Vision & Philosophy for Learning & Development by Kristin Jones-Burel

Vision

kristin431 — 2024-09-30 16:55:27 UTC

At K12 School Solutions, our vision for Learning and Development is to foster a culture of continuous growth, where we embrace lifelong learning, flexibility, and adaptability to meet the evolving needs of our internal team, our partners, and the industry.

Philosophy

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Foundational Beliefs:
Our learning approach is grounded in continuous growth, lifelong learning, flexibility, and adaptability, ensuring alignment with our organizational mission and vision.

Commitment to Growth:
We prioritize ongoing tailored learning opportunities that offer both structured development and self-directed initiatives. Through customized development plans, we ensure that our team and our partners continuously grow, adapting to evolving industry trends and personal goals while driving both individual and organizational success.

Innovation and Adaptability:

We actively integrate emerging research and industry best practices into our learning programs while continuously updating them to remain agile and responsive to evolving challenges. This approach ensures our team stays at the forefront of innovation and expertise.

Equity and Inclusivity:
Our learning programs are designed to be inclusive, offering differentiated opportunities that empower every team member to grow and lead, aligned with our mission and strategic goals.

Reflection and Improvement:
We embed regular reflection into all learning initiatives, using insights to drive ongoing refinement and improvement of our processes.

Alignment with Mission and Strategic Priorities:
Our learning initiatives are purposefully aligned with the organization’s strategic priorities, ensuring every opportunity supports our long-term goals.

Empowerment and Leadership:
We empower our team to take ownership of their learning, learning from each other, anddeveloping leaders who can drive positive change and innovation within the organization.

Vision vs Philosophy

kristin431 — 2024-10-14 13:11:39 UTC

Vision is about the aspirational goals or outcomes you aim to achieve (the "what" and "where").

Philosophy is about the beliefs and principles that drive actions (the "why" and "how").

behavior

kristin431 — 2024-10-14 16:10:55 UTC

Commitment to Growth:

We prioritize tailored learning opportunities that encourage both structured development and self-directed learning, ensuring our team adapts to industry trends and partner needs.

Behaviors:

Every team member engages in development on a monthly basis that is tailored to their role.
Team members are encouraged to find independent learning opportunities that will help them grow in their role.

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Alignment with Mission: Team members cross-check all materials and resources with Knowledge Management Platform for alignment.

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Tailored Learning:
We provide customized development plans that meet the unique goals of our team and partners, promoting personal growth alongside organizational success.

Behavior:

We have centrally accessible, codified resources that articulate our approach to each service we offer. We use these to ensure that customized development plans for our internal team are aligned.

Equity and Inclusivity

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Team members consistently engage in a variety of opportunities outside their own comfort zones to grow themselves as leaders to support the differentiation of each other and clients.

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Reflection & Inclusion

At the conclusion of internal development, we always reserve time for reflection and feedback.

Empowerment and Leadership

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Behavior: delegating tasks and responsibilities to team members, allowing them to make decisions within their scope, and providing support and guidance

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External Influence: Colleagues are encouraged and given the opportunity to attend relative conferences and pursue additional industry certifications furthering their impact within the organization and industry.

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External Influence:

Behaviors: Latest research, quotes, articles are referenced in our work when facilitating and meeting with partners.

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External Influence

We actively seek and include research into internal trainings.

Reflection and Improvement

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Reflection is explicitly shared by all team members on a consistent basis (name time frame - monthly/quarterly, etc) to determine needed offerings for internal growth based on current and future clients/work.

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Commitment to Growth:

Prior to facilitation, we plan and practice models we'll be leading, content we'll be presenting. This allows us to revise in the moment before a school visit or PD.

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Empowerment and Leadership: We regularly encourage knowledge transfer by pairing team members with mentors or coaches who have expertise in specific emerging practices through consistent monthly collaborations.

Flexibility and Adaptability

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Team member frequently select from current research and trends sessions offered and make suggestions for content for current research and trends in order to be responsive to evolving challenges.

Committment to growth

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Team members regularly assess their own strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement.

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Consideration: what do we hold sacred for facilitation, what do we demonstrate? "We believe all team members should..... when we present, consult with clients..."