Collaboration and Communication Concepts

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Define Parity.

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Parity is a relationship status in which each person’s contribution is equally valued and each person has equal power in decision making.

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Characteristics of collaboration.

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Voluntary, requires parity among participants, based on mutual goals, shared responsibility for participation and decision making, sharing resources, and accountability for outcomes.

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Research findings on collaboration.

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Collaboration makes a difference, increasing parent involvement and improving student achievement. Emphasis on collaboration, co-teaching, and shared work outside the classroom leads to higher academic outcomes.

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Challenges of collaboration.

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Exist within school culture, professional socialization, power and status among participants, and pragmatic issues.

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Components of the framework for collaboration.

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Personal commitment- beliefs about the benefits of working closely with colleagues and parents/ families and the added value of learning from others’ perspectives. 

Communication skills- the basic building blocks of collaborative interactions

Interaction processes- steps that take an interaction from beginning to end such as problem solving

Programs or services- where collaborative activities occur such as teams, co-teaching, and consultation 

Context- overall environment in which collaboration occurs 

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Definition of communication.

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The management of messages with the objective of creating meaning across various contexts, cultures, channels, and media, including verbal and nonverbal messages.

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Linear, interactional, and transactional views of communication.

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1. Linear- one-way process where a sender creates and sends a message to a passive receiver; the sender’s message is to be understood as delivered
   
   interactional- two-way process; a sender and a receiver exchange information; sender transmits a message, the receiver decodes it, and responds with feedback; if feedback indicates misunderstanding, the sender will likely revise the message; communication is complete when the receiver’s feedback indicates understanding of the message
   
   Transactional- sender sends a message, simultaneously receives information from the message itself and from the person with who they are communicating with; the communicators are interdependent in that they co-construct shared meanings by continuously exchanging messages. 

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Interpersonal competence in communication includes behavioral or skill dimensions.

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It involves communication competence and cognitive ability dimensions.

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What is perspective?

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past experiences, attitudes, values and beliefs, personal qualities, professional preparation, and expectations affect what and how you observe and perceive and ultimately how one behaves; perspective is a personal lens through which you filter information and affects how one views and interprets the messages they receive 

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What is perception?

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The process of selecting, organizing, interpreting, and negotiating meaning from all of the information available in a given situation.