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Professional Learning Communities

What is a Professional learning community (PLC)?

A PLC is an ongoing process in which educators work collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they serve. Professional learning communities operate under the assumption that the key to improved learning for students is continuous job-embedded learning for educators.

 The Carthage Intermediate Center is a PLC.  As a PLC, we engage in meaningful and regular collaboration where we review academic data, share best practices, and plan for student learning.  We are action oriented and committed to continuous improvement for the benefit of all our students.

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