What is a professional learning community

Question

Assignemnt:

Your principal has asked you to implement a Professional Learning Community on your campus.

Read the "What is a Professional Learning Community" from the provided link, or you can access it directly from the ASCD site:

1. Access the ASCD website.
2. Click the Educational Leadership tab.
3. Go to the EL Archives.
4. Scroll to Volume 61 and click May 2004 edition: Schools as Learning Communities.
5. Click the "What is a Professional Learning Community" article by Richard DuFour.

Write a 350- to 525-word handout for teachers on your campus that highlights what a professional learning community (PLC) is and is not.

Include the following:

1. Use of data
2. Major goals and purpose of a PLC
3. School personnel involved
4. How the PLC will influence the school's learning goals
5. How reflection is used to obtain continuous improvement