The School as a Team: Understanding Interprofessional Collaboration
Understand how schools actually function as interprofessional ecosystems — who the professionals are, what each role contributes to student success, how collaboration between them has been studied, and why the default mode in most schools is parallel work (everyone doing their job independently) rather than genuine collaboration. Build a mental map of every professional relationship in your school and identify where collaboration is strong, where it's missing, and where it would have the highest impact on student outcomes.
What you'll walk away with
Map the interprofessional ecosystem of their school, identifying every professional role and its contribution to student success
Distinguish between parallel work, cooperative work, and genuine collaboration using Little's collegial interaction framework
Identify where interprofessional collaboration is strong, missing, or underutilised in their school context
Articulate the research link between teacher collaboration quality and student achievement outcomes
How a Learning Series works
Work through the snacks — short, evidence-based lessons that build your understanding. Each one gives you research, a classroom connection, and one thing to try or discuss.
Test your understanding in a low-stakes mini-experiment before you bring it to your classroom. Leverage our downloadable materials to support you in your teaching and classroom practice and let us know how it goes!
For credit towards an Accingo Course certificate, try something from this series in your own classroom, then complete a short, structured reflection on what you learned and what you would bring to your PLC and/or regular practice. You will see "Application Artifact" if required.
