Administrative Factors Affecting the Being Professional Learning Community of Schools under Surat Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

This research aimed to study 1) school administration factors, 2) school professional learning communities, 3) the relationship between school administration factors and school professional learning communities, and 4) school administration factors affecting school professional learning communities 2. The sample consisted of 313 teachers under the office of Surat Thani primary educational service area. Selected via stratified random sampling. The research instruments were a questionnaire with a reliability of .93 for school administration factors and .96 for school professional learning communities. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The research results found that 1) school administration factors were at a high level, 2) school professional learning communities were at a high level, 3) school administration factors were positively related with school professional learning communities at a high level of statistical significance at the .01 level, and 4) school administration factors affecting school professional learning communities were at a statistical significance at the .01 level, namely resource allocation and information technology. All factors can be combined to predict the professional learning community of educational institutions by 52.80 percent.