest potential), they’ve rolled out different methods and attitudes that make collaboration a more pleasant road. Get to know them.
Share the Knowledge
Once a year, the teachers take part in the PAF Congress. Its objective is that the school faculty exchanges experiences, success stories, and strategies. Activities and academic programs are analyzed in different subjects.
Not only ALFA Foundation colleagues take part in the Congress: professors from ITESM, AIM, Colegio Americano and foreign institutions have attended to share their knowledge.
At this event, the teachers are not jealous of their techniques or processes; on the contrary, they gladly communicate them to the rest of the professors so they can implement them in their own classes and achieve the best education for the kids.
Feedback that nourishes
Another valuable strategy is Peer Observation. In this process that happens at the Foundations’ High School, teachers attend another teacher’s class to analyze their didactics, the type of activities used and how the students react.
At the end of each observation, a dialogue and feedback session takes place. This collaboration flows both ways: the observer learns and the observed receives comments on how he or she can improve.
Shared objective
Even though they teach in every group, teachers have a tutoring group under their responsibility where they follow their students much more specifically, both personally and academically
Given that the kids don’t take every class with their tutor, other teachers serve as an extra pair of eyes that pay attention to their behavior and development. Even though they are not technically their responsibility, they do it gladly. Why? Because they share an objective: giving these kids the best education possible.
Attitudes
So, all hands on deck! You, like ALFA Foundation’s teachers, can implement these tips the next time you collaborate in a team:
Don’t be jealous: share your experiences to enrich the group’s efforts.
Feedback, not critiques: listen to your peers’ comments and don’t focus on them being negative, but on how they’ll help you be better.
Eyes on the prize: keep your sights on the result so doing “something that is not your responsibility” doesn’t feel like a burden. Remember reaching the objective is the goal.
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