This term’s goal is more about research rather than a goal focused on my teaching practice. 

I’ve been looking at the collarborative learning community I have tried to establish this year, and am trying to think of reasons why this is a good way of extending the peer coaching model of professional development.

I am finding that it has also been difficult to get the other schools blogging and coaching.  I don’t know if this is because the other schools in our cluster are not the same stage in the coaching journey as our school, if it is a time commitment thing or if the idea of sharing the professional development within the community isn’t as comfortable as I feel.  Whatever the reason, I would like to see what some research has come up with in terms of pros and cons, positives an negatives.

I’ve never really done any proper research, but I have been doing a course on Action Research, so I would like to take the opportunity to research Learning Communities and possible make a better go of this, even if it is our own school.

I know what benefits I have taken from this whole blogging thing.  I’m far more reflective of my own professional development and I have been able to open up my professional world just a little bit further than the boundaries of our school gate….something I think is important as this is the only school I have taught at.

Anyway, so I will update my research and findings here…as part of my term three goal!!!

Tags: PLN, learning_communities, collaboration