About being a collaborator: Criteria and competency statements
COLLABORATOR (CO) competency
Innovative faculty are COLLABORATORS.
In classrooms, faculty promote collaboration and teamwork to share knowledge and improve student learning. As professional educators, faculty connect with peers in professional learning opportunities and in institutional teams and utilize a growth mindset for professional growth and development that spans their entire career. They connect with partners within and outside of Georgian to create exciting opportunities for students. Faculty who are developing competence in their role as collaborators may do the following kinds of things.
Collaborating with peers is essential in contemporary teaching and learning. Teaching is a team sport.
Georgian peers helped identify the key criteria associated with the COLLABORATOR role and work of faculty.
Key criteria:
|team-focused | emotionally intelligent| open-minded| communicator|
Innovative Georgian College faculty are collaborators. They recognize that they are at their best when they learn with and from their peers. Interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary knowledge informs teaching ability. Collaborators by their nature are tuned in to the emotions of others and are strong communicators so they are able to translate the benefits of collaboration to their students.
Exemplar performance descriptors and competency statements
Faculty who are COLLABORATING at an EMERGING level (CO-E) might do the following:
- Recognize the value of connection and collaboration.
- Connect emotional intelligence to successful collaboration.
- Note the importance of a growth mindset to improving teaching practice and faculty-student relationships.
- Recognize the importance of active listening for collaboration.
Faculty who are COLLABORATING at a PERFORMING level (CO-P) might do the following:
- Establish positive and trust-based relationships among students and colleagues.
- Weave emotional intelligence into course design and delivery.
- Engage in collaborations and gather feedback to grow teaching practice.
- Offer opportunities for students to practice respectful communication.
Faculty who are COLLABORATING at a TRANSFORMING level (CO-T) might do the following:
- Network with a variety of professional learning communities to enhance professional growth.
- Share stories about the impact of emotions on collaboration.
- Set ambitious goals that challenge established practices that impede growth.
- Share communication strategies that promote successful collaborations.
Please note that these descriptors are not exhaustive. Faculty demonstrate this competency in numerous ways, all of which are key to innovative teaching. Please share your exemplars as you describe how you are emerging, performing, or transforming the teaching and learning ecosystem.
