Week 5 June 8

WOW!!!! My mind is racing with ideas about learning this week. I am currently at a Professional Learning Communities conference in Las Vegas, Nevada and I am being hit left and right with ideas about learning.
My ideas on learning today is that learning needs to be the fundamental purpose of our schools and with that purpose we as educators need to be willing to look at ALL teaching practices and determine their impact on learning. In order to accomplish this giant task we need to be willing to cultivate a collaborative culture through same level, same course effective teams. These teams can then assess current effectiveness on the basis of results rather than intentions and move toward continuous improvement.
I have learned at this conference that there needs to be a shift of focus from teacher/teaching to learner/learning. If teachers, teams and schools can begin to make this shift they will see good things happen.
Any comments????