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8Collaboration and leadershipSchool managers who show leadership support teachers in theirprofessional development. Such support is needed if teachers areto find ICT appealing and use it more effectively and efficientlyin their lessons. Depending on the school’s situation, one schoolmanager may emphasize material factors (ICT infrastructure anddigital learning materials) while another focuses more on humanfactors (vision and expertise).In previous chapters, we looked at the four basic elements of the Four inBalance model. This chapter addresses the “plus factors” of the model:collaboration and leadership. These factors help make the use of ICT moreeffective.Collaboration is discussed in Section 8.1 and leadership in Section 8.2.The chapter concludes by looking at what school managers are aiming forin the future (Section 8.3).8.1 CollaborationCollaboration between teachers involves their sharing expertise andmaterials in order to reach a common goal. Collaboration thus makes animportant contribution to teachers’ professional development (Van Veen,2010). By collaborating, teachers show one another how to use ICT in theirlessons and identify the relationship between ICT applications and pupilresults. In addition to having a common goal, focusing on pupil resultsis especially conducive to teachers’ professional development (Dennis,2010). That is because they feel challenged by information that offersthem support and they become aware of the implications of new workingmethods for their teaching practice (Timperley, 2007).66
8 - Collaboration and leadershipJoint agreements about ICTDo teachers in fact collaborate with one another in the area of ICT?One indicator is the presence of joint agreements.One out of three teachers works in a team that has agreed to use ICT forparticular subjects and to use it in a certain way. Two thirds of teachersare free to make their own choices in this respect (Figure 8.1). Teacherssay that ICT use is often a matter of personal preference, and that thereare no shared (school-wide) goals.Collaboration and coordination% of teachersTeacher chooses him/herselfAgreements made within team100806062766340203824370PRIMSECVETFigure 8.1: Teacher discretion with respect to using ICT at their school (TNS NIPO, 2010)67
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