Abstract:
The aims were to study the professional learning community level of teachers in secondary schools, the level of factors related to the professional learning community of teachers in secondary schools, and the factors affecting the professional learning community of teachers in secondary schools.
The sample group, conducting by multi-stage sampling, consisted of 333 teachers and school administrators in the secondary schools in Pathum Thani Province. The instrument for collecting data was rating scale questionnaires. The data were analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearsons product moment correlation coefficient, and the multiple regression analysis the enter method.
The study revealed that 1) the professional learning community level of teachers in secondary schools was at the high level, 2) the factors related to the professional learning community of teachers in secondary schools was at the high level, and 3 ) the factors affecting the professional learning community of teachers in secondary schools were the instructional leadership, the organizational structure, the organizational climate, and the organizational culture. These factors could predict the professional learning community of teachers in secondary schools on the percentage of 79.3 at the statistical significance .01.