COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE (CoP)

MARK BRYAN B. LOTERTE

February 7, 2023
I. Objectives:
1. Define the concept of Community of Practice
(CoP);
2. Explore the underlying notion of Community of
Practice as used in Education;
3. Identify the Community of Practice of Masbate
City Division in the middle of the pandemic;
and
4. Identify the Community of Practice of Masbate
City Division.
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II. Activity:
STATE YOUR PRACTICE!
• Group 1- Learning Action Cell (LAC)
• Group 2- Focus Group Discussion (FGD)
• Group 3- Regular School Management
Meeting

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II. Activity: STATE YOUR PRACTICE
WHAT WE KNOW WHAT WE DO WHAT ARE THE THINGS
WE PLAN TO DO

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II. Activity: STATE YOUR PRACTICE
Presentation:
• Group 1- Learning Action Cell (LAC)
• Group 2- Focus Group Discussion (FGD)
• Group 3- Regular School Management Meeting
WHAT WE KNOW WHAT WE DO WHAT ARE THE THINGS
WE PLAN TO DO

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III. Analysis:
• Processing Questions:

A. How did you find

the activity?
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 III. Analysis:
• Processing Questions:

B. What problems did you encounter in

identifying the following?
1. What we know!
2. What we do!
3. What are the things we plan to do!
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III. Analysis:
• Processing Questions:

C.What problems did you

encounter while collaborating
with your group

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III. Analysis:
• Processing Questions:

D.Are you aware of the

practices of other schools?

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III. Analysis:
• Processing Questions:

E. In your school, what are the

practices you are conducting to
deliberately discuss the new
processes, programs, and projects or
existing projects and programs?
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IV. Abstraction:

•What is Community
of Practice?

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What is CoP?

• Originated in LEARNING THEORY.

• Cognitive anthropologists Jean Lave
and Etienne Wenger coined the term
“community of practice” when
studying apprenticeships as a learning
model.
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What is CoP?

• Community of Practice are group of

people who SHARE A CONCERN or
a passion for something they do and
LEARN HOW TO DO IT BETTER as
they INTERACT REGULARY.”

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 Sample of Community of Practice (CoP)
Source https://www.depednaga.ph/?p=6033

Sample of Community of Practice (CoP) of Naga City Division during the Pandemic
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CHARACTERISTICS OF CoP.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF A CoP.

1. Domain: Community members have a

shared domain of interest, competence and
commitment that distinguishes them from
others. This shared domain creates common
ground, inspires members to participate,
guides their learning, and gives meaning to
their actions.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF A CoP.

2. Community: Members pursue this interest

through joint activities, discussions, problem-
solving opportunities, information sharing and
relationship building. The notion of a
community creates the social fabric for
enabling collective learning. A strong
community fosters interaction and
encourages a willingness to share ideas
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CHARACTERISTICS OF A CoP.

3. Practice: Community members are actual

practitioners in this domain of interest, and build a
shared repertoire of resources and ideas that they
take back to their practice. While the domain
provides the general area of interest for the
community, the practice is the specific focus
around which the community develops, shares
and maintains its core of collective knowledge.
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TYPES OF CoP

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TYPES OF CoP
• Helping Communities
Provide a forum for
community members to
help each other with
everyday work needs.

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TYPES OF CoP
• Best Practice
Communities
Develop and disseminate
best practices, guidelines,
and strategies for their
members’ use.

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TYPES OF CoP

• Knowledge Stewarding
Communities
Organize, manage, and
steward a body of
knowledge from which
community members can
draw.
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TYPES OF CoP

• Innovation
Communities
Create breakthrough
ideas, new
knowledge, and new
practices.
• https://www.structure3c.com/cohere/2018/05/09/developing-communities-for-collabora
tive-innovation-recap-of-cmx-online-workshop

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Activities commonly exercise the sense of CoP of
Practice in the Department of Education

1.Learning Action Cell (LAC)

2.Focus Group Discussion
(FGD)
3.Regular Division or School
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1. Learning Action Cell (LAC)
• DepEd Order No. 35, s. 2016
 Serves as the guiding principle for
the conduct of LAC.
 Guided by the principle of Life Long
Learning.

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1. Learning Action Cell (LAC)
• It is a group of teachers who
engage in collaborative learning
sessions to solve shared
challenges encountered in the
school facilitated by the school
head or a designated LAC Leader.
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1. Learning Action Cell (LAC)

LACs serves as the school-

based communities of
practice that are positive,
caring, and safe spaces.
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1. Learning Action Cell (LAC)
• Objectives of LAC
1. to improve the teaching-learning process that will lead to
improved learning among the students;
2. to nurture successful teachers;
3. to enable teachers to support each other to continuously
improve their content and pedagogical knowledge, practice,
skills, and attitudes; and
4. to foster a professional collaborative spirit among school
heads, teachers, and the community as a whole.

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1. Learning Action Cell (LAC)
• Theoretical Framework of LAC

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 Activities commonly exercise the sense of CoP of
Practice in the Department of Education

2. Focus Group Discussion

 Involves the gathering people
from similar backgrounds or
experiences together to discuss
a specific topic of interest.
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 Activities commonly exercise the sense of CoP of
Practice in the Department of Education

2. Focus Group Discussion

Best Practices for Focus Group Discussion.
1. Have a clear Plan for Focus Group
2. With a plan in place, begin writing your Focus Group survey
Questions
3. Schedule the time, place, and duration of the discussion.
4. You can host in person or through an online community.
5. Creative information brochures.
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 Activities commonly exercise the sense of CoP of
Practice in the Department of Education

2. Focus Group Discussion

Main Pillars of FGD

1.Participants.
2.Moderator
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 Activities commonly exercise the sense of CoP of
Practice in the Department of Education

3. Regular Division or School Meetings

• Serves as one way to improve schools by
enhancing teaching and learning, as well
as building a collaborate culture.
• Must be guided by basic Parliamentary
Rules and Procedures.

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Product of CoP of the DepEd- Masbate City
1. Approved proposals and monitored
proceedings of School Learning Action Cell;
2. Approved proposals and monitored
proceedings of School Focus Group
Discussion;
3. Creation of different Organizations of
Teachers and Students as way of addressing
issues and concerns.
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Product of CoP of the DepEd- Masbate City
4. Innovation out of the needs of the Learners
and Teachers
5. Research that properly analyze situations.
6. Creation of Radio-Based Instructions (RBI)
as way of reducing learning GAP.
7. Propose the conduct of Study Lesson as
benchmarked from the Regional Office (2017).
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CoP and its Benefits

1. Peer-to-peer Learning;
2. New relationships development;
3. Innovative problem solving; and
4. Collaboration or partnership on
projects.
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V. Application

• LET US REFLECT!
Based on the presented outputs in our
activity and proceedings of the discussion
let us answer the following questions and
write your answer in your personal
notebook, to wit;
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V. Application
a. Are we maximizing the use of LAC, FGD, and School
Management Meeting in improving the Teaching and
Learning Process? Yes or No (justify your answer)
b. Given the discussion on Community of Practice, what
particular suggestion/s can you give to improve the
following practice in your school?
b. 1. LAC,
b. 2. FGD, and
b. 3. School Management Meeting
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V. Application

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V. Application

Thank you!
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