Coding descriptions for collaboration
| Themes | Definition | Quotes |
|---|---|---|
| Community | The impact of common goals, relationships and professionalism on community and collaboration | “It was easier to get feedback from more people, and you could, I think everyone was benefiting just by easily being able to share things and gaining that knowledge for some of us” (Hadley) |
| Cross-school collaboration | The impact of virtual teams connecting participants across school buildings and the impact on collaboration | “I think that that was a huge benefit to just being able to stay connected to people across multiple buildings. And that’s really, in my opinion, the biggest area where I could see the potential for virtual teams going forward because we don’t always have to drive across town to like a different building; we could actually conceivably have structures where we could meet up a lot more often um for specific purposes if we employed virtual” (Mackenzie) |
| Relationships | The importance of relationships, how relationships differed across smaller and larger groups and the impact of relationships on collaboration | “Virtual, it’s not the same, but I’m a new teacher, and so it was resourceful for sure. And those meetings are the most helpful for me because I get people’s ears as a new teacher, and it’s hard to do that. So yeah, you trap them in a room online. They can’t go anywhere they have to. They have to talk to me” (Hayden) |
| Structures and routines | The roles that accountability, communication, leadership and norms play in curbing collaboration | “…it didn’t really feel like a place to voice a disagreement because we were just kinda all flying by the seat of our pants, and I don’t think that there was much opportunity for teacher’s voice or for collaboration…” (Ryder) |
| Themes | Definition | Quotes |
|---|---|---|
| Community | The impact of common goals, relationships and professionalism on community and collaboration | “It was easier to get feedback from more people, and you could, I think everyone was benefiting just by easily being able to share things and gaining that knowledge for some of us” (Hadley) |
| Cross-school collaboration | The impact of virtual teams connecting participants across school buildings and the impact on collaboration | “I think that that was a huge benefit to just being able to stay connected to people across multiple buildings. And that’s really, in my opinion, the biggest area where I could see the potential for virtual teams going forward because we don’t always have to drive across town to like a different building; we could actually conceivably have structures where we could meet up a lot more often um for specific purposes if we employed virtual” (Mackenzie) |
| Relationships | The importance of relationships, how relationships differed across smaller and larger groups and the impact of relationships on collaboration | “Virtual, it’s not the same, but I’m a new teacher, and so it was resourceful for sure. And those meetings are the most helpful for me because I get people’s ears as a new teacher, and it’s hard to do that. So yeah, you trap them in a room online. They can’t go anywhere they have to. They have to talk to me” (Hayden) |
| Structures and routines | The roles that accountability, communication, leadership and norms play in curbing collaboration | “…it didn’t really feel like a place to voice a disagreement because we were just kinda all flying by the seat of our pants, and I don’t think that there was much opportunity for teacher’s voice or for collaboration…” (Ryder) |