Professional Collaboration

2048.5.6 : Meaningful Collaboration for Student Success
The graduate recommends strategies to engage with students, families, administrators, and other stakeholders in ways that are effective, legal, and ethical.

INTRODUCTION
Teachers must demonstrate knowledge of the policies, practices, and legal requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Title III in order to collaborate with various stakeholders and recommend strategies to advocate for student success in ways that are effective, legal, and ethical. In this task, you will answer potential interview questions to demonstrate your knowledge and ability to legally and effectively advocate for students and their families.

REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The originality report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.

You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.

Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).

A. During a job interview for a teaching position, the principal of the school presents you with scenarios. Respond as if you were the classroom teacher in each of the following scenarios:

1. Scenario 1: A parent of an English learner (EL) student in your classroom complains to your administrator that you do not understand how to communicate with parents who do not speak English as a first language.

Describe one possible strategy, legal and ethical according to Title III, you could use to better communicate with these parents and how this strategy addresses the issue from the parent’s

perspective.

2. Scenario 2: You have been assigned as a co-teacher in a classroom to assist with EL students and students with exceptionalities. You are struggling to build a working relationship with the teacher because the teacher has never worked with a co-teacher before.

Describe one collaborative strategy you could use to build a positive working relationship with the teacher.

3. Scenario 3: Your Professional Learning Community (PLC) asks you to present the key legal concepts of using one of the following plans:

• an Individualized Education Program (IEP) (reference IDEA)
• 504 plan (reference Civil Rights)
• Limited English Proficiency (LEP) plan (reference Title III) in the classroom

Explain three of the key legal concepts of one of these plans that are associated with teacher responsibilities and accountability.

B. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

C. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.