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March 2006Professional Learning Communities 1

The Relationship Between

Professional Learning

Communities and Student Achievement in High Schools

A Proposal Defenseby

Teresa A. Hughes




Defense Format

I. Purpose of Study

II. Research Questions

III. Significance of the Study

IV. Review of Literature

V. Research Design




I. Purpose of the Study

The purpose is threefold:

1. Identify school leaders who are

implementing professional learning

communities.




Purpose of the Study

2. Identify the level that each school is

functioning as a professional learningcommunity.




Purpose of the Study

3. Identify whether student achievement in

mathematics and reading/Englishlanguage arts Texas Assessment of

Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) scores has

occurred as a result of professional

learning communities.




II. Research Questions

1. To what degree does a principal rate

their school as functioning as a

professional learning community?




Research Questions

2. Is there a relationship between student

achievement, based on mathematics2 and

reading/English language arts3 TAKSscores, and the degree the school is

functioning as a professional learning

community?




Key Terms

Effective Leaders

Learning Organizations

Professional Learning Communities

Reculturing

Sustainable Educational Change




III. Significance of the Study

Knowledge gained from the study will

provide educational leaders information

about student achievement as it relates tolearning communities.




Significance of the Study

The principal’s processes for effecting

change, when creating professional

learning communities, could impacteducational leader preparatory programs

and principal expectations.




Significance of the Study

As schools are recultured and the teacher

role changes within a professional learning

organization, teacher preparatoryprograms might be influenced.




IV. Review of Literature

A Historical Perspective of Reform

The Learning Organization

Professional Learning Communities The Role of the Teacher in a

Professional Learning Community

The Role of the Principal in a


Conclusion




Review of Literature


Frederick Taylor

The Excellence Movement

A Nation at Risk

Goals 2000 – Educate America Act

No Child Left Behind






The Effects of Reform Efforts

In the United States, the education reform

movement has focused increasingly on the

development of new standards for students(Darling-Hammond, 2004).







“More and more educators are understanding

that piecemeal reform too often produces a

confusing and inefficient proliferation of programsthat generate resource battles, reinforce inequity,

and ultimately help only a few students” (Legter,

1999).







The problem with reform is not the lack of

innovation or creativity, but the massive overload of

fragmented, uncoordinated, and ephemeralattempts at change (Fullan & Miles, 1992).







“…that forming a community of learners for

teachers is a powerful strategy for enhancing

teacher commitment” (Hausman & Goldring, 2001).





The Learning Organization

Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline

Personal Mastery

Mental Models

Shared Vision

Team LearningSystems Thinking





Professional Learning Communities

Shared Mission, Vision, and Values

Collective Inquiry

Collaborative Teams

Action Orientation and Experimentation

Continuous ImprovementResults of Orientation





The Role of the Teacher in a


Communicator

Collaborator

Change Agent

Life-Long Learner

Leader





The Role of the Principal in a


Self-Efficacy

Results

Sustaining Leader





Conclusion

“The current factory-model school, while seemingly

efficient, is, in fact, grossly inefficient,inappropriate and ultimately inequitable, as itrequires that all children adapt to themean…Individualizing instruction for eachlearner is no longer a dream – it is aneducational birthright for all children” (Fulton,2003).




IV. Research Design

Research Methodology

Correlational Research

Descriptive Statistics




Research Design

Correlational Research

Independent Variable – principal score on

surveyDependent Variable(s) – mathematics and

reading/English language arts TAKS scores




Research Design

Subjects of the Study

Principals at regular instruction public high

schools, in Texas, that are functioning asprofessional learning communities.




Research Design

Instrumentation

School Professional Staff as Learning

Community Pilot Test and Field Test




Research Design

Instrumentation – Reliability and Validity

Descriptive Statistics

Internal Consistency Reliability CoefficientStability (test-retest) Reliability Coefficient

Content Validity

Concurrent Validity

Construct Validity

Factor Analysis




Research Design

Analysis of Data

Quantitative data will be derived from the

survey.



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Research Design

Analysis of Data

Quantitative data will be collected on student

achievement in mathematics andreading/English language arts.



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Research Design

Analysis of Data

A Pearson r correlation coefficient will be

calculated to determine if a relationshipexists.



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Research Design

Analysis of Data

Multiple regression analysis will be used and

a Pearson r correlation coefficient will becalculated.



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The Relationship Between

Professional Learning

Communities and Student Achievement in High Schools

A Proposal Defense

by

Teresa A. Hughes

Dr. William Allan Kritsonis, Dissertation Chair for Teresa Ann Hughes, Doctoral Proposal Defense

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