Leading Edge: ‘Collaboration Lite’ Puts Student Achievement on a Starvation Diet

31 Rick DuFour 2003 Leading Edge: ‘Collaboration Lite’ Puts Student Achievement on a Starvation Diet "Leaders determined to impact student achievement must not settle for congeniality, coordination, delegating responsibilities, or any form of 'collaboration lite'," writes learning community expert Rick Dufour in this column from the Journal of Staff Development (Summer 2003). "They must promote a collaborative culture by defining collaboration in narrow terms: the systematic process in which we work together to analyze and impact professional practice in order to improve our individual and collective results." In schools that are serious about improving results, DuFour says, collaboration is not "optional."<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Citation: DuFour, R. (2003). Leading edge: ‘Collaboration lite’ puts student achievement on a starvation diet. Retrieved from the National Staff Development Council on March 10, 2003. Website: <a href="http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/dufour244.cfm">http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/dufour244.cfm</a> <o:p></o:p>   http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/dufour244.cfm