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The MLA's Articulation Initiative:
High School to College in Foreign Language Programs
Ten Keys to Successful Collaboration and Articulation
Robert E. Robison, Worthington Schools, OH
- Identify an issue all parties involved acknowledge to be a fundamental problem in need of resolution, an issue that has been clearly delineated by good, sound data that everyone can commit to addressing.
- Utilize a bottom-up, participant-centered and participant-directed process whenever and wherever possible.
- Allow participants to frame their own questions and lead their own discussions.
- Honor, share, and incorporate expertise from within the group when developing procedures, practices, and products.
- Work from a common knowledge base, use a common vocabulary, and develop a shared understanding based on fact, not myth.
- Employ consensus-building techniques in lieu of top-down decision-making strategies.
- Constantly monitor the process, be willing to adjust in a way based on the outcomes, and evaluate the final product.
- Ensure that all participants have the opportunity to share in the dissemination process and enjoy the sense of empowerment that peer recognition brings.
- Prepare for and be willing to invest a tremendous amount of time and energy into the task at hand.
- Self-reflect and model the changes that are expected of others.
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