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Strengthening A Culture Of Collaboration Through Intentional And Strategic Collaborative Practices, Jimena Zalba
Strengthening A Culture Of Collaboration Through Intentional And Strategic Collaborative Practices, Jimena Zalba
The Dissertation in Practice at Western University
Collaboration can inspire professional learning, improve teaching practices, and impact student learning and well-being. Yet, not all types of collaboration yield these desired results, as is in the case of Elementary School (ES) at Paradise International School (PIS; a pseudonym). This Organizational Improvement Plan (OIP) presents a problem of practice (PoP) that addresses the lack of intentional and strategic collaborative practices at PIS. Within a pragmatic worldview, this OIP is grounded in a socioconstructivist theory, one that frames three chosen interrelated leadership models: transformational, constructivist, and distributed. A synthesis of these theoretical foundations results in three leadership principles and 10 …