Building a culture of continuous improvement: Using Stile Academy in your faculty or PLC
Professional learning is most powerful when it’s collaborative, consistent, and connected to what’s happening in the classroom. Yet for many faculties and PLCs, it can be hard to maintain momentum beyond one-off sessions or surface-level check-ins.
If you're looking to build a stronger learning culture within your department or school – one that’s grounded in shared language, reflective practice, and practical implementation – Stile Academy offers a powerful structure to make that vision a reality.
Here’s how your team can use Stile Academy to create a meaningful cycle of continuous improvement. And of course, feel free to explore the modules here.
Why go collaborative?
While Stile Academy is designed for flexible, self-paced professional learning, its impact is amplified when used collectively. When entire faculties or PLCs engage in a module together, it creates space for:
- Shared language around teaching and learning
- Deeper conversations about classroom practice
- Consistency in pedagogy across year levels and classes
- Collective reflection and peer learning
And because each teacher sets their own personal Teaching Tweak, it strikes the right balance between individual growth and collaborative direction.
“We all focused on retrieval practice, but everyone picked something slightly different to try. It was great hearing how it played out in other people’s classrooms.” — Mary Gallivan, Middle School science teacher
How it works
Whether you're running a department meeting, a cross-curricular PLC, or a term-long coaching cycle, Stile Academy modules fit neatly into your professional learning calendar.
Here’s a suggested flow for using a module collaboratively over a term:
🌱 Week 1: Kick-off together
Hold a short staff or faculty meeting to introduce the module, and complete the Spark ideas lessons together. Watch the short video explainers and illustrations of practice, and discuss the research as a group. Each teacher sets their own Teaching Tweak based on what resonates most with them.
🔍 Weeks 2–5: Trial and reflect
Each teacher applies their Teaching Tweak in their classroom. You might build in time during team meetings to share updates, ask questions, or troubleshoot together. These informal discussions become a goldmine of professional insight.
💬 Week 6: Show & Tell
Wrap up the sprint with a collaborative reflection session. Invite team members to share:
- What they tried
- What impact they noticed on student learning
- What they’d do differently next time
You can use the prompts in the lessons to support this discussion, making it easy to facilitate – even if you’re not in a formal leadership role.
You might also choose to join one of the exclusive Stile Academy ‘Show & Tell’ events. Watch the recording as a faculty and discuss as a group.
Building habits, not one-offs
The real power of using Stile Academy in a team setting is how it normalizes ongoing reflection and experimentation. Instead of professional learning being something you "tick off", it becomes something your team regularly engages in – and gets better at over time.
Repeat the cycle next term with a new module (or the same one with a fresh goal), and you’ll start to see long-term shifts in practice, culture, and student outcomes.
Start small, grow together
You don’t need a full PD day or external presenter to build a strong culture of learning in your team. All you need is a shared goal, a simple structure, and the space to reflect together.
With Stile Academy, you can create a culture where professional learning is collaborative, embedded, and energizing – term after term.
Ready to get started? Explore the modules here.