Supervisory Model through Professional Learning Community for Teachers of the Students with Learning Disabilities Under Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Education Service Area Office

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the conditions and needs of supervision through professional learning community for teachers of the students with learning disabilities, 2) to create and develop a supervision model through professional learning community for teachers of the students with learning disabilities, and 3) to assess the feasibility and usefulness of the supervision model through professional learning community for teachers of the students with learning disabilities. The research was divided into 3 steps: Step 1 studying the conditions and needs of supervision through the professional learning community for teachers of students with learning disabilities. The samples were 376 teachers of the students with learning disabilities under Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Education Service Area Office by Multi-Stage Random Sampling. The reliability index of the questionnaire was at 0.92 Step 2: Drafting and evaluating the appropriateness of the supervision model through the professional learning community for teachers of the students with learning disabilities through group discussion of 7 experts by purposive sampling, and Step 3: assessing the feasibility and usefulness of the supervision model through the professional learning community for teachers of the students with learning disabilities. The informants were 50 teachers of the students with learning disabilities under the Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office by purposive sampling. The findings revealed that: 1) Conditions of supervision through professional learning community for teachers of the students with learning disabilities overall was at a moderate level, and the need for supervision through professional learning community for teachers of the students with learning disabilities overall was at a high level. 2) Appropriateness of a supervision model through professional learning community for teachers of the students with learning disabilities overall was at a high level, and 3) The feasibility and usefulness of the supervision through professional learning for teachers of the students with learning disabilities under Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office overall were at a high level.