Leadership

LEADERSHIP ONE

MODULE SEVEN
EFFECTIVE TEAMS
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Participants will:

 Develop skills in dealing sensitively with delicate and complex

issues
 Identify characteristics of PLCs
 Gain knowledge of the six characteristics of a Professional
Learning Community
 Identify specific observable behaviours of Professional Learning
Communities; and
 Plan a Learning Team meeting.
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 Introduction – Welcome and Overview of Session Seven/ Reflection and

Questions

 Reflective Practice: Review of Session Five, insights and sharing.

 Activity One : Identifying Characteristics of PLCs and Participate in a Case

Study

SUPPER

 Activity Two: Establishing Learning Team Norms

 Activity Three: Planning a Learning Team Meeting

 Activity Four Reflective Practice

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Building Relationships and Developing People

The leader “strives to foster genuine trusting relationships with students, staff, families and
communities, guided by a sense of mutual respect”

 Treats people fairly, equitably and with dignity and respect to create and maintain a positive school culture
 Engages staff in professional learning
 Demonstrates transparent decision-making and consistency between words and deed
 Effective strategies for leadership development
 Manage conflict effectively
 Demonstrates transparent decision-making and consistency between words and deeds
 Knowledge of the significance of interpersonal relationships, adult learning and models

Developing the Organization

 Engage in dialogue
 Listen and act on feedback
 Building and sustaining a professional learning community

Leading the Instructional Program

“Sets high expectations for learning outcomes and monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of
instruction”
 Develops professional learning communities to support school improvement
 Commitment to raising standards for all students
 Belief in meeting the needs of all students in diverse ways
 Commitment to sustaining a safe, secure and healthy school environment
 Learning Teams

“Teams of teachers who work together in a

constant search for better ways to achieve
the goal of improved student results”
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What the Research Says....

 Activity One: Identifying
Characteristics of Learning
Communities
A Case Study

Individually, participants will read Case Study: A Professional

Learning Team. With a partner, identify the specific
actions/behaviours that the Learning Team demonstrated for each
of the six characteristics of a PLC
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Supper
 Setting the Scene

Activity Two: Establish the Learning

Team Meeting Norms
 Activity Three-
Planning Learning Team
Meetings
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Creating Capacity for Learning: Leading

Learning Communities

Dr. Louise Stoll as she shares current research

and evidence-based information regarding
the power of professional learning
communities.
Here
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Planning a Learning Team Meeting

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BLOG about the Positive experiences that you have had participating
in Learning teams.