Collaborating to Achieve Excellence: How to Foster Collective Efficacy in Schools

Presented by Jenni Donohoo

What matters most in raising student achievement?

Research identifies collective efficacy—the shared belief that what we do really matters—as the #1 factor. When teachers believe that, together, they can positively impact student learning, it results in a number of productive patterns of behaviour: deeper implementation of high-yield strategies, increased teacher leadership, high expectations, and a strong focus on academic pursuits. Join us to learn more about what collective efficacy is, why it's important, and how to foster efficacy to ensure equity, promote well-being, and enhance public confidence in education. 

Participants will:

• Understand what collective efficacy is and why it’s important
• Learn about the effect size research that demonstrates factors that influence student achievement
• Gain insight into how collective efficacy beliefs are formed
• Identify the positive consequences associated with collective efficacy and the negative effects that occur when staffs do not share a sense of efficacy
• Know the enabling conditions that help collective efficacy to flourish
• Examine ways to foster efficacy beliefs through leadership practices