Collaboration Policy

Working together with teachers and other students is an important part of the learning process. Collaboration is defined as:

“The act of working together with one or more people in order to achieve something.”

When students collaborate as a part of schoolwork, the “something” that they are trying to achieve is learning. Working in groups is about students helping each other to learn more completely than they would on their own. It is not an excuse to get other people to do your work for you or to divide work up so you don’t have to understand it all. Working in a group does not excuse the individual from learning all the material or doing all his or her own work.

During group activities, every member of the group is expected to:

· be responsible for their own learning

· understand what the entire group is doing and why

· assure that everyone understands what the group is doing

· contribute to the group’s learning

Many group activities will be graded based on how well all members of the group learn the material. If any member of the group does not understand what the entire group has done, the entire group’s grade will suffer.

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