Módulo 3 - Sesión 1
1Introducción y resultados de aprendizaje
HTMLAspectos organizativos — Bienvenida a la sesión 1
En esta sesión presentamos las seis áreas organizativas clave que deben considerarse, y exploramos cómo pueden abordarse en una CPA mediante aportes de información, ejercicios prácticos y oportunidades de reflexión. Empezamos con dos citas …
Cita 1:
"Quien cada mañana planifica las gestiones del día y luego sigue ese plan, lleva un hilo que le guiará por el laberinto incluso de la vida más ocupada." Victor Hugon de la day y follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him mediante the maze de la más busy life." Victor Hugo (in Maxwell, 2000, p.182)
Cita 2:
"A good plan is like a road map: It shows the final destination y usualmente the best way to get there.“ (H. Stanley Judd)
Estas dos citas enfatizan la importancia de los aspectos organizativos para el trabajo en general y señalan que abordarlos adecuadamente contribuye al éxito. They puede ser related a la approach of CPA work. In CPA participants care very mucho about deep reflexión y development of nuevas ideas para their práctico work. By también taking care of organizational aspects the grupo supports su propio/a collaboration. If organizational aspects are deliberately planned – for example, por la grupo setting structures regarding tiempo, reuniones, y procesos, y by anticipating the recording of results y achievements – algunos decisions are already made para la members later en la proceso y no longer need to be discuteed. When a grupo pays attention to organizational aspects they asegúrese, distraction, inefficient exchange or unpleasant situations are reduced.
2Visión general de los aspectos organizativos de las CPA
HTMLThe pie chart a continuación illustrates all aspects to be consideraed in the organizational dimension y comprises six sections
3Descripción de los aspectos organizativos de las CPA
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1. Tiempo management: Regarding tiempo management, the grupo focuses on using tiempo optimally, working as efficiently as possible to maximize benefits for everyone durante ese tiempo. This is ensured by generally pre-structuring the sessions y providing an agenda that gives an overview of qué to expect. Having a generalmente fixed tiempo frame helps members work together in a disciplined y focused way, porque everyone knows the procedures y no tiempo is lost on discuteions due to uncertainties.
2. Room & materials: Preparing the room y materials serves as an external structure that helps the CPA focus sobre la content-related topics. This también establishes additional conditions relevant para la reunión, allowing the tiempo to be devoted a la actual exchange. The quality of the exchange y everyone’s ability to participate en la discuteion are influenced by the room’s setup. The room design también fosters a sense of well-being cuando it is welcoming y inviting. Materials, in turn, clarify the proceso y tasks, encourage participation, y enable interaction in various ways.
3. External & internal communication: Organizational agreements también concern who outside the grupo is informed about which aspects de la grupo’s activities y how the grupo fundamentally intends to structure internal communication dentro de la CPA. This clarifies who should be contacted regarding the grupo, y qué information may be communicated externally, y qué should remain confidential. Communication management también includes deciding in advance who should be informed about what and via which channels, as well as jointly determining how mucho the CPA presents itself for promotional purposes.
4. Working methods: Actividades specifically used en la CPA work can vary widely, pero they siempre primero establish a specific framework for collaboration y exchange. Various methodological setups help to engage in fast y diverse conversations, stay aware of tiempo constraints, introduce topics spontaneously sin losing focus, y visually organize la discusión. Working methods enable flexibility y variety, provided they are chosen deliberately para hacer coincidir the purpose. Allí are también basic working methods in a CPA that occur in cada session.
5. Proceso quality: Organizational aspects también puede help enhance the proceso quality de una CPA. Primarily by permanently incorporating the ‘bird’s-eye view‘, meaning ongoing meta-communication. This allows members to track su propio/a development y keep an overview de la exchange proceso como whole. Moreover, such monitoring elements support elements like objetivo setting, turning objetivos into planned steps, and ultimately evaluating si the expected results han sido achieved. For these monitoring steps, methods that are used on a regular basis are suitable.
