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Drawing on research and expert commentary, it contrasts collaboration and teamwork needs with systems that reward individual performance. Evidence from organizational and sports studies shows that relying on “superstars” or unevenly distributed collaboration can hinder overall results while skilled collaborators may feel overloaded and remain under-recognized. 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As teachers join together to solve problems and learn from one another, the school’s instructional capacity becomes greater than the sum of its parts.”1  \nThis quote from Harvard professor Susan Moore Johnson  \nmay make perfect sense to you. Our systems and organi  \nzations, however, are largely structured around individual values. As such, a primary goal is to optimize and  \nEsther Quintero is a seniorfellow atthe Albert Shanker Institute, where she conducts and synthesizes research on schools as organizations, teachers’social capital, diversity in the teaching workforce, and the sociology of the classroom. She is the editor of Teaching in Context: The Social Side of Education Reform (Harvard Education Press, 2017), whichfurther explores this topic, its research base, and policy implications.  \nreward performance at the individual level. So, while some of us (perhaps many of us) might agree that a team’s capacity can exceed the sum of individual members’ capacity, we generally have a difficult time translating that knowledge into action—for example, rewarding individual behaviors that enhance team dynamics. Part of the problem is that there’s still alotto learn about how teamwork and collaboration are effectively nurtured.  \nNo matter how challenging, understanding the social dynamics that underpin our work organizations seems particularly timely given the interdependent nature of the modern workplace. According to a recent Harvard Business Review article,“the time spent by managers and employees in collaborative activities has ballooned by 50% or more” over the past two decades. At many companies, employees spend more than 75 percent of their day communicating with their colleagues.2  \nThe disconnect between what organizations need and do (i.e., collaboration and teamwork) and what they support and reward (i.e., individual performance) underscores the need to develop abetter understanding of the social-relational dimension of work and work performance. What makes some groups work better than  \n18 AMERICAN EDUCATOR | SUMMER 2017  \nMost measures of teacher effectiveness ignore the social and organizational factors that are foundational to teaching quality.  \nothers? How does one build an effective team? Are the best teams made up by combining the “best” individuals? These questions are as important for schools and educators astheyare for organizations and professionals in other fields.  \nA 2015 study sheds light on some of these questions.3 The researchers looked at data from various sports and demonstrated that, when a sport requires coordination among team members, having too many superstars on the team can actually hurt overall team performance. If, as indicated earlier, much of today’s work is precisely about coordination and working with others effectively, a focus on top talent may do a disservice to the team (or organization) and its performance.  \nBut these ideas aren’t exactly new. More than a decade ago, organizational behavior experts cautioned about the pitfalls of seeking to employ only extraordinary employees, but for different reasons. If every business were to follow this strategy, they argued, we would all be headed to an escalating “war for talent.”Furthermore, in the right environment, most people can thrive and contribute meaningfully to their organization’s performance and growth. A smarter strategy would be to focus on improving work environments so that “regular” people can perform at a high level. This research offers examples of organizations that have achieved extraordinary levels of success“with people who really ar","cbCaicxpacDuUwIU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicxpacDuUwIU","pdf",209882,"English","# Elevating Relationships - How Collaboration Shapes Teaching and Learning\n## Collaboration vs. individual performance incentives\n## Evidence from research on teamwork dynamics\n## Recognizing and rewarding collaborative contributors","[{\"question\":\"Why does collaboration improve instructional and organizational performance?\",\"answer\":\"When teachers work together to solve problems and learn from one another, the school’s instructional capacity grows beyond what individuals can achieve alone.\"},{\"question\":\"What problem arises when organizations reward individual behavior instead of teamwork?\",\"answer\":\"Organizations often optimize for individual performance, even though the real need is collaboration, leaving collaborative contributions unrewarded, unmonitored, or unnoticed.\"},{\"question\":\"How does research explain why top collaborators may feel overwhelmed or under-recognized?\",\"answer\":\"Collaborators can be pulled into many projects as work volume and diversity increase, yet their good deeds often go unnoticed; analyses show leaders are surprised by how few people account for many collaborative outcomes.\"}]","Elevating Relationships - How Collaboration Shapes Teaching and Learning | PDF"]