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February 6, 2010

Guiding Professional Learning Communities

Do you have a professional learning community (PLC) at your school site? Are you looking for ways to guide this group so that it reflects professionals learning in community? One thing to consider is what "enemies of learning" your organization may face.

Charles Feltman identified key considerations:

The desire for clarity all of the time.
Lack of priority for learning: "I don't have time."
Inability to unlearn.
Ignoring the emotional dimension of learning.
Ignoring the body as a dimension of learning.
Confusing learning with acquiring information.
Not giving permission to others to teach us.
Lack of trust.

Reflection

As you consider these "enemies," what might be some ways your PLC embraces their ways of working?

Hord, Roussin, & Sommers (2010). Guiding Professional Learning Communities. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, p. 153.

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