Collaboration between TL's and teachers.. What are the possibilities?

What possibilities arise for collaboration b/w teachers and TL's?

Schools as Learning Organisations: A review of the literature
J Cibulka, S Coursey, M Nakayama, J Price and S Stewart

• Exploring curriculum and resources
• Offer learners opportunity to share and take control of their learning
• Increase in professional relations
• A more public display of the learning and collaboration taking place
• An increase involvement by other stakeholders of the school- eg parents, Heads of Year, Auxiliary committees etc
• An awareness that learning is never static but rather a continuous and evolving process
• Teachers can benefit from the greater knowledge about student learning by demonstrating a capacity for collaborative practice. In fact, this must be addressed and supported across the whole learning community. Essentially for this to make real impact, it is assumed that our leaders may need to recast themselves as learners to fully influence others about collaborative practice.

The implications for us as TL's and leaders is simple. We must demonstrate how and why we do what we do. We must be the driver of change, albeit however small those developments may appear at first. I try and liken it to the ripple effect.