1. TOGETHER We Really are Better! How Collaborative Efforts Support Each Child and Family Camille Catlett & Samtra Devard We’re all in this together…

2. Ready?

3. Whose Child is it?

4. Collaboration An unnatural act among consenting adults Lily Tomlin

5. Models of Collaboration: Silo Approach

6. Models of Collaboration: Limited Partnership

7. True Collaboration A commitment to work together across clearly recognizable sectors or subsystems to address problems and achieve goals that could not be accomplished by working individually Mattesich et al, 2004

8. Principles of Highly Effective Collaboration Be proactive (take initiative & responsibility) Begin with the end in mind (establish and live by your values) Put first things first (prioritize) Think win/win (find solutions that address multiple challenges) Seek first to understand, then be understood Synergize Sharpen the saw (renew your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual selves)

9. Be Proactive

11. A Road Map for Facilitating Collaborative Teams

12. Begin With the End in Mind The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different — to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind, and spirit he or she possesses. John Fischer

13. Put First Things First

14. Minnesota Regional Centers of Excellence Region 1 & 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 & 7 Region 6 & 8 Region 9 Region 10 Region 11 (East & West)

15. Higher preschool performance and promotion to next grade More positive engagement with peers, adults, and learning Buffers negative impact of poverty on academic and behavioral outcomes (Family Engagement) Think Win/Win: Engage Families to Help Children Succeed

16. Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood

17. Synergize : Hold each other accountable for the readiness of each child in your community

18. Sharpen the Saw

19. Where do you go for good information?

20. identifying specific research-based practices that have been validated through a rigorous review process Odom, Brantlinger, Gersten, Horner, Thompson, & Harris, 2005

21. Evidence-based practice decisions integrate the best available research evidence with family & professional wisdom & values Buysse & Wesley, 2006; Buysse, Wesley, Snyder, & Winton, 2006

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26. ACTIVITY

27. COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS Requires A Philosophical Shift… From To Visitors/OutsidersPartners DeficitsStrengths ControlCollaboration Expert ModelPartnership Model Information Gate KeepingTransparency Lack of SupportSupport Options RigidityFlexibility PaternalisticEmpowerment Copyright 2010 Juliette Schlucter Bridgekeeper

28. Whose Child is it? OURS 'Whose child is this? ' I asked one day Seeing a little one out at play 'Mine', said the parent with a tender smile 'Mine to keep a little while To bathe her hands and comb her hair To tell her what she is to wear To prepare her that she may always be good And each day do the things she should' 'Whose child is this? ' I asked again As the door opened and someone came in 'Mine', said the teacher with the same tender smile 'Mine, to keep just for a little while To teach her how to be gentle and kind To train and direct her dear little mind To help her live by every rule And get the best she can from school' 'Whose child is this? ' I ask once more Just as the little one entered the door 'Ours' said the parent and the teacher as they smiled And each took the hand of the little child 'Ours to love and train together Ours this blessed task forever.' Jessie Girl Rivera

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