Learning Organization

A learning organization is the term given to a company that facilitates the learning of its members and continuously transforms itself.

- Peter Senge

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Systems Thinking

• Comprehend and address the whole
• Examine interrelationship between the parts

Personal Mastery

• Organizations learn through individuals who learn.

Mental Models

• Deeply ingrained assumptions, generalizations, pictures, or images that influence how we understand the world and how we take action

Shared Vision

• The capacity to hold a shared picture of the future we seek to create.

Team Learning

• Aligning and developing the capacities of a team to create the results its members truly desire.

NEW VIEW OF LEADERSHIP

• Leaders are responsible for learning
• Building leadership on all levels of the organization

Student Achievement

Building strong teacher leaders is the key to raising student achievement.

Redesign of Professional Learning

Fosters collective responsibility for improved student learning

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Management

Selection of Staff

• First Who - Than What
• Selecting the people more on their fit with core values and purpose than on knowledge and skills

Developing Leaders on all levels of the organization through professional learning.

Instructional Coaching

• Equal partners
• Choice regarding what and how they learn
• Empower and respect the voice of the employee
• Authentic dialogue
• Reflection
• Apply learning to real life practice

Professional Qualities

Proven success in implementation of these practices and ideals at two different schools.

Personal Quality

Passion and relentless Commitment to learning

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