The more I read about beneficial TL and teacher collaboration and the measured and perceived benefits by all those involved the harder I need to work at this process. Lack of teacher collaboration is singularly the most unrewarding role a TL has. It sends out a very clear message about the role TL's are expected to play. The body of research that is emerging is strongly suggesting that there is a direct link between collaboration and increased student learning outcomes. As TL's we need to speak the language of administrators and number crunches when we are speaking with our school executive (Lange& Montgomery, 2003). Data speaks volumes and we must be prepared to use this if we are to educate the next generation in the best way possible.
Having said this a clearer picture of how few TL's are actually teaching IL and collaborating with teachers; as such it may be that those in the profession may need to be reminded through Data that this is a vital component of learning and that it should be supported and promoted.
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