Strategies for establishing networking with partner schools for implementing lesson study in Indonesia

Lesson Study for Learning Community (LSLC) contains two terminologies underpinning one another.There are many difficult challenges when the plan to create LSLC surfaces. Therefore, strong motivationand precise implementation strategies are of urgency. One of the ways is by developing networking ofLSLC between universities and partner schools. The LSLC program will become powerful when it is donecollaboratively in a form of strong partnership connected by networks. Writing this article aims to describestrategies for establishing networking with partner schools for implementing lesson study in Indonesia.This review article uses literature comparison study methods and use content analysis. In order for LSLCto manifest and become successful, resourcing and utilizing the partnership with schools are required. In apartnership with schools in order to implement LSLC, both parties must share the same need, which isfacing the challenge with the willingness to cooperate for solving the problem. Cooperation with partnerschools needs to be nurtured to become networking so that the benefits and the spirit of cooperation insolving problem double fold. Networking with partner schools can be implemented and can function wellwhen the management of this networking conforms to shared needs, nurtures cooperation and mutualrespect, gives and takes equally, and also promotes fair acceptance, support, independence, and discipline.