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Driving with Jasit,
despite being menos uno,
because we’re 2Legit2Quit,
while Transforming into Leaders:
A Professional Learning Community Vision for Cohort 22
Meet me at the table What are your strengths as a
human resource? Three words or less!
2Legit2Quit’s Vision:
We are greater than I. We are our own most valuable resource(s)…
TOGETHER
Professional Learning Communities
Study #1 Maloney, C., & Konza, D. (2011). A case
study of teachers' professional learning: Becoming a community of professional learning or not?. Issues In Educational Research, 21(1), 75-87. Retrieved from Education Research Complete.
Case study of a PLC implementation at a primary school in Western Australia
“Collaboration is widely promoted as critical to the development of school as professional learning communities…[the] need for practitioners to work together becomes stronger when they strive to guard against conflicting government views of professional work,” (2011, p. 76).
Practitioner Research: assumes there is a significant value in establishing communities that draw on the intellectual resources of the participants in order to promote shared thinking and communication. It also requires a critical inquiry of the work place in the pursuit of professional knowledge.
Typically, teachers are not properly trained to conduct research at an acceptable standard and that the research is questionable
The demands of teachers’ work make it difficult for them to do research while maintaining focus on educating students
At times, teachers tend to use their research to justify their current practices
Framework for study: Hord’s (1997) five dimensions of professional learning community Supportive and shared leadership Shared values and vision Collective learning and the application
of that learning Shared practice Supportive conditions for the
maintenance of learning communities
End goal: creating an information booklet describing effective early childhood practice and distributing to the families of students
Low attendance after the first professional development session (sessions held after school).
Teachers afraid to speak up regarding conflicting viewpoints or opinions
Supportive principal willing to establish professional leave time during the day
“Articulating person views, however, takes courage and confidence in the face of potential debate and for some teachers this meant raising conflicting perceptions and practices. When consensus is perceived as a desired outcome, debating and contesting views and opinions may be regarded as a stressful activity rather than a co-construction of that knowledge” (2011, p. 83).
Study #2 Gray, C., & Smyth, K. (2012).
Collaboration Creation: Lessons Learned From Establishing an Online Professional Learning Community. Electronic Journal Of E-Learning, 10(1), 60-75. Retrieved from Education Research Complete Database.
Two researchers from Edinburgh Napier University, UK launched a social networking site to support professional development activity.
“…make learning more efficient and effective, not least through supporting the individual to move from a novice to increasingly expert position over time…online networking tools have become central to supporting the activity of formal and informal learning communities” (2012, p. 60).
Initial Launch Slow growth of users, therefore, an
evaluation:
How often do you use ENEE (website)?Everyday: 2%Twice a week: 21%One a week/fortnight/month: 24%Less often: 50%
How many groups were they involved with as a member or creator?85% had joined at least one group. Groups were viewed and experienced as an important tool.
How easy is it to use?Very easy: 6%Easy: 46%Adequate: 40%Difficult/Very Difficult: 6%
Relaunch From May 2010 to May 2011, the
doubled the number of users from 100 to over 200 users.
Easier sign-up, easier notification system
Authors “have been encouraged by the potential of ELGG as a platform to support an online professional community of educators” (2012, p. 73).
Study #3 Beutel, D., Gray, L., Beames, S.,
Klenowski, V., Ehrich, L., & Kapitzke, C. (2010). An Exploratory Study of Online Social Networking within a Doctorate of Education Program. International Journal Of Learning,17(3), 67-79. Retrieved from Education Research Complete Database.
Researchers examined the implementation of a wiki into a Doctor of Education program in Queensland, Australia.
Theory: “Because candidates hold positions of responsibility and are time-poor, many doctoral students have difficulty transitioning from professional practitioner to researcher and scholar,” (2010, p. 67-68)
Negatives of professional doctoral programs: students aren’t aware of magnitude and
extended duration of doctoral studies, stresses contribute to social isolation and
anxiety.
“Blended learning communities combine
online instructional modes with face-to-face interactions,” (2010, p. 69).
Using the knowledge-building (e-learning) approach to education, the focus is on the construction of collective knowledge rather than personal knowledge and independent learning.
Study only focused on first seven months of the program. Three issues emerged: The appropriateness of using blended
learning with doctoral cohort The challenges of using wikis as an online
technology for creating communities of practice Their wikis were the program, our wiki
is a support The transition from student to scholar is
a process that is unlikely to be achieved in such a short research time-frame
Study #4 Kim, H., Miller, H., Herbert, B., Pedersen,
S., & Loving, C. (2012). Using a Wiki in a Scientist-Teacher Professional Learning Community: Impact on Teacher Perception Changes. Journal Of Science Education & Technology, 21(4), 440-452. doi:10.1007/s10956-011-9336-x
“A wiki nurtures educational communities in becoming collaborative, innovative, and sustainable” (2012, p. 440).
A wiki “allows people with a range of expertise levels…to share knowledge nuggets, [and] review others contributions…” (2012, p. 441).
According to Achterman (as cited in Rosen and Nelson, 2008): Easy to use through word processing
applications Create instructional products on various
levels Allow the ability to create nonlinearly
linked documents Enhance metacognitive reflections on
content changes via comment, discussion and history features
Monitoring functions can track people in various levels
Study analyzed the impact of wiki collaboration amongst a group of teachers and the results showed a very positive impact on the “teachers’ perceptions changes, a positive prediction of early-career teacher’ perceived knowledge of teaching through inquiry, and an increase in teachers’ contributions in the professional development community” (2012, p. 449).
Cohort 22’s Online Interactive Work
Space
Jon Kilpatrick’s Spiel
Ansar’s Spoken Word… There will be a short quiz at the end of
this stand and deliver selection…
ELCC Standards Connection
After having experienced the Spoken Word selection that connects the ELCC Standards to our Cohort 22 experiences here at the Wilson Graduate Center please share your thoughts on an appropriate TITLE for the Spoken Word piece…
Selection Choices A – We are the World B – Eyes on We… C – I am better than you D – We are greater than I
Bring it on Disciplined Inquiry!
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