The Early Childhood Personnel Center

Learners apply teaming models, skills, and processes, including appropriate uses of technology, when collaborating and communicating with families; professionals representing multiple disciplines, skills, expertise, and roles; and community partners and agencies.

Learners who have mastered this component know and understand:

• Teaming models
• Teaming skills and processes, including uses of technology
• Skills, expertise, and roles of professionals from other disciplines

Learners who have mastered this component are able to:

• Apply teaming models, such as primary service provider, trans-disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary
• Apply teaming skills and processes, such as using technology, problem-solving, conflict resolution, joint decision-making, role release, group facilitation, and communication
• Participate in and lead team meetings
• Collaborate and communicate with families, other professionals, and community partners and agencies

Learners use a variety of collaborative strategies when working with other adults that are evidence-based, appropriate to the task, culturally and linguistically responsive, and take into consideration the environment and service delivery approach.

Learners who have mastered this component know and understand:

• Adult learning strategies
• Components of the coaching model
• Components of the consultation process

Learners who have mastered this component are able to:

• Use a variety of evidence-based collaborative strategies
• Use a variety of collaborative strategies to increase the effectiveness of meetings that are appropriate to the situation and environment, needs of the families and professionals, and service delivery approach
• Use collaborative strategies that are culturally and linguistically responsive and affirming
• Use collaborative strategies appropriate to the learning environment and service delivery approaches such as consultation, coaching, and co-teaching