Consortium on Chicago School Research

Snapshot 2003: Peer Collaboration

Teachers' reports about the level of cooperation and collaboration among staff. High levels indicate that teachers have moved beyond cordial relationships with their colleagues to ones in which they are actively working together.

Definition of Categories Charted Above

Category	Teachers in Chicago Public Schools:
1 None	disagree that other teachers are cordial. They disagree or strongly disagree that faculty and staff collaborate to make the school run well and that teachers coordinate instruction across grades and design instructional programs together.
2 Limited	agree that other teachers are cordial. Some teachers agree and some disagree that faculty and staff collaborate to make the school run well. They disagree that teachers in their school coordinate instruction across grades and design instructional programs together.
3 Significant	agree or strongly agree that other teachers are cordial and agree with all other items in the scale.
4 Extensive	strongly agree that other teachers are cordial and agree or strongly agree with the other items in the scale.

To see the items making up this measure and the response frequencies for each item, click here.

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