NCTAF+Learning+Teams

Programs to implement technology in schools can benefit from innovative staffing models and engaging expertise from local businesses, colleges, and communities. The National Commission for Teaching and America’s Future (NCTAF) has developed a //Learning Teams// approach to empower teachers to work together and with community volunteers to improve teaching and learning beyond what any individual teacher could accomplish alone. This approach can foster the type of cross-functional, multi-skilled teamwork that is already the path to high performance in other professions and apply it to supporting innovative uses of technology to enhance teaching and learning. It addresses the question of: What if teachers in our schools, instead of working alone, were empowered to come together in teams of veterans and novices, educators and non-educators, each offering unique perspectives and diverse experiences, yet all focused on student learning and all sharing joint accountability for student success ? This session will introduce the approach to enable participants to consider whether they would want to implement collaborative learning teams in their schools. A follow-up session will be available in the fall for schools and districts interested in implementing the //Learning Teams// approach.