COMPETENCY 5— Commitment to excellence and to the professional growth of his/her school and peers
5b. Collaboration. Teacher contributes ideas and expertise to further colleagues’ and the school’s growth and incorporates productive insights into his or her own instruction
Seems pretty obvious, right? It's what we do all day every day… most of the time. However, sometimes we are so busy catching up, grading, planning, that we forget that we are actually doing it.
My team ALWAYS has a "recorder" when we get together for our common planning and that person records what we are talking about and doing. This is a constantly updated Google Doc. Google Docs are great because you can always show "version history" on the sidebar and show your admin all the days/times that you got together. The best part is, you can do it from anywhere, but still be together.
Sometimes my team and I send each other follow up emails when we discuss something. "Hey Ryan, thanks for taking the lead on planning that activity. It came out really well. I will handle the next one." Ryan responds back. Then I open the email, click SAVE AS, HTML format. I take the link and put it in a Google Doc that says COLLABORATION EMAILS and that Doc goes right in my Folder for collaboration.
It may seem tedious, but in this CYA environment, DON'T TAKE CHANCES!