Where Do We Go from Here?

Where Do We Go From Here?

The challenge confronting a school that has engaged in the collective consideration of a topic is answering the questions, “So what? What, if anything, are we prepared to do differently?” Reflect on our discussion of a Professional Learning Community then answer the questions presented below.

Describe one or more aspects of a Professional Learning Community that you would like to see in place in your school / What steps/activities must be initiated to create this condition in your school? / Who will be responsible for initiating and/or sustaining these steps or activities? / What is a realistic timeline for each phase of the activity? / What will you use to assess the effectiveness of your initiative?

ORGANIZATIONAL SELF ASSESSMENT

Monitoring the journey to becoming a Professional Learning Community

1
No Awareness / 2
Beginning to Study / 3
Beginning to Implement / 4
Routine Use

1. SHARED MISSION, VISION, VALUES, & GOALS: My organization has shared understanding of and collective commitment to guiding principles that articulate what stakeholders believe and seek to create.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4

2. RESULTS FOCUS: My organization assesses everything on the basis of

results rather than intentions; assessment is ongoing.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4

3. COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: Innovation and experimentation is viewed as the accepted and expected way of doing business.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4

4. COLLABORATIVE TEAMS: Building organizational capacity is an ongoing

and collaborative process that is founded on learning from one another in order to focus on organizational renewal and continuous improvement.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4

5. COLLECTIVE INQUIRY: My organization relentlessly questions the status

quo by seeking new methods, testing those methods, and reflecting on results.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4

6. ACTION ORIENTATION: The culture of my organization supports

turning aspirations into actions and visions into reality; learning always occurs in a context of taking action and willingness to experiment.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4

Focus on the Learning

Looks Like / Sounds Like / Feels Like

Leadership Implications

Start Doing / Stop Doing
1. What do we want students to learn? / 2. How will we know when they have learned it?
What do we have in place as an answer to this question?
What do we still need to do or put in place to answer this question? / What do we have in place as an answer to this question?
What do we still need to do or put in place to answer this question?
3. What will we do when they don’t learn it? / 4. What will we do once they have learned it?
What do we have in place as an answer to this question?
What do we still need to do or put in place to answer this question? / What do we have in place as an answer to this question?
What do we still need to do or put in place to answer this question?
1. What do we want staff to learn? / 2. How will we know when staff has learned it?
What do we have in place as an answer to this question?
What do we still need to do or put in place to answer this question? / What do we have in place as an answer to this question?
What do we still need to do or put in place to answer this question?
3. What will we do when they don’t learn it? / 4. What will we do once they have learned it?
What do we have in place as an answer to this question?
What do we still need to do or put in place to answer this question? / What do we have in place as an answer to this question?
What do we still need to do or put in place to answer this question?