2017

1. Collaborative Networked
Professional Learning for Educators
Cathy Cavanaugh, PhD
Head of Digital Transformation, Catholic Education WA

2. Box of matches
Food concentrate
50 feet of nylon rope
Parachute silk
Portable heating unit
Two .45 caliber pistols
Case of dehydrated milk
Two 100 lb. tanks of oxygen
Stellar map
Self-inflating life raft
Magnetic compass
20 liters of water
Signal flares
First aid kit + injection needle
Solar FM receiver-transmitter
Collaboration: Collective Wisdom
Your rover crew are scheduled to rendezvous with your lunar lander
on the lighted surface of the moon. Mechanical difficulties have
stranded you 300 km from the lander! Your survival depends on
choosing the most critical items from the available must be chosen
for the 200-mile trip. Below are listed the 15 items you could carry.
Rank order your top 5 in terms of their importance for enabling the
crew to reach the lander.

3. Box of matches
Food concentrate
50 feet of nylon rope
Parachute silk
Portable heating unit
Two .45 caliber pistols
Case of dehydrated milk
Two 100 lb. tanks of oxygen
Stellar map
Self-inflating life raft
Magnetic compass
20 liters of water
Signal flares
First aid kit + injection needle
Solar FM receiver-transmitter
Collaboration: Collective Wisdom
Now, with a partner or small group, reach
consensus on your top 5.
If you’d like, rank the items at
https://pollev.com/cavanaughc

4. 1. Two 100 lb. tanks of oxygen
2. 20 L water
3. Stellar map
4. Food concentrate
5. Solar FM receiver-transmitter
6. 50 feet of nylon rope
7. First aid kit + injection needle
8. Parachute silk
9. Self-inflating life raft
10. Signal flares
11. Two .45 caliber pistols
12. Case of dehydrated milk
13. Portable heating unit
14. Magnetic compass
15. Box of matches
Collaboration: Collective Wisdom
Finally, record the difference in the ranking
between your top 5 and your group top 5.
Was your difference total lower on your
own or in a team?

5. “
Bryk, A. (2015). Accelerating how we learn to improve. Educational
Researcher, 44(9) 467–477.
“Learn faster how to improve” in a network of
educators focused on improvement of learning
outcomes, working together around shared
approaches to inquiry with researchers.
Why Collaborate?

6. “
Hitt, D. & Tucker, P. (2016). Systematic review of key leader practices
found to influence student achievement: a unified framework. Review
of Educational Research. 86(2) 531 –569.
Key school leader practices that influence student
achievement include communities of practice that
are job embedded, regularly occurring with
professional dialogue and examination of
student work.
How to Collaborate?

7. You can do what I cannot do. I can do
what you cannot do. Together we can
do great things. - Mother Teresa

8. 1 2
Scaling and Speeding Improvement
Receptive Learning
Evidence
Experts
Internal and external
Productive Learning
Applying receptive
knowledge
Inquiry
Proactive Learning
Disseminating
productive learning
Stewardship

9. Where to Collaborate? People-Action-Environment model
FOR NETWORKED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

10. Identify your
question.
Wondering
Describe the people,
place, problem and
possibility.
Context Evidence
Delineate what
constitutes data
that will show
progress on the
question.
Analysis
Outline the ways
data will be
interpreted to form
insight about the
question.
Findings
Explain what you
learned and
implications for
practice.
Share & Plan
Let others know
what you learned
and plan your next
cycle of inquiry.
Collaboration Model:
Action Research

11. Action Research Tool: ARTI

12. Collaboration Model:
Communities of Practice

13. Applied learning
IN CONTEXT OF PRACTICE
Evaluation of results
DISSEMINATION OF OUTCOMES
Evidence to monitor
implementation
REFINING IMPLEMENTATION
Evidence based strategies
EXTENDING TPACK
Data to determine needs
SHARED GOALS FOR
LEARNING
Collaboration Model: Professional Learning Communities

14. Today’s schools change too quickly, are too
complex, and face too many challenges for
improvements to come from researchers only or to
be locked in the schools where they occur.
Educators and leaders must learn collaboratively
in networks for the scaled rapid transformation
needed by children everywhere.
Cavanaugh, McCarthy & Kelley, 2018

15. Collaborative Communities in Action