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Fostering a Learning Community: Shared Vision, Values, and Growth

Create a strong learning community by defining shared values and vision, promoting collaboration and continuous improvement. Use activities like Value Statements Process Pyramid and Vision Building Exercise to develop a collective vision. Engage teachers, students, and parents in reflective and growth-oriented practices to cultivate a community of learners.

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Fostering a Learning Community: Shared Vision, Values, and Growth

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  1. School Development Values and Vision “Building a Learning Community”

  2. School Development Model

  3. Characteristics of a Learning Community • Shared vision, mission and values • Collective inquiry • Collaborative teams • Action orientation and experimentation • Continuous improvement • Results orientation (Dufour & Eaker,1998)

  4. Value Statements • Help define the learning community • Can be completed at any time within the School Development Model • Most meaningful after completing the Internal Review • Facilitator should be external to the school • Complete Value statements, then Vision

  5. “Community begins with a shared vision. It’s sustained by teachers who, as school leaders, bring inspiration and direction to the institution.” (Ernest Boyer)

  6. VALUES • Shared • Fundamental convictions • Used to establish ethical, moral priorities within the educational system • Guides to all behavior • Reflected in the mission and vision

  7. Value Statements Process Pyramid Activity • Individual writing – pairs – fours – eights • Completed in short sessions • Reach consensus at each level of pyramid • Use small group to edit • Post, celebrate, promote, and live • T- Chart Activity

  8. VISION A short statement describing the ideal state a school is striving to achieve.

  9. Vision Building Exercise • Use Value Statements and T-Chart • Develop a list of key words to include in the vision statement • Have a small group write a vision statement to present to the staff for consensus

  10. Learning Communities… “…principals, teachers, students, and parents learning together can create within their schools an ecology of reflection, growth, and refinement of practice: in short, a community of learners.” Barth (1990)

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