Module 6: School as a Learning Community PDF

PROFED F/TC3 SCHOOL AS A LEARNING COMMUNITY MODULE 6 OBJECTIVES A. Discuss how educational leaders change their schools to be learning communities. STARTER What is the message of Why teamwork matters? this quote? Students will evaluate how the mission, vision of the College are r...

PROFED F/TC3 SCHOOL AS A LEARNING COMMUNITY MODULE 6 OBJECTIVES A. Discuss how educational leaders change their schools to be learning communities. STARTER What is the message of Why teamwork matters? this quote? Students will evaluate how the mission, vision of the College are reflected in the actual day to day activities in the school in the different aspects like in:  Administration and Faculty  Students Activities  Outreach Program and others.  The school of the 21st Century should be a “learning community” in which every child has an equal access. The school as a learning community is a school where students learn together, teachers also learn together as professionals and even parents learn together. Learning communities  provide a space and a structure for people to align around a shared goal. Effective communities  are both aspirational and practical.  They connect people, organizations, and systems that are eager to learn and work across boundaries, all the while holding members accountable to a common agenda, metrics, and outcomes. COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE What does a learning community do? It connects people. Learning communities convene change agents across sectors, disciplines, and geographies to connect, share ideas and results, and learn from each other. Communities may work together in-person and virtually.  It sets goals and measures collective progress. These communities align participants around common goals, metrics (ways of measuring achievement), theories of change, and areas of practice.  It enables shared learning. Communities share learning from both successful and unsuccessful experiences to deepen collective knowledge. It supports distributed leadership. The scope of a learning community allows it to offer a wide range of leadership roles and skill- building opportunities. 5. It accelerates progress toward impact at scale. These communities facilitate fast-cycle learning, measure results to understand what works for whom, and bring together the key stakeholders who can  Ways to Create a Learning Community The first category encompasses the moral purpose of the organization, including vision, mission and goals.  What is it that binds all members of the organization?  The second category deals with creating an open work environment—open to new ideas, different ways of doing things, and connecting the diverse constituents of the community.  How can we accomplish our moral purpose and live our  The third category focuses on evaluation of our efforts, both means and ends.  How well are we working together to solve perceived challenges and how well are we achieving our purpose? Garvin (in De Vito, 1996) identifies the following five main activities of the learning organization: Systemic problem solving Experimentation with new approaches Learning from experiences, Learning from best practices of others, and Transferring knowledge across the Essential Elements 1. A Servant Leaderfor a Learning performs as a guide and Community nurturer operates with a transformational leadership style supports the learning and individuality of each member, rather than garnering praise for his or her efforts.  The four gifts that servant leaders present to their communities: personal authorship for implemented ideas by community members love for each member sharing power making persons and their work significant to the organization. These gifts capture the energy and diversity of the members in order to make the community stronger and more vital.  2. A Shared Moral Purpose The educational leader’s role is to translate the essence of the purpose in a manner that is understood by all members of the school community. This moral purpose should capture the personal values of the individual members so that their hearts are on fire and their passions are kindled to work fervently toward that shared moral purpose.  3. A Sense of Trust and Respect among all Members The leader understands himself, the qualities and lives of every member within the organization, and the purpose of the organization. His task is to embody in word and action the shared moral purpose. The passion for this shared moral purpose drives the culture of the learning community.  4. An Open Environment for Collaborative Decision Making The learning organization is open and flexible. Harnessing experiences of all individuals eventually builds a network of systems communication so that new ideas are quickly deployed and easily adapted by others desiring similar information or solutions. The support of technology is invaluable to the learning organization for the process of idea dissemination 1. QUESTIONS How do communities work together? 2. How leadership and skills are tapped in a learning community? 3. What is it that binds all members of the organization? Why? 4. Why is mutual trust in a learning community important?  Learning SchoolALearning Cells Action (SLAC): Cell Professional is a group Learning Communities of teachers who engage in collaborative learning sessions to solve shared challenges encountered in the school facilitated by the school head or a designated LAC Leader. LACs will become the school-based communities of practice that Example: DO 35, S. 2016 The Learning Action Cell as a K to 12 Basic Education Program School- Based Continuing Professional Development Strategy for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning DepEd Order No. 35, s. 2016, Learning Action Cell (LAC) is a session conducted by group of teachers who engage in collaborative learning sessions to solve shared challenges encountered in school. Such challenges may include learner diversity and student inclusion, content and pedagogy, assessment and reporting, and 21st century skills and ICT integration.  DepEd envisions that these LAC Sessions will serve as a school-based continuing professional development strategy for the improvement of teaching and learning.  REFLECTION (due today, Nov. 6, 2023) 1. How do good leadership and group collaboration impact a school as a learning community? 2. Give an example/situation on how a school leader works and collaborates to impact a school as a learning community. RUBRIC FOR SCORING ( My Point of Realization ) Criteria 5 4 3 2 Content Provides Provides Provides Does not Pt. x 2 comprehensi moderate minimal show = ______ ve insights , insight, understandin understandin understandin understandin g or g or g and g and reflective reflective reflective reflective thought thoughts thoughts thoughts about the about the about the about the topic. topic. topic. topic. Structure There is logic There are a Some ideas Ideas are Pt. x 2 = in the few ideas do not flow disjointed or ______ progression that lack logically. do not flow