%0 Journal Article
%T Teachers’ Professional Development in the Professional Learning Community Model
%A Giebułtowska, Joanna
%J Labor et Educatio
%V 2017
%R 10.4467/25439561LE.17.003.7978
%N 5 (2017)
%P 57-72
%K professional development, teachers’ learning in the workplace, the professional learning community model, learning communities, teachers’ collaboration
%@ 2353-4745
%D 2018
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/labor-et-educatio/article/rozwoj-zawodowy-nauczycieli-w-modelu-professional-learning-community
%X 
	The article presents the major underlying assumptions for the model of the professional learning community. Creating a learning environment and a culture of cooperation is one of six features that distinguish this model from other models of school functioning. In the community, teachers study their own everyday practice and watch their students’ progress. They plan and develop solutions and methods, implement them and evaluate their effectiveness. They develop new skills and competences. The gradually enhanced awareness leads to a change in attitudes, beliefs, and habits. The issues discussed here are part and parcel of pedagogical discourse on teacher’s development in the workplace.