At a time when educators feel stretched too thin, how can we make adult learning meaningful? To start, we need to think of our meeting agendas as moral documents. The way we spend our professional learning time reveals what we value. When our communities of practice and professional learning group agendas are designed for connection, reflection, and different modes of learning, they strengthen our purpose and collective efficacy. We strive for this approach with the Rowland Foundation’s cohort model, which first brought together Rowland Fellows in 2009 and continues to evolve. In this workshop, participants will experience adult learning strategies and facilitation moves that center beliefs and scaffold meaningful collaboration. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in collaborative practices, then debrief, reflect on, and apply new learning after each activity–so they can adapt these practices for their own work in schools.
Participants will:
- Consider the relationship between values and action
- Experience reflection and metacognition strategies that deepen learning and ensure its application
- Explore different modes of learning that build relational trust, deepen cognition, and make space for joy and connection
- Commit to strategies to incorporate into your professional setting
