Chapter Four

 This blog post will discuss the content of Chapter Four in The Connected Educator by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach. This chapter discusses the importance of the role of shared ideals and collaboration. There are countless benefits of educator collaboration. The book states, “Educators make education meaningful and relevant for themselves and their students by co-creating learning and sharing. By collaborating, connected educators shift the existing school culture and self-actualize at the same time” (pg. 58). New ideas and collaborations keep things fresh for educators and students. With the change, a more influential factor will be within the classroom. However, in order for educators to have effective change, there needs to be a strong educational relationship between educators, especially collaborative educators. 




When there is a strong and consistent relationship between educators, it makes collaboration and shared ideals much more effective. There are two relationships that educators need to have. They are congenial and collegial relationships. Congenial is “the polite, friendly relationship we have with one another,” and collegial relationships are “a shared belief that none of us is as good (or smart) as all of us, and we can all contribute to improved individual practice” (pg. 59). In general, Congenial and collaborative educators keep things amicable, and collegial could be chaotic, but it is a very productive relationship. Both of these relationships between educators are important to collaboration and making things happen. In my future career as an educator, I need to incorporate both congenial and collegial relationships within my educator circle. This will help me as a Spanish teacher as I will be able to collaborate with other educators within my department to develop functional lesson plans, workshops, etc. I cannot wait to be able to develop relationships within my school to not only help myself but my colleagues and students as well. 



Which relationship do you believe is more effective to develop? Why?

How could building a congenial or collegial relationship benefit you in your career?


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