Meeting the excellence of school : importance and benefits of teacher collegiality / Aminath Najfa

Abstract:
The relationship among the professionals in any school community is extremely critical. A successful school is one in which teachers and rest of the school staffs work well. Hence, a successful school is built around teachers who are successful inside and outside of the classroom. Every teacher is either contributing to collegiality or presenting barriers to achieving it. If we embark on a learning experience to build a collegiality in the school, it will help in building a successful school, and it will also make each and every individual better in the classroom. The present study was aimed to find out importance and benefits of teachers collegiality to become a successful school. To analyze that, this paper's focus was on two key questions: (1) How do teachers perceive the importance and benefits of collegiality among teachers' for improving the overall quality of education and achieving goals of a school successfully? (2) What measures do school authorities take in fostering a congenial environment to encourage collegiality among teachers? The data was taken from three teaching staffs and three management staffs. Further, a professional development day was observed to study the collegial practices amongst the staffs. The research findings showed that collegiality is vital for a successful school as; the teachers, the students and as a whole, the school attains to the overall success due to collegiality. Also it's found that collegial practice also influences the motivation and career commitment of teachers and the extent to which they are willing to modify classroom practice and retain in the job.
Key Words: Collegiality, collaborative Models and techniques, Motivational Methods, Colleagues