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A Community of Learners
A learning community is inclusive and social…
A Community of Learners
A learning community is inclusive and social enabling all members to have agency while living together peacefully. It honors different ways of knowing and being with people and relationships as top priority.
Shared Commitment
"The IB connects a worldwide community of learners who celebrate a common humanity and share a belief that education can help build a better and more peaceful world. Schools offering the Primary Years Programme (PYP) bring a shared commitment to the IB's mission through the learning community." (pg. 122)
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Prioritizing People and Relationships
"In an effective learning community, members form mutually rewarding and productive relationships.
Therefore, it is important that schools create opportunities for the following relationships to flourish:
-Students and Teachers
-Students and Peers
-Teachers and Colleagues
-School, parent, and legal guardians"
(pg. 123-124)
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Commitment to Collaboration
"Collaboration demonstrates a commitment to the common goal of supporting and reflecting on a transdisciplinary learning experience and improving student outcomes. A collaborative approach involves sustained dialogue and reflection among and between all members of the learning community. This approach helps all members of the learning community to grow as learners and as professionals to improve student outcomes, health, and well-being." (pg. 124)
It is important for it to be a school-wide endeavor that collaborate on culture building, resource planning and allocation, design of learning space, and policy development.
Collaboration should extend to the IB Global Community. Collaboration is always based on the commitment the mission of the IB .
A commitment to collaboration should lead to establishing a positive culture of respect , open-mindedness and compromise. The purpose of collaboration is to improve both educator's professional practice and learning for students as well as their well being. **
Commitment to Inclusion
"Teachers extend learning for all students by creating an affirmative and responsive environment that considers student identities and embraces learner diversity from a strength-based perspective." (pg. 125)
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