THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERNAL SUPERVISION MODEL USING THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY OF SCHOOLS IN KHAONANGNON NETWORK CENTER 4 UNDER THE PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE NAKHON SRI THAMMARAT 2

Abstract

The objectives of this study were: 1) to study the problem of an internal supervision model using the professional learning community 2) to invent and develop an internal supervision model using the professional learning community and 3) to assess the suitability and feasibility of an internal supervision model using the professional learning community. The research procedure consisted of three steps as follows. Step 1 study the problem of an internal supervision model using the professional learning community. The sample group of 185 respondents were school directors and teachers selected according to the sample size table of Krejcie and Morgan. Data were collected by the questionnaire with the reliability of 0.95 and were analyzed by mean and standard deviation. Step 2 invent and develop an internal supervision model using the professional learning community validated by five experts. Step 3 assess the suitability and feasibility of an internal supervision model using the professional learning community. The sample group was taken from Step 1. Data were collected by a suitability and feasibility assessment form with the reliability of 0.94 and statistics used in data analysis taken from Step 1.

The results of this research found that:

1. The problem of the internal supervision model was in the high level in overall and each aspect.
2. The internal supervision model using the professional learning community consisted of four components: 1) Principle, 2) Objective, 3) The Supervision and Professional Learning Community (PLC) Process; the internal supervision model comprised five steps of Supervision and Professional Learning Community (PLC) and six elements of Professional Learning Community (PLC). The Supervision and Professional Learning Community (PLC) involved the following steps: Step 1 Environment, Step 2 Informing & Coaching, Step 3 Planning, Step 4 Doing, and Step 5 Evaluating/Reflect. The six elements and Professional Learning Community (PLC) were as follows: Element (1) Team, Element (2) Sharing vision & values, Element (3) Sharing & Development, Element (4) Shared Leadership, Element (5) Caring Community, and Element (6) Organizational Culture, and 4) Success conditions.
3. The assessment of the suitability and feasibility of the internal supervision model showed that overall the suitability was in the highest level and the feasibility was in the high level.