Community

of
practice
WHAT IS A COMMUNITY OF
PRACTICE?
A community of practice (COP) is a group of
people who share a common concern, a set
of problems, or an interest in a topic and
who come together to fulfill both individual
and group goals.
 Domain

COP has an identity

defined by a shared
domain of interest

Domain Community
A necessary component is that members
of a specific domain interact and engage
through activities, helping each other, and
THREE sharing information
characteristics of
a COP: Community
Practice
They develop a shared repertoire of
Practice resources which can include stories,
helpful tools, and experiences
 Helping Communities Knowledge Stewarding Communities
organize, manage, and
provide a forum for
steward a body of
community members to
knowledge From which
help each other with
everyday work needs. Four types of community members can
draw.
community of practice
Best Practice Communities Innovation Communities

develop and disseminate best create breakthrough ideas. new

practices, guidelines, and strategies knowledge, and new practices,
for their members' use.
 The basic premise
behind communities of
practice is simple: we
all learn in everyday life
from the communities
in which we find
ourselves.

- Etienne Wenger
According to Wenger (1998), communities of practice provide five critical functions:

Educate
by collecting and sharing information related to questions and issues of practice.

Support

by organizing interactions and collaboration among members.

Cultivate
by assisting groups to start and sustain their learning.

Encourage

by promoting the work of members through discussion and sharing.

Integrate
by encouraging members to use their new knowledge for real change in their own
work.
Benefits of community of practice

Stimulate
Connect people
learning

Introduce generate new

collaboration knowledge
 School Learning
Action Cell (SLAC)
Sessions
WHAT IS LAC SESSION ?

It is a group of teachers who

engage in collaborative learning
sessions to solve shared
challenges encountered in the
school facilitated by the school
head or a designated LAC
Leader.
As stated in DepEd Order No. 35,
s. 2016, Learning Action Cell
(LAC) is a session conducted by
group of teachers who engage in
collaborative learning sessions to
solve shared challenges
encountered in school.
Such challenges may include:

• learner diversity and student

inclusion
• content and pedagogy
• assessment and reporting
• 21st century skills
• ICT integration
 DepEd envisions that these
LAC Sessions will serve as a
school-based continuing
professional development
strategy for the improvement
of teaching and learning
processes.
In the time of covid 19, the DepEd sets
new guidelines for the alternative
classroom observations as part of
RPMS for the school year 2020-2021,
and for the pure printed or digital
module teachers, since they will not be
meeting their students synchronously,
their option to be observed for the
observable indicators is through LAC
sessions.
 OBJECTIVES OF LAC SESSION
IMPROVE
NURTURE
to improve the teaching learning
process that will lead to improved
to nurture successful teachers.
learning among the students

SUPPORT FOSTER
to enable teachers to support each
to foster a professional
other to continuously improve their collaborative spirit among school
content and pedagogical knowledge, heads, teachers, and the
practice, skills, and attitudes community as a whole
 Every
teacher must
be part of a
LAC
Each LAC should
Formation have a leader, a
facilitator, a
of LAC documenter, and

One LAC could session members

be composed
of five (5) to 15
members
 Expectations

Time and
Participation venue
LAC
KEYS
IMPLEMENTATI
Decision
ON PROCESS
Listening
Making

Confidentiality
 LAC
members can
decide on
the schedule
LAC sessions,
Scheduling however, should
be conducted at
of least once a
Meeting month
One to two hours
a week is
strongly
recommended
 LAC Session is beneficial to
teachers because it aim to develop
and support successful teachers by
nurturing their knowledge,
attitudes, and competencies in
terms of curriculum, instruction
and assessment in their work
stations
 Presenters:

Janeth Cometa
Frederick Torres