6. Documentation: Since CPA are designed for the long term y members meet again después algunos tiempo apart, documenting qué has been developed y agreed upon es una importante aid to remembering. Organizational elements como clear documentation practices, archiving, communication channels, y quick sharing methods are essential for seamless collaboration y para la actual exchange of knowledge captured in writing or visuals, alongside verbal knowledge. They también help participants quickly get back on topic at el/la próximo/a reunión. Also, thanks a la possibility of using digital herramientas, documentation puede ser thorough yet tiempo-efficient.
4Importante saber 💡
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The aspects of the individual components de la organizational dimension no son mutually exclusive; instead, the organizational elements a menudo overlap or directly connect con cada other. To provide clear learning y reflexión steps, and thus simplify orientation, we follow the established distinction.
Si you start working con a CPA or considera organizational aspects throughout the tiempo spent together, allí are carecompletamente developed activities specifically designed fcomo si coordina organizational aspects together. They are structured like a reunión guide y puede ser used directly por la facilitador:a con a grupo or, if needed, carried out independently por la grupo following the instructions. These activities were también developed en la LeaFaP project y complement the training.The activities take approximately 1.5-2 hours to complete. They include several sub-tasks in which the grupo examines y analyzes its current organizational practices, consideras possible improvements y actively implements them. Furthermore, worksheets y exercise templates are available.
5Más actividades en nuestro sitio web
HTML1. The primero activity in the organizational dimension puede ser used by a CPA that has already held a pocos active sessions but is still en la early stages of its development, or by a CPA that has never consideraed this before, regardmenos of how long they han sido cooperating.
https://www.leafap.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/12_Organizational_English.pdf
2. The segundo activity can be used once the grupo has planned its organizational initiatives y has attempted to implement a pocos sessions. It then focuses on reflecting sobre la implementation
https://www.leafap.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/13_Organizational_English.pdf
6Aspectos: Tiempo/Espacio y Material
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When it comes to conducting a CPA reunión, allí are muchos details that need to be consideraed. This includes both the internal y external structure of the session. That’s why you have to be prepared. The primero exercise focuses on fundamental consideraations para una CPA session, highlighting aspectos que son essential both en la preparation y en la facilitation of the reunión. The following es una conversation between two miembros de la CPA who are talking después a CPA session y were dissatisfied con how it went. Escucha the audio file y think about how manejaría the situation. Puedes pause the file and take notes as you go.
7Audio 1: Conversación tras una sesión de CPA (en inglés)
M4A8Resolver problemas ✏️
HTML✏️ Escucha the segundo dialogue y think about which ideas puedes apply.
9Audio 2: Conversación tras la discusión (en inglés)
M4A10Lista de comprobación
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11Profundizar en Espacio y Material
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Después discuteing the key aspects that are importante para conducting a CPA session, we ahora turn our attention to the reunión sritmo y its equipment. In this proceso (or a similar one) in mind, it is helpful to have essential materials on hand for cada session. We have prepared a CPA reunión room in which five colored rectangles in red, blue, orange, purple y green indicate different room zones. The images contains different types of materials which we considera to use en una CPA-Session y which are are assigned to cada area de la room. Of course puedes use these ideas en una CPA-reunión or a different reunión situation.
1. The facilitador:a’s spot: Talking ball, clock, computer, mobile phone, summary sheets
2. The session table en la center: Metaplan cards (in different colors), white paper, sticky notes, agenda, documentation material
3. A flipchart wall sobre la side: Markers (in different colors), adhesive dots/sticky dots, poster
4. A side table: water bottles, coffee pot, biscuits, cups/glasses
5. Optional segundo table: Books, further material
¿Cómo envision your ideal reunión space?
↪ Which insights or ideas de esta sesión apply in tu propio/a grupo?
↪ How does your chosen room setup reflect your facilitation style y the objetivos you want to achieve con la grupo?
↪ ¿Cómo puede the room be shaped en una forma que reflects the needs and contributions de todos members? ¿Cómo puede the room y its design support collaboration y focus?
