A professional learning community is an organized group of educators that shares expertise and works together to improve their individual and collective capabilities. Educational leaders serve as a focal point of professional learning communities, and at the same time use them to mentor and develop their teams.
The term professional learning community is like many others that you will learn about in educational leadership degree programs. It’s a term the describes a situation that exists naturally in every school: a group of educators who work together collaboratively to improve their individual and collective skills.