FATIMA Y.

MAHILUM MST BIO 1

LESSON 7: SCHOOL AS LEARNING COMMUNITY

Activity

Model Analysis
Analyze the Hiatt-
Michael model on
the right side of this
box and answer the
analysis questions
below.

1. What did you understand about the Hiatt- Michael model as illustrated above?
- In the illustration, the model explains how to achieve a desirable outcome
with the participation of the school and its community. Administrators,
teachers, students and the community, must collaboratively share their
ideas, expectation and skills to achieve the common goal. Along the process,
one must also consider the organizational roles, resources, expectations and
the individual activities, characteristics, needs and values.

2. Do you think the organization, or the learning community is dynamic? How?

- It is indeed dynamic because it is ever changing in relation to the emerging
needs of the school and the community. It requires the active participation
of the community to achieve the goal which is to provide education to the
youths. There must be an open environment in terms of decision-making to
make sure that all aspects of the community were taken into consideration
before arriving to a decision that could benefit the whole system.
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LESSON 7: SCHOOL AS LEARNING COMMUNITY

3. As an individual, how can you contribute to achieve the desired outcomes of the
learning community you belong?
- As a member of the community, we must be an active participant in building
the school community. We must partake on activities, discussions and
information sharing and relationship building. By simply attending to school
assemblies, it could be a great way of showing our support to the school’s
program and activities.

Interview your fellow teachers, master teachers and school heads/administrators

with the following questions below and present your output in the class.

1. What are the school takes to create linkages and harmonious relationships
with parents, guardians and other stakeholders?
- It is said that it takes a village to educate a child. Education requires a
wholistic effort of the community to achieve the common goal, which is to
encourage life-long learning. It is a great challenge for school administrators
and teachers to create community linkages as our partner for development.

2. How teachers establish and promote professional links with their

colleagues?
- Teachers may develop links with their colleagues through open
communication and constant feedbacking towards work. They can share
their best practices with other teachers that could foster professional links.
Through this, they can teach and learn from each other.

3. How school learning action cell (SLAC) sessions improve professional

relations and development?
- SLAC Sessions is an in service-trainings and workshop that promotes
professional development. In these sessions, teachers will conduct
collaborative discussions that will enable them to better equipped
themselves with new skill that may enhance the teaching-learning process.
It will foster better professional relations because there will be sharing of
expertise.