12Aspectos: Comunicación interna/externa y métodos de trabajo
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The primero section focuses on two key aspects: information-related y contact-related communication. It outlines how miembros de la CPA exchange information, establish ground rules, y interact con cada other en una respectful y productive way.
Information-related communication
Generally, miembros de la CPA need to agree on a pocos key points. These not only cover their intention to communicate sobre el tema pero también set the ground rules for how they interact con cada other. Members también need to agree on who needs to kahora what, y qué they are allowed or expected to share. The questions to considera are: Who gets which information, why, y who is the contact persona for specific issues, etc.?
The moderating facilitador:a’s task is to guide the grupo mediante this exchange, ensuring that all points are clarified y unresolved issues do not lead to conflicts. It is helpful to address these aspects at the beginning or después the primero pocos sessions, incluyendo decisions required for data protection compliance.
A continuación son los/las guiding questions from a checklist:
· Who needs to be informed that the CPA is working …?
· Who is our contact persona for external matters …?
· Which data privacy aspects do we need to considera …?
· ¿Cómo we handle expectations of confidentiality/personaal información sobre individuals …?
· ¿Cómo we want to present the grupo externally …?
13Perspectiva del facilitador:a en la CPA — Parte 1
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In the segundo section you will (1) explora how information- y contact-related communication shape collaboration dentro de una CPA y how you position yourself as a facilitador:a. (2) Puedes considera el/la potential benefits y constraints of a specific communication choices.
1. Facilitador:a’s perspective en la CPA
“Mirror, mirror sobre la wall… qué can I, as a facilitador:a, actually influence, at all?“
As a facilitador:a, usted significantly influence the level of trust y la colaboración en la CPA’s communication. Como facilitador:a you need para reflexionar on what matters para usted, how puedes work effectively, how you want to be addressed, the extent to which you show yourself personaally, y qué tipo de support you want to provide.
14Veamos dónde estás 📍
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Self-positioning
Move cada slider to waquí you currently stand.
Optional note (for yourself): Qué patterns notice across your sliders?
15Perspectiva del facilitador:a en la CPA — Parte 2
HTMLOnce the facilitador:a is aware of their preferences, they can align them with the needs de la miembros de la CPA. It is helpful to considera el/la potential benefits y constraints de una specific communication choice. The differentiation a continuación offers algunos related information. Which one choose y why?
Below encontraráe algunos check list cards: Aquí puedes check yourself qué you are already putting into practice y qué you want to considera for la próxima sesión
16Tarjetas de lista de comprobación
HTML17Estructurar la discusión
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In this section, aprenderá cómo facilitation cards puede ser used to structure topic development dentro de una CPA. They support a clear y participatory proceso by helping members to organize ideas, set priorities, y make collective decisions en una transparent way.
Structuring the discuteion con facilitation cards
Using facilitation cards es una helpful way to organize the conversation y document it como whole. A continuación we show typical distinctions the facilitador:a keeps in mind during la discusión, y arranges using appropriate facilitation cards.
The cards shown a continuación depict a typical order de la basic steps (basic differentiation) for using the facilitation cards.
Ø Heading of the chosen topic
Ø Case example
Ø Theoretical reference mentioned by a participant (if unclear, the facilitador:a intervenes)
Ø Concept to which the idea puede ser assigned
Ø Proposed option of action
Ø Study outcome that someone has heard of or introduced por la facilitador:a
Ø Topic that arises additionally pero needs to be postponed (topic backlog)
Ø Proposed option of action
📍 Furthermore, a short explanatory video demonstrates how this works in practice
18Vídeo: Estructurar la discusión con tarjetas de facilitación (en inglés)
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It is recommended that the moderator or facilitador:a explains, en una meta communicative way, how especialmente importante contributions or new colors/forms are applied, to give members insight en la/lo procedure. Primero taking a photo of discuteion circles that are largely complete, then setting them aside to free the table center (often in connection con a short break), también helps maintain an overview.
20Aspectos de calidad del proceso y documentación
HTMLAspectos de calidad del proceso y documentación
En esta sección explora how proceso quality can be strengthened mediante a three-phase model which puede ser used en la CPA or similar grupo activities. Additionally you have the possibility to check documentation in practice.
