This connects to Lord's (1994) notion of critical
colleagueship, or the ability to share classroom practices and surface concerns with other educators and then provide and receive constructive criticism.
"The best thing about it was the
colleagueship", and I hope they manage to keep it open for a long time yet.
My subsequent decisionseven years and another university laterto become a Jew-by-choice was significantly informed by Girard, whose writings,
colleagueship, and friendship informed the ongoing, gradual uncovering of the pre-existing Judaism that I had already intuited within myself.
Four kinds of relationships are significant: 1/ "communication" (serious talk about research); 2/ "co-authorship"; 3/ "apprenticeship" (teachers training students); and 4/ "
colleagueship" (scholars working in the same department) (18-20).
Through mentorship and
colleagueship, faculty members guide and advise each other on research, case writing, and teaching.
Whereas any professional occupation presents an example of those pursuing it as needing to navigate that liminal phase "between commitment and final acceptance into professional
colleagueship," these authors assert that "[m]edicine is, in many respects, the crucial case" (p.
Given our commitment to diversity and inclusion, our robust student learning-centered divisional curriculum, our engagement in best assessment practices, and our collaborative, connected and transparent
colleagueship and leadership, it is important for me to honor and celebrate my colleagues with others."
I could trace many more consequences of the
colleagueship, budding scholarship, friendship, and modes of influence that mark that time.
Another amazing aspect of the conferences is the
colleagueship, the opportunity to see friends twice a year, to keep up with what we are all doing across the state, and to always learn from and enjoy each other.