Professional Learning Communities

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What Is It?
Professional learning communities are teams of educators systematically working together to improve teaching practice and student learning. Research suggests that such learning communities are characterized by:
supportive and shared leadership shared values and vision collective responsibility for pupils learning the promotion of personal reflection and team collaboration supportive physical and personal conditions
Explore It
To learn more about professional learning communities, explore the following Web sites:
Building Professional Learning CommunitiesProfessional Learning CommunitiesProfessional Learning Communities at WorkProfessional Learning Communities: What Are They and Why Are They Important?Schools as Learning CommunitiesWhat is a Professional Learning Community?
Use It!
The sites below will help you create a professional learning community at your school:
Creating a Professional Learning Community: Cottonwood Creek SchoolLearning Communities: A New Definition of Professional DevelopmentProfessional Learning CommunitiesTransform Your Group into a Team
Learn More About It
To extend your understanding of professional learning communities, visit the following Web sites:
Creating and Sustaining Professional Learning Communities (An Online Course)Improving Relationships within the SchoolhousePeter Senge and the Learning OrganizationProfessional Learning CommunitiesProfessional Learning CommunitiesProfessional Learning Communities: Communities of Continuous Inquiry and ImprovementProfessional Learning Communities Hold Promise for SchoolsProfessional Learning Communities Writ Large
Article by Linda Starr
Education World®
Copyright © 2006 Education World
03/24/2006

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