Proceso qualities
Besides perspectives that structure single sessions, a key proceso-oriented view consideras the major milestones a CPA reaches over the course of several sessions. Allí son una pocos steps that can initially be used to map out the trajectory de una CPA over tiempo. In general terms, los pasos are: formation stage, practice, reinforcement, although the phases no son strictly distinct – a veces a grupo seems to have reached el/la próximo/a phase pero still performs behaviours that would be attributed to an earlier phase.Overall, proceso quality en una CPA relates to internal y external structures, the profesional y personaal collaboration of its members, individual profesional development, y efforts to apply learning in practice. Alongside the individual y topic-related objetivos of the CPA, it is importante to considera el/la perspective that el desarrollo de la CPA y establishment should be seen como proceso to be both accompanied y evaluated.
📌 Based on Bouchamma et al. (2020), we provide an example de la typical proceso phases of a CPA, con la contents outlined as follows. The following representation summarises the key aspects en una concise form. To do this, we primero use a visualization de la proceso phases.
21Tres fases del proceso de una CPA
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22Explicación del modelo de las 3 fases
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1: Initiation
- Decision to establish the CPA
- Go mediante negotiation procesos
- Set the conditions for the CPA (regular reuniones, schedule)
- Addressing (individual) topics y challenges
Phase 2: Implementation
- Getting to kahora new learning y working approaches (exchange among members/facilitation, drawing inspiration from others‘ examples)
- Integration of new working methods
Phase 3: Institutionalization
(integration phase)
- The CPA is fully integrated como stable y self-sustaining part de la organization
- Shared values, norms, y collective responsibility are firmly embedded in daily practice.
- Members demonstrate an ongoing, indagación-driven mindset toward aprendizaje profesional y improvement
23Preguntas de reflexión
HTMLAhora puedes pregúntate or pensar en el/la following reflexión questions:
Phase 1: Initiation
For quienes ya tienen a CPA:
↪ How clearly were the objetivos, roles, y framework conditions defined at the start of our CPA?
↪ To qué extent were the interests y needs de todos members consideraed during the initiation phase?
↪ Qué helped para construir trust y shared responsibility en la early stage de la CPA?
For quienes do no tienen aún a CPA:
↪ Which topics or challenges en mi profesional contexto would be suitable for establishing a CPA?
↪ Qué framework conditions (tiempo, structure, support) would be needed to start a CPA successfully?
↪ Who en mi organization might be interested in joining a CPA, y why?
Phase 2: Implementation
For quienes ya tienen a CPA:
↪ How effectively do we integrate new learning y working approaches into our practice?
↪ Which factors foster or hinder open exchange among members?
↪ ¿Cómo we use examples y experiences from others as inspiration for our own development?
For quienes do no tienen aún a CPA:
↪ Qué forms of profesional exchange do I currently use, y how could they become más systematic?
↪ How could I experiment con new working or learning approaches that would support a future CPA?
↪ Qué kinds of support (e.g., facilitation, tiempo, digital herramientas) would help me to initiate colaborativo learning procesos?
Phase 3: Institutionalization (integration phase)
Para quienes ya tienen a CPA:
↪ ¿Cómo puede we recognize that our CPA is completamente embedded in everyday practice and organizational culture?
↪ ¿Cómo we asegurar que conocimiento compartido is actually applied y creates visible impact?
↪ Which structures help our CPA remain vibrant, productive, y learning-oriented over tiempo?
Para quienes do no tienen aún a CPA:
↪ Qué would a sustainably functioning CPA look like en mi organization?
↪ Which values, norms, or routines would need to change for collaborative learning to become natural?
↪ How could responsibility for collective development be anchored in a lasting way?
24Documentar 📝
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When dealing con documentation from a facilitador:a’s viewpoint, it is useful to primero reflect internally y considera el/la questions regarding documentation en la CPA. Allí are several reference points to considera regarding the CPA’s current procesos, the documentation itself, y the evaluation of results, which también involves deciding sobre la appropriate forms, methods y media. In the end, this concerns taking responsibility for the CPA’s quality.
