Pre-Planning

Diane and I are really excited about taking this collaboration journey together. We have both taught at Southfield Christian School. Diane teaches high school English and I taught high school Biology and Science. I consider Diane my mentor in many ways and I am looking forward to the insight she will offer me during this process.

In some ways our strengths may also be our weakness. Diane and I love to talk with each other which will eliminate many potential communication issues that one might experience when collaborating with someone he/she does not know well. On the other hand, our friendship may make it more difficult to stay on task. One of the main benefits of our relationship is that we do not have a fear of being honest with one another about what we think. In light of that, I think our collaborative unit will be a work of high standards.

While we agree on many things in the area of teaching practice, we will face some challenges. My background is in science, which means I will have to process the benchmarks Diane is striving to reach. Also, my teaching style is different than Diane's which will influence some of our decisions as we plan.

I am excited to work with Diane because I know she desires to be on the cutting edge in the classroom. She also values the potential outcomes of a good collaboration. When we were teaching at the same time we began talking about cross curriculum collaboration. We are both excited to finally have the opportunity to follow through with a collaboration unit.

We have chosen to collaborate for an English 9 class.