What's in it for Teachers and Team Leaders?

Each Collaboratory team contains five members: a math, science, social studies, and English/language arts teacher and a team leader. The team leader can be a literacy coach, a professional development coordinator, a curriculum supervisor, an assistant principal for instruction, a library/media specialist, or a department head with a literacy background.

For Teachers

Teachers who participate gain:

• the chance to join a professional learning community of committed colleagues within and beyond their school
• new teaching skills and tools they can apply in all their classes and share with other faculty members
• the opportunity to see real change in their students' engagement and achievement
• unlimited access during and after Collaboratory participation to online library of literacy-rich lessons in science, math, social studies, and English/language arts from fellow Collaboratory participants
• the option of being trained as an online coach for future Collaboratories, which is a paid position
• the option of earning six graduate credits for completing the program; credit is awarded through Plymouth State University in New Hampshire or Framingham State College in Massachusetts
• a certificate of completion for 120 hours of professional development, which can be used as documentation for district or state professional development or continuing education credit
• a $1,000 stipend

For Team Leaders

Team leaders who participate gain:

• the chance to join a professional learning community of committed colleagues within and beyond their school, including other school- or district-based literacy coordinators or instructional leaders
• new teaching skills and tools they can apply in their work with other faculty members
• the option of being trained as an online coach or literacy expert for future Collaboratories, which is a paid position
• a certificate of completion for 120 hours of professional development, which can be used as documentation for district or state professional development or continuing education credit
• a $1,000 stipend

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