Documentation dentro de la CPA does not only mean taking minutos and filing or organising documents, pero también includes, among other things, that:
• areas for learning y development puede ser accessed.
• members receive support in planning, implementing and reviewing initiatives.
• one can easily look back at la sesión anterior and also prepare para la current or next one.
• it is easier to follow up on topics en la next session.
• insights, lessons learned, y tested practices can be más easily documented y revisited in daily practice.
• information, ongoing issues y plans puede ser shared dentro de la CPA.
• various documentation methods are familiar, organised individually, tried out y consistently applied in daily practice.
• tasks are organised, responsibilities clearly assigned, y knowledge management implemented.
25Oveja negra — Introducción y tarea
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Ahora it’s tiempo to put into practice y test. To get to kahora various documentation methods and distinguish which ones are unsuitable, attempt para identificar the “black sheep“. Out of the nine images, two son los/las “black sheep“, meaning they are menos suitable for supportive documentation. Primero, look at todos los pictures y considera which of them represent good documentation practices or examples, y which ones are menos suitable. When you click sobre la whole picture, the correct answer will appear: a green frame indicates a correct choice, mientras a red frame shows the black sheep, which is unfortunately incorrect.
26Oveja negra
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Image 1: A clearly structured protocol for all participants, incluyendo headings, agenda items, the date, assigned tasks, y scheduled upcoming reuniones.
Image 2: An action Plan that is completamente completed, con no fields left blank. Only carecompletamente consideraed y documented entries can be reviewed, which in turn supports success.
Image 3: A flipchart con a well-structured agenda, large legible writing, various colors for structuring, y spare markers.
Image 4: A CPA folder, opened con dividers: all documents are organised in designated places, giving structure y preventing loss. In addition, the folder puede ser customized con a bright color or pattern to hacer que sea easy to find.
Image 5: A shared digital worksritmo (como an online Trello board) is well-structured; current events y information are displayed, and different colors are used (con a legend explaining the system they follow).
Image 6: A messy or illegible note on a piece of paper o una page scribbled all over, lacking clear structure – chaotic, overloaded or incomplete (missing date, content not properly assigned)
Image 7: The personaal worksritmo or preparation para la session is very minimal and sparse. It consists of just one single sheet of paper, partially filled in, con a pencil placed next to it.
Image 8: CPA journal. A small notebook or A5 pad serves as a practical documentation herramienta in daily practice. Ideas, information, y moments of realization puede ser quickly recorded y easily revisited.
Image 9: Facilitation cards containing the documented content de la CPA reunión, so all participants can follow along visually y capture photos para la minutos.
28Referencias
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Bouchamma, Y., Basque, M., Giguère, M. & April, D. (2020). Comunidades Profesionales de Aprendizaje. Competency standards for escuela principals. Québec, QC: Hermann/Presses de l’Université Laval.
Huffman, J.B. & Hipp, K.K. (2003). Professional learning community organizer. In J.B. Huffman y K.K. Kipp (Eds.), Reculturing escuelas as aprendizaje profesional communites. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Education.
Judd.,S. H. (unbekannt) goodreads. Available at: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8177249-a-good-plan-is-like-a-road-map-it-shows (12.08.2025)
Kansteiner, K., Welther, S., & Schmid, S. (2023). Professionelle Lerngemeinschaften für Schulleitungen und docentes. Chancen des Kooperationsformats für Schulentwicklung und Professionalisierung. Weinheim: Beltz. https://www.beltz.de/fachmedien/erziehungswissenschaft/produkte/details/48917-professionelle-lerngemeinschaften-fuer-schulleitungen-und-lehrkraefte.html
Kansteiner, K. & Welther, S. (2025). Praxishandbuch Professionelle Lerngemeinschaften in Kita und Kita-Grundschul-Kooperationen. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa. www.beltz.de/978-3-7799-8663-8
Maxwell, J.C. (2000). Failing Forward. Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success. Nashville: HarpersCollins Leadership.