A collection of our favorite strategies for co-creating a community of learning.
Roughly organized in order of preference: proven, high-leverage strategies are listed before less-important ones.
Be generous with what you know. Learn by mentoring. Reflect other people’s power back to them.
Choose truth over comfort. Don’t hold back. Be specific and kind. Review other people’s code. Receive feedback as a gift.
Learn to ask great questions by having the courage to ask bad ones.
The guild is beta software. If you see something that needs fixing, let's talk about it in our feedback sessions. This is your learning environment. We encourage you to leave the environment better than you found it.
[...] the biggest effects on student learning occur when teachers become learners of their own teaching, and when students become their own teachers.
John Hattie, "Visible Learning"
We've been trained to be self sufficient. Untrain yourself. We need each other. Reach out for support.