Live Learning 31: Unlocking the Power of Collective Efficacy
Live Learning is Future Anything’s continuing professional development series for educators.
Each month, the Future Anything team chat with movers, shakers, thinkers and doers from the world of entrepreneurship, education and beyond on topics designed to help build enterprising mindsets in schools.
When teachers genuinely believe that together they can make a measurable difference to student learning, remarkable things happen. This shared belief — known as collective efficacy — is one of the most powerful influences on student achievement. But it doesn’t develop by accident. It grows through trust, collaboration, shared success, and leadership that fosters psychological safety and purpose.
In this Live Learning session, we unpacked what collective efficacy really means, and how it can be intentionally cultivated in schools. Joining Future Anything’s Dan Dempsey, guests Glenn Forbes and Dr Kerry Elliott explored the conditions that help efficacy flourish, the barriers that hold it back, and the practical moves every school can make to build a stronger sense of shared agency and impact.
Check out the recording below.
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