Relationship between Administrators’ Academic Leadership and Professional Learning Community in Schools under Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 4

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study administrators’ academic leadership, 2) to study the development of professional learning community in schools, and 3) to study relationship between administrators’ academic leadership and profesional learning community under Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 4. The sample group used in this research was 34 school administrators and 289 teachers, totally 323 in number. The sample group was determined using the Taro Yamane table. The research instrument was a 5-level rating scale questionnaire with a reliability of 0.93. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient.

          The research found that: 1) The results of data analysis on opinions of administrators’ academic leadership under Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 4, were at a high level in overall. 2) The results of the analysis of professional learning community in schools under Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 4, were at a high level in overall. 3)The results of the analysis on relationship between administrators’ academic leadership and professional learning community in school under Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 4, in overall found that, there was a very high level of relationship, with statistical significance at 0.01.