DMS Faculty Professional Development

Creating a Professional Learning Community

Creating a Professional Learning Community

· Professionals: Those individuals who are responsible and accountable for delivering an effective instructional program to students so that they each learn well. Professionals show up with a passionate commitment to their own learning and that of students, and share the responsibility to this purpose.

· Learning: The activity in which professionals engage in order to enhance their knowledge and skills.

· Community: Individuals coming together in a group in order to interact in meaningful activities to learn deeply with colleagues about an identified topic, to develop shared meaning, and identify shared purposes related to the topic.