Activity 1: My practice within the community
When thinking about our communities of practice, teachers are part of many communities - their school, Kahui Ako,Manaiakalani Outreach Programme and online communities. But when considering the three elements of a community of practice as defined by Wenger (2000) we need to look more closely at these. Our School In our school I am a leader who works with teachers to build relationships, shared understandings and collaborative expertise. As part of school, we have shared achievement challenges and have developed action plans to meet these challenges. Within our weekly meetings, teachers are expected to share what’s working well and what they are finding challenging. Similarly, we develop shared expectations of our learning and what achievement looks like throughout our school. From this we are distributing our expertise throughout our team. In addition, we have a shared site so resources are available for all the team. However...