GUIDELINES FOR ENHANCING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY OF SCHOOLS UNDER SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICE AREA OFFICE 24

Abstract

          The purposes of this research were: 1) to study the needs and 2) to study guidelines for enhancing professional learning community of schools under Secondary Education Service Area Office 24. This research was a descriptive research methodology. The sample group used in this research consisted of administrators and teachers, with the total number of 334 people The sample size was determined by Taro Yamane table with sampling error at .05 level. using stratified random sampling method.The research instrument was 5 level rating scale questionnaire having IOC of 0.80-1.00 and reliability of 0.96 and a semi-structure interview. The statistics used in data analysis comprised frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation.

          The research results were found that:

1. Needs of enhancing professional learning community of schools ranked according to the importance were as follows: 1) Caring community, 2) Shared leadership, 3) Shared vision, 4) Cooperative team, 5) Community support structure and 6) Learning and professional development.


2. Guidelines for enhancing professional learning community of schools under Secondary Education Service Area Office 24 consisted of 6 guidelines as follows: 1) Guidelines for enhancing caring community, 2) Guidelines for enhancing shared leadership, 3) Guidelines for enhancing shared vision, 4) Guidelines for enhancing cooperative team, 5) Guidelines for enhancing community support structure and 6) Guidelines for enhancing learning and professional development.