Professional Learning Community

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Overview
A teacher plays an important role in preparing the student for a role in the society where their contributions will have a positive influence. According to Eaker and Gonzalez (2007), a teacher needs to learn and master effective leadership skills to acquire the above goal. Teachers in my school have established a professional learning community which serves as a resource for the learning process. The PLC programs combine teacher experiences and evaluated teaching strategies to help in student improvement.
Professional Learning Community Description
DuFour (2004), defines a professional learning community (PLC) as a group of people working interdependently toward the same goal. In a learning environment, a PLC is crucial towards improving the student learning process. One of the major problems that new teachers experience is integrating the …show more content…

All teachers in one grade come together and share their teaching experiences. In these meetings, the main agendas are focused on DeFour’s goals of student learning. That is, ensuring that students learn, focusing on improving results and promoting a culture of collaboration. The PLC model fosters a culture of collaboration by uniting the teachers towards achieving the same goal of student improvement (DuFour, 2004). Areas of focus include identifying the strong and weak points in teaching. Each team member is assigned a responsibility of making goals, teaching strategies and gathering materials pertinent to the teaching process. This in accordance with the PLC model for teacher leadership that requires every teacher to learn to be an effective leader (Eaker Gonzalez, 2007). The combination of new and veteran teachers has created a platform where the new teachers get an opportunity to learn from those who are experienced. The goals and teaching strategies presented are evaluated to determine their weak and strong points before

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