Uploaded with permission for SELMAS. Elmore's presentation to the International Thought Leader's Summer School organised by National CPD Team in Scotland, 2007
2. STRONG NORMS OF TRUST AND RECIPROCITY
ARE HIGHLY CORRELATED WITH STUDENT
PERFORMANCE
COLLABORATIVE WORK AROUND INSTRUCTIONAL
PRACTICE RESULTS IN GREATER CONSISTENCY IN
ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS
ATOMIZATION, ISOLATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL
PRACTICE INCREASE VARIABILITY IN STUDENT
PERFORMANCE
3. SOCIAL
NORMS OF CARING
STABILITY IN RELATIONSHIPS
TRANSACTIONAL
MUTUAL DEPENDENCE
INSTRUMENTAL TO THE WORK
RELATIONAL
RESPECT, BASED ON COMPETENCE
STRONG NORMATIVE ENVIRONMENT
PROFESSIONAL
ESTABLISHED NORMS, PROTOCOLS
EXTERNAL STANDARDS OF PRACTICE
COMMON DISCOURSE AROUND PRACTICE
5. ONE FORM OF COLLEGIALITY DOES NOT
“NATURALLY” LEAD TO OTHER, STRONGER FORMS
OF COLLEGIALITY
PEOPLE GENERALLY LEARN NEW VALUES BY
CHANGING THEIR BEHAVIOR, RATHER THAN VICE
VERSA
PROFESSIONAL COLLEGIALITY IS A
TRANSFORMATION IN KIND, NOT OF DEGREE
PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE
6. CREATES STABILITY, PREDICATABILITY
IN DISCOURSE AROUND PRACTICE
SEPARATES THE PRACTICE FROM THE
PERSON
DEFINES ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES
CONTAINS, FOCUSES DISAGREEMENT
STRUCTURES PROBLEM-SOLVING
7. FOCUS ON THE WORK OF INSTRUCTION
DEVELOP DESCRIPTIVE DISCOURSE
DISCIPLINE NORMATIVE JUDGMENTS WITH
EVIDENCE
DEVELOP CLEAR NORMS AROUND
SUPPORT THAT REINFORCE
TRANSACTIONAL TRUST
DISCIPLINE DECISIONS WITH EXTERNAL
KNOWLEDGE, EVIDENCE