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    Creating Communities of Practice
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    • Background
      • What is a community of practice?
      • Why communities of practice are important
      • Lifespan
      • Success Factors
      • Effectiveness for Educators
    • Getting Started
      • Cultivate
      • Recruit
      • Identify a Facilitator
      • Activities
      • Legacy Plan
      • Collaborative Space
      • Data Collection
    • Encouraging Participation
      • Community Building
      • How Adults Learn
      • Designing for Online Participation
      • Tips for Presenters
      • Ongoing Communication
    • Growing Knowledge
      • Connect
      • Shared Understandings
      • Unpack Research
      • Reflect
      • Share Resources
      • Webinars
    • Sharing Results
      • Surveys
      • Check-ins
      • Reflections
      • Artifacts
      • Success Stories
      • Summary Reports

    Getting STARTED

    The basic steps for starting a community of practice are:

    1. Cultivate the idea
    2. Recruit community members
    3. Identify a facilitator
    4. Design activities and processes
    5. Develop a legacy plan
    6. Create a space for collaboration
    7. Develop a data collection plan

    Click here for a sample planning template.

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    The Consortium

    Support for Implementation

    The resources found on this site were developed by the Alberta Professional Learning Consortium (APLC), as a result of grants from Alberta Education, to support implementation.

    For more professional learning resources,
    please visit APLC Curriculum Resources.

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