The Model of the Professional Learning Community Network of the School Administrators under UbonRatchathani Municipality

Abstract

The research aimed to study and examine the appropriate components of the professional learning community network of the school administrators and to explore the problems and guidelines in implementing the model under study in order to develop the educational quality. The population and samples were 9 experts and school administrators and municipality staff numbering 178, which divided into 12 school administrators and 166 school teachers. The research instruments were a questionnaire on the appropriate network model and on the problems and guidelines for implementing          the network. Statistics used were percentage, means and standard deviation.

            The research findings were as follows.

          1. The model of the professional learning community network in the study consists of three main components: The first component was the network of academic administration, the second component was implementation process of the learning community network, and the third component was the quality of learners. The results of examine the appropriate of components was at high level.

          2. The problems in the operation of the professional learning community network of school administrators  Under UbonRatchathani Municipality in order to improve the quality of education as a whole at a medium level, which could be arranged in descending order as follows: supervision, monitoring and evaluation, professional learning community network of administrators, report summarization and planning, and conclusion a report. The guidelines for the implementation of the learning community network had the following: promote academic skills for administrators, creating common values among executives, set a common goal for learners, collaboration for the power, open mind            for job guidance, and have discussions focus on reflecting the performance together.