{"id":1217,"date":"2013-02-05T13:29:15","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T20:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.k12opened.com\/blog\/?p=1217"},"modified":"2013-02-05T13:29:15","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T20:29:15","slug":"the-evolution-of-the-p2pu-school-of-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.k12opened.com\/blog\/archives\/1217","title":{"rendered":"The evolution of the P2PU School of Ed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard to believe that it&#8217;s been two years since the idea for the <a href=\"https:\/\/p2pu.org\/en\/schools\/school-of-ed-pilot\/\">P2PU School of Ed<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.k12opened.com\/blog\/archives\/407\">entered my mind<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve accomplished a lot in that time (roughly 35 courses\/groups, lots of learning, great connections and conversations with both teachers and students, the beginnings of a community), and it seems like a good time to think about what we&#8217;ve done and learned and where we might go from here.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some things I&#8217;ve learned:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learning is social. Community is everything. (And the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwp.org\">NWP<\/a> community is awesome.)<\/li>\n<li>Peer learning works best when it is designed by the group, not instituted from the top down.<\/li>\n<li>Some topics lend themselves more to peer learning than others.<\/li>\n<li>A defined start and end time seems to encourage participation, and shorter courses that can then spin off into more in-depth explorations work well.<\/li>\n<li>Diverse groups are richer.<\/li>\n<li>Groups with teachers and students are powerful. (And as in my f2f experiences, students often drive the innovation in formal educational environments.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are some things I still don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How do you encourage self-direction and agency in professionals who don&#8217;t feel that currently? (We had a whole <a href=\"https:\/\/p2pu.org\/en\/groups\/personal-learning\/\">group<\/a> just to explore this.)<\/li>\n<li>Is formal credit\/recognition (whether stipends, graduate credit, CEUs, etc.) of this professional learning necessary or desirable?<\/li>\n<li>What can be done to begin to move this into more formal environments? (I love the energy of all &#8220;opt in&#8221; self-directed learners, but it would be a big win to get some schools to think about adopting this as a model for professional learning.)<\/li>\n<li>How do you sustain this (both in terms of participants and in terms of facilitation)?<\/li>\n<li>How do you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.k12opened.com\/blog\/archives\/1022\">measure<\/a> success?<\/li>\n<li>How big is big enough?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And so from all that, here are some thoughts about future directions. First, I don&#8217;t want to compromise the core values of openness, authenticity, learner-centeredness by anything we do. Second, I want to continue to build the rich community we&#8217;ve started <em>and<\/em> to expand and involve others. In order to be authentic and learner-centric, having community members set the learning agenda seems critical.<\/p>\n<p>On the sustainability front, I believe that we need some amount of funding to provide continued facilitation and infrastructure for this work, especially if it is to grow. I also know that K-12 schools spend a lot of money on professional development (not all of it resulting in high yields). Perhaps there is a creative way to bridge these two things for everyone&#8217;s benefit.<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, if you have thoughts or ideas about the future of the School of Ed, let me know. We&#8217;re always open to new course\/group ideas, new participants, new facilitators, etc. And especially, we&#8217;re on look out for a couple schools who might be interested in trying this model of professional learning with their teachers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.k12opened.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2PU-school-of-ed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1219 aligncenter\" title=\"P2PU-school of ed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.k12opened.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2PU-school-of-ed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard to believe that it&#8217;s been two years since the idea for the P2PU School of Ed entered my mind. 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