This

table was created to assist school leaders in selecting the most appropriate form of collaboration to achieve an intended purpose.

Collaboration
Form of Collaboration

Number of
participants in
the
collaboration

Organisational involvement
School
Executive

Expert
(teachers/
University)

Teachers

Formality
Informal Formal

Who benefits from the collaboration

Discussion/reflec
Teacher
Research
tion about/on
Professional
practice
Learning

Level of collaboration
Expert-teacher
Mutual

Coaching Models

Peer Coaching

Technical Coaching

2<

Challenge Coaching

2<

Team Coaching

Collegial Coaching

Mentoring Models
Informal Mentoring

Formal Mentoring

Peer Mentoring

Group mentoring

2-5

Informal Mentoring

Other Models
Innovation Tours

2<

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Instructional leadership

2<

Instructional Rounds

3-5

University Partnerships

2<

Learning Walks

3-5

Critical Friend

Critical Friends Groups

3-6

Communities of Practice

4-10

Peer Learning Circles

8-15

Professional Learning
Communities

2<

Online Networks
Twitter

2<

Yammer

2<

Edmodo

2<

Learning Hubs

2<

E-Mentoring

2<

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