Is Your School a Learning Community?
Is your school a self renewing learning community with a carefully thought out philosophy of education, self managing teams including continual quality feedback (Self Review) to ensure quality learning?
Use this survey as a Principal to assess what actions you might need to take if you wish to develop the school as Learning Community based on shared beliefs
Tick 10 if fully in place. Does your school:
- Have a written statement of school beliefs, values and goals developed co-operatively with all stakeholders that the staff are able to articulate?
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- Have a school climate that emphasises the worth of all involved. A climate where students and teachers are empowered, care for and respect each other. Where there is a consensus about the school values, which convey high expectations ensuring quality learning and teaching for all?
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- Have a principal who can articulate his or her values and beliefs and who plays a positive leadership role to inspire both staff and B.O.T. members to accomplish the school mission
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- Have a Teaching Philosophy/ Teaching Framework/ Performance Agreement, which is explicit for staff to self- reference their teaching against to allow professional development?
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- Ensure all class programmes reflect the school's Vision/ Philosophy/Teaching Framework, and do all teachers work together to ensure continuity and consistency of implementation, providing an environment of excellence, high expectations and persistent striving for all students?
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- Present a curriculum that provides students with lifelong learning strategies, expectations and 'mindsets' for them to thrive in what will be a changing and global world?
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- Provide opportunities for success to students in a range of Learning Areas to develop their individual talents, offered in an integrated manner, reflecting the holistic nature of learning?
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- Ensure students are taught appropriate strategies to learn from whatever experiences they encounter? Do students believe they can learn, enjoy and value learning, and can hold themselves accountable for doing, and assessing, quality work?
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- Ensure the curriculum enables all involved in the school to grow in self-understanding, respect each other, to work co-operatively and to handle conflict in a positive manner?
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