The Research and Development Administration and Management Platform Empowering Professional Learning Community (PLC) in Small Schools under Chiang Mai Primary Educational Service Area Office 3

Abstract

This research aims to research and develop administration and management platform empowering professional learning community (PLCs) in small schools under Chiang Mai Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 by using mixed method approach for quantitative and qualitative data collection. The examination of administration and management situation empowering professional learning community (PLC) in small schools under Chiang Mai Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 showed that administration and management conditions and key factors affecting administration and management empowering professional learning community (PLC) in small schools under Office of Educational Service Area indicating showing significant congruency and relationship of the 2 data sets. The administration and management environment empowering professional learning community (PLC) in small schools should be empowered and developed for sustainable professional learning community (PLC). The future scenario of administration and management platforms empowering professional learning community (PLC) in small schools under Chiang Mai Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 revealed that administration and management platform empowering professional learning community (PLC) in small schools should be concrete, practical,conveniently accessible, focusing on involvement by everyone in administration and management, promoting exchange of learning networks of school administrators, teachers and stakeholders, enabling application of learned knowledge creatively based on friendship culture by using information technology for professional development, self-quality upgrading, and promoting learning success approach or efficiency of learner development. The research and development of administration and management platforms empowering professional learning community (PLC) in small schools under Chiang Mai Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 as outlined by the future scenario consisted of 6 key components i.e. 1) Concept 2) Objectives 3) Key Results (OKRs) 4) Principal 5) Process and 6) Educational innovations.