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 * Read the Case Study regarding Collaboration on page 27 of the NSDC Standards text handed out in class. In your PLC discuss Discussion Questions 1-4. Have a record keeper in your group synthesize your group's responses to these questions. If your group needed more information, describe what you need to know and how you would go about discovering this information.**

1. Consider your past experiences with various groups. What were the characteristics of productive and non-productive groups?

Productive groups: communicative, respectful, and on topic Non-productive: argumentative, quiet, and rude

2. What knowledge, skills, and attitudes need to be developed to facilitate a collaborative work culture?

In order to facilitate a collaborative work culture, there needs to be: positive and open attitudes, varied background experiences, and cross-curriculum teachers.

3. What kind of outcomes are best achieved through collaboration?

Some beneficial outcomes achieved through collaboration are multiple perspectives as to how goals can be achieved. So, when someone is frustrated that they were not approved, they feel as though there are numerous ways to retry.

4. How do school and/or district groups currently deal with conflict? What conditions or behaviors are necessary to facilitate the productive resolution of conflict?

There are surveys that are used to get to the bottom of the conflicts. Most schools have an open-door policy, so if you have an issue then you need to address it. The openness and willingness to accept the fact that there are conflicts is always helpful to resolve it. If everyone cannot admit to the conflict, then it will not be out on the table to be resolved. Also, if conflicts are never addressed, then others do not even waste their time to bring them up. This leads to built-up anger.