Collaboration: One of the skills employers find most lacking in high school graduates, students are evaluated based upon self and peer assessments and teacher observation. Collaboration is the ability to respectfully work interdependently with people of diverse backgrounds, skill-level, and abilities in order to synthesize ideas to create a quality shared product. Students unwilling to collaborate must contend with being “fired”.
Today’s classrooms and workplaces require that you be able to work as part of a team. You need to be able to work cooperatively with people of different ages and cultural backgrounds. When working with others it is important to understand how to resolve conflicts, negotiate, share responsibilities, accept supervision and assume leadership roles.
Examples of collaboration include:
- Letters of Recommendation
- Peer Evaluations of Collaboration Skills
- Participation in activities/clubs requiring intense collaboration (i.e. Robotics Club)
Official Definition: "One of the skills employers find most lacking in high school graduates, students are evaluated based upon self and peer assessments and teacher observation. Collaboration is the ability to respectfully work interdependently with people of diverse backgrounds, skill-level, and abilities in order to synthesize ideas to create a quality shared product. Students unwilling to collaborate must content with being "fired."
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