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A professional learning community is like a _______________________ (use a food combination) . Characteristics of a Professional Learning Community. Shared norms and valuesCollective focus on student learningCollaborationDeprivatized practiceReflective dialogue. Collaborative Groups.
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1. Welcometo Building Facilitation Skills
2. A professional learning community is like a _______________________(use a food combination)
3. Characteristics of a Professional Learning Community
Shared norms and values
Collective focus on student learning
Collaboration
Deprivatized practice
Reflective dialogue
4. Collaborative Groups
When teachers operate in professional learning communities and take collective responsibility for student learning they produce school-wide gains in academic achievement.
Louis, Kruse and Marks, 1996
5. Seven Norms for Collaboration Pausing
Paraphrasing
Probing
Putting ideas on the table and pulling them off
Paying attention to self and others
Presuming positive intentions
Pursuing a balance between advocacy and inquiry