"professional learning communities" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It typically refers to groups of educators who collaborate and engage in continued learning and professional development in order to improve their teaching practices. Example: Our school's focus on building strong professional learning communities has resulted in increased student achievement and a more positive school culture.
Most principals perceived social networking to be "very valuable" in terms of "creating professional learning communities, improving school-wide communications with staff, students, and parents and sharing information and resources with an extended community of academicians".
Librarians, who used social media the most, saw the highest value across a wide range of social media applications including peer networking, creating professional learning communities and improving school-wide communications.
Even as early as 2010, a national survey of 1,200 principals, teachers and librarians found that most agreed that social networking sites can help educators share information and resources, create professional learning communities and improve school wide communications with students and staff.
Professional learning communities at work.
Analyzing learning in professional learning communities: A conceptual framework.
Teacher Design Teams (TDTs) are professional learning communities in which teachers collaborate to (re design educational materials.
"We have here what could be considered a professional learning community," Dr. Baldo said.
The evaluation incorporated a content analysis of teacher materials, observation of a professional learning community meeting, and teacher interviews.
We introduce the sociomathematical norm of speaking with meaning and describe its emergence in a professional learning community (PLC) of secondary mathematics and science teachers.
This study used peer coaching to help support and promote reflective teaching, for the improvement of teaching skills through a powerful professional learning community.
Emilio was standing in the hallway outside our professional learning community (PLC) room when I put the pieces together.
