Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and networks of professional practice are identified as an essential strategy for school improvement in the Welsh Government’s School Effectiveness Framework.  

To support the development of this approach, British Council Wales are offering funding for schools to take up the opportunity to become involved in an International Professional Learning Community (IPLC) programme.

The IPLC programme has already been successfully piloted with a group of schools that have linked with schools in British Columbia through their PLC work. The intention of this second phase of the IPLC programme is to replicate the model of linking schools with schools in the USA through their PLC work. The overall aim is to build and sustain a unique International Network of Professional Learning Communities that generate and share effective practice.

Through the international PLC network practitioners will have the opportunity to generate innovative practice and to access emerging knowledge about the most effective professional practice through interaction with teachers in other countries.

New opportunities for schools to become involved in the programme are expected to become available in 2012.If you would like to receive information on these as it becomes available please contact wales.enquiries@britishcouncil.org.