For this Discussion Board, you are asked to reflect on qualities important to collaboration. These professional educator qualities include the following:

• Establishes rapport with others
• Works well with others and communicates respectfully
• Values teamwork
• Demonstrates a commitment to achieving team goals
• Assumes appropriate roles in the collaborative process
• Demonstrates effective communication skills
• Demonstrates a respectful appreciation for diverse perspectives, including global and international perspectives
• Seeks to develop and maintain professional workplace relationships

Drawing from your previous professional experience, discuss specific examples where you have demonstrated these qualities. In thinking of the career pathways that might open for you once you have completed a graduate degree in education and principal certification, how important will these collaboration skills be? Do you anticipate that higher standards will be expected of you? Explain.