Cultivating a School that LEARNS

In this session, you will be introduced to the LEARNS framework and learn how to cultivate and actively design a school that LEARNS. This workshop shifts from professional development to a focus on professional learning.

We will focus on the following questions:

• How might schools function as organizations that build in continuous learning for faculty, staff, administrators, parents, and Board members?
• How can school leaders cultivate a school learning culture that is as educator-centered in service of educator and student learning?
• How might DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) and anti-oppression work be embedded in such continuous professional learning?

Listening - the "L" of LEARNS - will play an important role in this workshop as we practice and expand our understandings of what it means to listen.

Essential Question

How might we cultivate and design a school that LEARNS?

Nurturing a Learning Community: A Deep Dive into the LEARNS Framework

Following the live webinar, we will look again at the LEARNS framework. In this session, we will also learn how to cultivate and actively design a school that LEARNS. This webinar, however, will focus on nurturing — the "N" in LEARNS — to think about the care and nurture we bring to the work of being a professional learning organization.

Through that lens, we will consider these questions:

• How might schools function as organizations that build in continuous learning for faculty, staff, administrators, parents, and Board members?
• How can school leaders cultivate a school learning culture that is as educator-centered in service of educator and student learning?
• How might DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) and anti-oppression work be embedded in such continuous professional learning?

Essential Question

How might nurture take center stage in professional learning in schools?