The Guidelines for Professional Learning Community (PLC) Administration of Waweewittayakhom School under Secondary Educational Service Area Office 36

Abstract

The aim of this study was to develop the guidelines for the professional learning community (PLC) administration of Waweewittayakhom School under Secondary Educational Service Area Office 36. The population recruited 42 participants, the research instruments were questionnaire and interview, and the data was used to stage focus-group discussion in order to develop the guidelines for professional learning community administration of Waweewittayakhom School under Secondary Educational Service Area Office 36. The data was analyzed for mean, standard deviation and content analysis. The results showed that:

1. The PLC administration of Waweewittayakhom School, in overall, was rated at the moderate level. The aspect showing the highest administration was Do, followed by Plan, Check, Act. The individual PLC components analysis showed that Do was rated moderate administration, while Component 5 Caring Community showed the highest administration and followed by Component 1 Shared Vision.
2. The key factors affecting PLC administration of Waweewittayakhom School revealed 12 promoting factors, and the most powerful promoting factors were Man (M1) and followed by Structure (S1), while 14 de-promoting factors were reported, and the most powerful de-promoting factor was Money (M2).
3. The desirable future scenario of PLC administration of Waweewittayakhom School indicated that Component 1 Shared Vision lacked clear design of vision. Component 2 Collaborative Teamwork revealed school staff shared harmony and strong working motivation. Component 3 Shared Leadership revealed the lack of action plan calendar and assigning duties and responsibility in charge of PLC activities. Component 4 Professional Learning required activities implementation triggering actual learners and professional development. Component 5 Caring Community required the school determining the guidelines for co-understanding of practice, co-working freely and independently, paying honor to each other. Component 6 Supportive Structure required school allocation of budget for activity implementation.
4. The guidelines for PLC administration of Waweewittayakhom School involved a Plan which required PLC planning implementation. Do required meeting, exchange of ideas, tasks assignment, shared responsibility. Check required all involved parties to share directing, monitoring and evaluating the implementation mechanisms holistically and systematically. Act required utilizing the evaluation results for analysis, improvement, and development of the system for the better process and the best practice of development guidelines.