A Future of Collaboration for All Educators

Also included are lists of tools and resources to aid teams in their collaborative work. Throughout the book, readers will reflect on questions to consider and will take time to pause and reflect to consider both their current reality and to capture any new learning. The Perspectives From the Field segments give readers insight into how the work this book describes is impacting singleton teachers in the real world. Chapters 3–7 conclude with common reasons leaders and singleton educators might provide to not do the work. We contrast these sections with a parallel section with reasons to do the work, acknowledging that while there are significant challenges to collaborating and answering the four critical questions with fidelity, meaningful collaboration is nonetheless the right work.

A Future of Collaboration for All Educators

We fully acknowledge that the challenges in education are great; however, meaningful collaboration remains the pathway ahead for student success. We believe every educator—including singletons—should be part of a meaningful team and engage in true collaboration for the benefit of the students they serve. Students, their families, and society are counting on it.

As DuFour and colleagues (2016) write, “It is time for every educator to take personal responsibility for helping bring the PLC process to life in his or her school or district” (p. 262). Every educator includes singletons.

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