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[email protected]. 6/25/13 ECRP. Teacher Collaboration Experiences: Finding the Extraordinary in the Everyday Moments Share Home Journal Contents Issue Contents Volume 13 Number 2 ©The Author(s) 2011 Teacher Collaboration Experiences: Finding the Extraordinary in the Everyday Moments Will Parnell Portland State University Abstract In this report of a phenomenological study, the co-director of a U.S. early childhood program describes and reflects on the interrelationship of his collaborative work with teachers, staff members’ documentation of children’s work and school events, and his own professional development activities. The author presents and discusses three events that took place over the course of a year. In the first narrative episode, his recent professional development experience at a program inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach enables him to support a teacher who is feeling discouraged about challenging situations in her classroom.