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OMS Staff Collaborate on Effective Team-Teaching

OMS Conducts In-Service on Effective Team Teaching

by Todd Dugan

October 14, 2008

On the afternoon of Friday, October 10, the faculty and staff of Olympia Middle School engaged in professional development geared toward school improvement.  As part of a year-long study of Eaker and DuFour's Professional Learning Communities at Work, the idea of building a "culture of collaboration" was examined.  To facilitate the inservice, Mrs. Deb Schrock, Executive Director of AIMS (Association of Illinois Middle-level Schools) presented a two-hour study session titled, "Effective Teaming: 6 Strategies from High Performing Middle Schools."  Teachers enjoyed the chance to collaborate in a professional setting for the afternoon.  


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School Improvement Inservice Provided by AIMS

For more information about AIMS, please visit their website at http://www.aims.uiuc.edu/

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