Term
Summer 2025
Capstone
Capstone Project
Degree Name
MAT
Facilitator(s)
Jennifer Carlson
Content Expert
William Towne
Abstract
Collaboration and autonomy are core components of teaching. Collaboration may have become ubiquitous due to the rising prevalence of Professional Learning Communities, and autonomy has always been crucial for teachers to feel empowered and take ownership of their classrooms. Together, collaboration and autonomy each can impact student equity negatively and positively. The guiding question is then: How does teacher autonomy and collaboration affect student equity in the classroom? Reviewing literature found that teacher autonomy can cause stagnation in teaching practices or allow for meaningful differentiation. Collaboration can create rote compliance tasks or allow teachers to take risks to continuously improve. To address the guiding question, a professional development session was created in order for secondary school administrators to discuss and examine how the collaboration and autonomy of their classroom practices are harmonizing to promote student equity.
Project Type
Professional Development
Keywords
Leadership, Staff Development
Recommended Citation
Sun, Lucas, "Teacher Autonomy and Collaboration: Achieving More Equitable Outcomes" (2025). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects. 1139.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_cp/1139
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text
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DigitalCommons@Hamline
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application/pdf
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School of Education Student Capstone Projects