To what extent does your cluster

 operate as an active and
 supportive professional learning
 community that shares resources?
 Within and 
between schools

Between clusters and 
the wider network
Extent that clusters operate as active and supportive professional learning 
communities that shares resources within and between schools
 Extent that clusters operate as active and supportive professional learning 
communities that shares resources between clusters and the wider network
“A major focus needs to be on creating a sharing, caring cluster
where people feel supported in leading change within their
schools and where cross cluster sharing is actively encouraged
and fostered.”

Comment by ICT PD facilitator for discussion

 Link to self­review rubricNational Goal Three ­ 
Strengthen professional learning communities and increased collaboration 
within and across schools
Processes Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

Positive School community School community is School community School community has There are transparent
relationships has no knowledge aware of the has reviewed the developed guidelines systems and procedures
or understanding of importance of current systems and and strategies that within the school that
how to build developing positive identified a number encourage positive foster positive
positive relationships. There of strategies which interactions within the relationships. All people in
relationships. This has been discussion will be implemented school in order to the school community feel
is reflected in the on how best to to develop positive develop better valued and trusted. This
culture of the develop these relationships. relationships. These are results in successes and
school. relationships within recalled or revisited in failures being readily
the school. group situations. shared. Everyone feels
able to contribute when
solving issues.
 Link to self­review rubricNational Goal Three ­ 
Strengthen professional learning communities and increased collaboration 
within and across schools
Processes Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

Sharing effective Any sharing of The sharing of Individual staff The sharing of The school has
practice effective practice effective practice development effective practice developed innovative
between individual of ICT use is incorporates the routinely occurs approaches to the
members of staff is encouraged during sharing and wider across the school and sharing of effective
on an ad hoc basis. staff meetings but adoption of effective on a planned and practice within and
still works only at practice within the reciprocal basis with beyond the school
an individual level. school. other schools. and makes use of the
technology to achieve
this.
 Link to self­review rubricNational Goal Three ­ 
Strengthen professional learning communities and increased collaboration 
within and across schools
Processes Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

Development of There has been Staff have some Staff understand All staff are participating There is a fully
learning community very little thought understanding of the importance of in the learning inclusive, active
put into how to how an effective effective learning community, though for learning community
develop a learning learning communities and a some this is erratic. that is aligned with up-
community or community number of key Some teachers are to-date theory and
awareness of the functions and how personnel are involved in learning includes connections to
benefits. a learning actively communities beyond the outside educators. The
community participating. This school. The sharing of community is
impacts on their is resulting in the information throughout continuously evaluated
teaching. There sharing of ideas the school is having a in order to improve
are pockets of and strategies positive impact on systems. The sharing of
participation by across the school. teacher effectiveness and information and ideas
some school student outcomes. results in increased
personnel. teacher effectiveness
and improved student
outcomes.