1. Communities for Learning and LCI1 Developing the SCDN Professional Learning Community SCDN December 6, 2007

2. Communities for Learning and LCI2 Giselle Martin-Kniep Communities for Learning: Leading Lasting Change TM Learner-Centered Initiatives, Ltd (LCI) 516-502-4231, and 516-502-4232 www.lciltd.org www.communitiesforlearning.org gmklci@aol.com @aol.com Facilitated by

3. Communities for Learning and LCI3 Outcomes Explore the relationship between leadership style and professional learning communitiesExplore the relationship between leadership style and professional learning communities Develop a vision for the SCDN professional learning community using leadership style as an entry pointDevelop a vision for the SCDN professional learning community using leadership style as an entry point Assess the SCDN organizational readiness to support professional learning communitiesAssess the SCDN organizational readiness to support professional learning communities Identify interventions to promote the capacity of SCDN to support professional learning communitiesIdentify interventions to promote the capacity of SCDN to support professional learning communities

4. Communities for Learning and LCI4 Exploring our leadership style (based on Hargreaves, 2007) Who are you most of the time in your place of work?

5. Communities for Learning and LCI5 Autocratic You will….You will…. Delegating what we hate to doDelegating what we hate to do Promotes resistancePromotes resistance

6. Communities for Learning and LCI6 Traditional delegation Maximizes existing structureMaximizes existing structure Maintains or improves the existing management of an institutionMaintains or improves the existing management of an institution ConvenientConvenient

7. Communities for Learning and LCI7 Progressive delegation Changing structures to create different kinds of conversationsChanging structures to create different kinds of conversations Feels like change (i.e., multi-age teams; co-teaching; job sharing)Feels like change (i.e., multi-age teams; co-teaching; job sharing)

8. Communities for Learning and LCI8 Guided distribution Necessary if there is no collaborative structure in the organizationNecessary if there is no collaborative structure in the organization No “no go” areaNo “no go” area

9. Communities for Learning and LCI9 Emergent distribution Creates a culture where leadership comes forwardCreates a culture where leadership comes forward Genuinely shared visionGenuinely shared vision

10. Communities for Learning and LCI10 Assertive distribution Shared vision and arguments over best way to achieve itShared vision and arguments over best way to achieve it Hard to follow this styleHard to follow this style

11. Communities for Learning and LCI11 Anarchy Anything goesAnything goes

12. Communities for Learning and LCI12 Skillful leadership is flexible and differentiated (balancing purpose, style and needs) Andy Hargreaves Chris James

13. Communities for Learning and LCI13 Grouping activity

14. Communities for Learning and LCI14 Visioning activity Parts 1 and 2

15. Communities for Learning and LCI15 So…. what is a Communities for Learning professional learning community?

16. Communities for Learning and LCI16 Communities for Learning Definition Collective forums that share a purpose, a vision and goals Collective forums that share a purpose, a vision and goals related to developing schools as learning organizations

17. Communities for Learning and LCI17 Participants may include … TeachersTeachers StudentsStudents ParentsParents Principals and other building administratorsPrincipals and other building administrators District administratorsDistrict administrators Professional developers Board members Community members School counselors University faculty School specialists

18. Communities for Learning and LCI18 Why multiple roles? Access to multiple perspectivesAccess to multiple perspectives De-politicized discourseDe-politicized discourse Better access to the complex nature of teaching, learning and school systemsBetter access to the complex nature of teaching, learning and school systems

19. Communities for Learning and LCI19 What differentiates one professional learning community from another?

20. Communities for Learning and LCI20 Communities that Learn Include individuals whose primary focus is learning to increase understanding about an issue or topic or area of interest related to teaching and learning.

21. Communities for Learning and LCI21 Communities that Lead Comprise participants who are committed to leading the learning of others. They remain learners, but their learning is focused on deepening their own leadership and facilitation skills. Comprise participants who are committed to leading the learning of others. They remain learners, but their learning is focused on deepening their own leadership and facilitation skills.

22. Communities for Learning and LCI22 Communities that Last Focus on sustaining the learning and work of the community and organization. Their learning revolves around systems dynamics, strategic planning and organizational development.

23. Communities for Learning and LCI23 Visioning Activity Parts 3 and 4

24. Communities for Learning and LCI24 How might leadership style relate to professional learning communities?

25. Communities for Learning and LCI25 Core Elements of Communities that learn, lead and last

26. Communities for Learning and LCI26 Identification, Cultivation and Use of Expertise/Experience

27. Communities for Learning and LCI27 Alignment of Individual and Organizational Passions, Needs and Vision

28. Communities for Learning and LCI28 Development of Dispositions of Practice Commitment to UnderstandingCommitment to Understanding Intellectual PerseveranceIntellectual Perseverance Courage and InitiativeCourage and Initiative Commitment to ReflectionCommitment to Reflection Commitment to ExpertiseCommitment to Expertise CollegialityCollegiality

29. Communities for Learning and LCI29 Activity with Dispositions

30. Communities for Learning and LCI30 Commitment to Understanding Looks like… pursuing questions and developing ideas related to teaching and learningpursuing questions and developing ideas related to teaching and learning using research and evidenceusing research and evidence accessing multiple perspectivesaccessing multiple perspectives

31. Communities for Learning and LCI31 Intellectual Perseverance Looks like… considering ideas or questions for a period of time to improve our workconsidering ideas or questions for a period of time to improve our work revising and revisiting our work and our thinking to improve it and to reach high standardsrevising and revisiting our work and our thinking to improve it and to reach high standards withholding the need to finish work before it’s the best that it can bewithholding the need to finish work before it’s the best that it can be

32. Communities for Learning and LCI32 Courage and Initiative Is… discussing uncomfortable topics or issues, including own values and questionsdiscussing uncomfortable topics or issues, including own values and questions accepting the discomfort that stems from the need to changeaccepting the discomfort that stems from the need to change seeking or accepting new or unfamiliar roles, responsibilities or challengesseeking or accepting new or unfamiliar roles, responsibilities or challenges

33. Communities for Learning and LCI33 Commitment to Reflection Looks like… sharing our thinking to develop and evaluate itsharing our thinking to develop and evaluate it thinking about our thinking and learning to set goals, assess and understand ourselves, our work and our organizationthinking about our thinking and learning to set goals, assess and understand ourselves, our work and our organization producing work that results from goals, actions and strategies that are grounded in the analysis of past learningproducing work that results from goals, actions and strategies that are grounded in the analysis of past learning

34. Communities for Learning and LCI34 Commitment to Expertise Is… refining and expanding our current professional knowledge and skillsrefining and expanding our current professional knowledge and skills disseminating our knowledge and expertise within and outside our own organizationdisseminating our knowledge and expertise within and outside our own organization engaging in learning and work that addresses organizational or professional needsengaging in learning and work that addresses organizational or professional needs

35. Communities for Learning and LCI35 Collegiality Is… learning with and from otherslearning with and from others acting on the belief that learning and working with others increases our expertiseacting on the belief that learning and working with others increases our expertise producing work that results from engaging in collaborative learning and problem solvingproducing work that results from engaging in collaborative learning and problem solving

36. Communities for Learning and LCI36 Defining the distance between our vision and our current reality

37. Communities for Learning and LCI37 Assessing SCDN’s Organizational Readiness

38. Communities for Learning and LCI38 Identification of Interventions to Increase Organizational Readiness