Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Seeks Ways to Revitalize 'Professional Learning Communities'

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education is holding a forum on the 29th to support the "Activation of Professional Learning Communities." (Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced on the 29th that it held a forum to support the "Activation of Professional Learning Communities" at the Mokpo Shangri-La Tourist Beach Hotel, attended by Education Director Song Yong-seok, education office officials, and the Professional Learning Community Field Support Group.

This forum was prepared to further solidify and establish the professional learning communities, which led classroom instruction innovation last year, in the field.

The Office of Education plans to lead instructional innovation and foster a community culture through the establishment of professional learning communities in the field based on teachers' voluntariness and collegiality throughout this year.

To this end, the Jeonnam Education Training Institute will train 80 elementary and secondary school teachers in the province as core leaders of professional learning communities and operate field planning-type training for about 150 teams of professional learning communities.

Last year, the Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education supported a total budget of over 2.3 billion won for 1,816 professional learning community teams, and it was evaluated that about 13,000 teachers, accounting for more than 70% of all teachers, voluntarily participated, achieving instructional innovation and professional development.

Jeonnam Superintendent of Education Jang Seok-woong said, "The top priority in solving Jeonnam education issues is to develop teachers' professional capabilities, inspire voluntariness and passion, and achieve instructional innovation," adding, "To this end, professional learning communities must be operated more substantively and support must be strengthened."

He continued, "It is time to diagnose problems and prepare alternatives so that professional learning communities can play a pivotal role in leading school innovation," adding, "Schools and classrooms must be reborn as true spaces for learning."

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