The central word in professional learning communities is learning. Unfortunately, the learning often goes missing in many professional learning communities. In this five-week e-learning program, author and educator Lois Brown Easton takes an organic approach to purpose-driven professional learning and offers tools and strategies for focusing the work of learning communities on educator learning and student achievement. Participants will analyze their current learning communities and share strategies for strengthening existing professional learning communities and building new communities from the ground up. Through weekly live sessions and collaborative group activities, participants will learn and share strategies for building trust within a learning community, purposefully engaging colleagues in dialogue, and maintaining focus on a learning community’s purpose. All program participants will receive a print copy of Easton’s