Professional Learning Community Analysis

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Establishing a professional learning community in a school requires a big commitment from all school staff. Many educators have experienced that creating a professional learning community in a school is an effective way to have more students succeed in school. It is very essential for all educators to share their beliefs and values with other colleagues because they know the importance of unifying these elements in a learning community. In this essay, I will be providing the analysis of my school, personal experiences supporting the analysis, areas to lead change, role of diversity, and ways to approach parents explaining issues in school.
After reviewing the information in “The Professional Learning Communities Continuum”, I reflected upon …show more content…

I share instructional strategies and resources with my school staff in our weekly meetings, vertical teaming, and professional developments. Sharing instructional strategies and techniques helps teachers build their capacity (Laureate Education, 2008b). My analysis of the school helped me identify areas that my school needed to improve. As a teacher leader, one of the areas that I can begin to lead change is helping students understand that working collaborative and establishing productive communications enhance learning. As a leader, I can also lead change in working collaboratively with other colleagues to establish trust in the school. According to Moran (2004), the five facets of trust that are essential in establishing an effective professional learning community are benevolence, honesty, openness, reliability, and competence. Discussing these topics with my school-based team, I received positive feedback that helped me identify the areas of need in my school and reflect in my teaching practices to become a better teacher leader. In addition, we discussed different ways on how to establish a better professional learning community in our school by building trust with colleagues and allocating time to discuss issues affecting …show more content…

In addition, they develop an understanding of the perspectives of children from different backgrounds as well as function in a multicultural environment. The way I would explain these issues to parents is by establishing parent meeting and discuss the advantages of establishing a professional learning environment in the school. An effective leader establishes good relationships with parents and build trust because it is essential for an educator to be authentic, open, consistent, flexible, and care for their child’s education (Wiggins & McTighe, 2006). Personally, one of the most critical components in establishing an effective professional learning community for a teacher leader is establishing trust with colleagues, administrators, parents and students. Without trust, schools are unlikely to be successful in their efforts to improve and to realize their core purpose (Moran,

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