Analysis of model Professional Learning Communities from the indagation in collaboration experience of teachers

Abstract

The educational improvement is sustained by developing the teaching practice and strengthening collaborative work. The scarce information and the limitations of educational policies have reduced the possibilities of transcendent innovations in Chilean teaching practice in this area. Considering the above, this research is based on a model of collaborative teaching work: The Professional Learning Communities (CPA) (Dufour, 2004), considering their development in Chilean educational establishments. With this purpose in mind, a qualitative study on the experience of collaborative work was carried out among teachers from two educational establishments. Based on the teachers' experience, the spaces allocated for management and the schools internal dynamics, the implementation of the model was reviewed considering the context. The results allowed us to assess the possibilities of establishing the model based on the components of the experience studied, such as professional recognition and the value of collaborative work among peers.