Learningcoachlitrevexecsummary2010. Education - Develop Professional Learning Communities. Recommendations 13. Require every school to operate as a professional learning community dedicated to continuous improvement in students' achievement. What is a professional learning community and how does it differ from a regular school? An excellent answer comes from John Waterhouse, Principal of Avondale Elementary School in Grande Prairie. In his words, "The indispensable foundation is to focus on learning, not teaching. "44 In his school, three questions have guided most of their activities in developing a professional learning community: What do we expect students to learn? He goes on to say that, "Although these questions seem so simple and every school could claim to have the answers, critically focusing on these questions with the goal of improving student learning taxes the best professional minds.
"45 In professional learning communities, teachers and school administrators continuously seek and share learning and then act on what they learn. FINAL_Professional_Learning_Communities. Behaviour-complete%20for%20posting. Education - Supporting Positive Behaviour. Supporting Positive Behaviour in Alberta Schools (Available in Alberta only) This three-part resource provides information, strategies, stories from schools and sample tools for systematically teaching, supporting and reinforcing positive behaviour.
This integrated system of school-wide, classroom management, and individual student support is designed to provide school staff with effective strategies to improve behavioural outcomes in their school. Part 1: Supporting Positive Behaviour in Alberta Schools: A school-wide approach Describes a comprehensive school-wide approach that involves all students, all staff and all school settings. Part 2: Supporting Positive Behaviour in Alberta Schools: A classroom approach Provides information and strategies for systematically teaching, supporting and reinforcing positive behaviour in the classroom. Alberta educators may download a pdf file of this resource at LearnAlberta.ca (key word: Supporting Positive Behavior).
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