Abstract:
The objectives of the research were ( 1 ) to study the level of factors
influencing the professional learning community of schools under the Primary
Educational Service Area Office Loei 1, (2) to study the level of professional learning
community of schools under the Primary Educational Service Area Office Loei 1, (3)
to examine the congruence of the linear structural relation model of factors
influencing the professional learning community of schools under the Primary
Educational Service Area Office Loei 1. The sample group was a total of 500 school
administrators and teachers under the Primary Educational Service Area Office Loei 1.
The research instrument was the five-level rating scale questionnaire with the 1.00
validity, the 0.240-0.730 discrimination, and the 0.957 reliability. Each variable was
separately considered as follows: the transformational leadership with the 0 .297-
0.621 discrimination and the 0.838 reliability, the organizational structure with the
0.284-0.582 discrimination and the 0.810 reliability, the organizational climate and
culture with the 0 .270-0 .686 discrimination and the 0.869 reliability, and the
professional learning community with the 0.295-0.676 discrimination and the 0.890
reliability. The examination of the model congruence was analyzed by the software
package.
The research findings were as follows:
1. Factors influencing the professional learning community of schools under
the Primary Educational Service Area Office Loei 1 consisted of transformational leadership, organizational structure, organizational climate and culture. All three
factors were totally at the highest level of mean scores.
2. The professional learning community of schools under the Primary
Educational Service Area Office Loei 1 was found to be totally at the highest level.
3. The congruence of the linear structural relation model of factors influen cing the professional learning community of schools under the Primary Educational
Service Area Office Loei 1 and the empirical data was met with the certain criteria as
seen by Chi-square = 67.5, df = 56, P-value = 0.13954, Relative Chi-square ( /df) =
1.21, RMSEA = 0.020, GFI = 0.982, and AGFI = 0.962.