Astuto, et al. (1993) proposed three related communities:
(1) the professional community of educators, (2) learning
communities of teachers and students (and among students)
both within and outside the classroom, and (3) the stakeholder
community.This paper focuses on what Astuto and colleagues
labeled the professional community of learners, in which the
teachers in a school and its administrators continuously seek
and share learning, and act on their learning.The goal of their
actions is to enhance their effectiveness as professionals for the
students’ benefit; thus, this arrangement may also be termed
communities of continuous inquiry and improvement