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Collaborative Team Teaching: Challenges and Rewards. What does CTT stand for?

Collaborative Team Teaching: Challenges and Rewards

Some people think it's "creative thinkers thinking," or "cool teachers teaching. " Others say it's "conflict tackling together. " A Step-by-Step Guide to the Best Projects. Manor New Technology High School in Manor, Texas, is a 100 percent project-based learning school.

A Step-by-Step Guide to the Best Projects

They are part of the New Tech Network of schools and their approach has yielded remarkable results, including a 98 percent graduation rate, with all of their graduates accepted to college. The success of their PBL approach is largely attributable to the fact that their process is designed to stimulate student inquiry. Additionally, their process can be applied to any project in any subject, which means there is a consistent approach across grades and subjects at Manor. We followed a sophomore world studies class through a three-week project called Controlling Factors, created by teaching partners Mary Mobley (English) and Michael Chambers (world history).

They designed a project that capitalized on the wild popularity among their students of the best-selling novel The Hunger Games. Project-Based Learning: Success Start to Finish.