Becoming a Professional Learning Community  involves 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.    DuFour et al, 2016, Learning by Doing - third edition 

In the Ballarat Diocese, we have a commitment to providing high levels of learning for ALL students. Two key strategies that enact this vision are Professional Learning Communities (PLC) and Response to Intervention (RTI). These interdependent strategies, enacted with fidelity, provide inclusive education practices that ensure all students’ learning needs are met. Both strategies are anchored in the practices of collective inquiry, continuous improvement, action orientation and results orientation, all of which are essential elements of high performing schools and systems. PLC and RTI leverage collaborative approaches that enable all students and teachers to successfully achieve fullness of life for all.