Professional Learning Communities

Simon Crook recently posted this on Twitter:

Cannot have a Professional Learning Community without a 'Trusting and Collaborative Climate' (Turkington, 2004)

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Lucianne Carmichael, the first resident principal of the Harvard University Principal Center, proposes that the notion of principals' omnicompetence be "ditched" in favor of their participation in their own professional development. Kleine-Kracht (1993) concurs and suggests that administrators, along with teachers, must be learners too, "questioning, investigating, and seeking solutions" (p. 393) for school improvement. The traditional pattern that "teachers teach, students learn, and administrators manage is completely altered . . . [There is] no longer a hierarchy of who knows more than someone else, but rather the need for everyone to contribute" (p. 393).