Week 1 - experience sharing about learning in workplace

I am working as an ICT teacher in a secondary school. Since I am still fresh in this school, I can only discuss my organization based on my understanding on it.

Personal Mastery

The school is requiring all the teachers to teach on their major subjects. Since most of the teachers are teaching on senior form, teachers are putting their own efforts to improve students performance. Teachers are mastering on their own major subjects, so that they can bring the students to a higher standard.

Shared Vision

Teachers from the same panel and committee are working for the common aims and objectives. Moreover, schools have set up major areas of concern (MAC) year by year, as well as 3-year plan, so that teachers can have a shared vision on school work.

Mental Models

Most of the schools nowadays will conduct self evaluations. Schools have set up some mental models, and will evaluate their own performance through judging on the models. These models include administration, teaching effectiveness, etc. The schools will fine-tune their shared vision (MAC) after gathering information from the surveys.

Team Learning

Teachers are grouped into panels and committees to work together. Peer discussions are encouraged so that teachers can learn from their colleagues for good practices.

Systems Thinking

Evaluations will be done after implementing new policies. However, it seems that there are not much studies on the interdependence among policies.